From the author of Costa-shortlisted and Baileys-longlisted At Hawthorn Time comes a major new novel. Set on a farm in Suffolk just before the Second World War, it introduces a girl on the cusp of adulthood
'A masterpiece' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13
Longlisted for the New Angle Prize 2019
The autumn of 1933 is the most beautiful Edie Mather can remember, although the Great War still casts its shadow over the fields and villages around her beloved home, Wych Farm.
Constance FitzAllen arrives from London to document fading rural traditions and beliefs. For Edie, who must soon face the unsettling pressures of adulthood, the glamorous and worldly outsider appears to be a godsend. But there is more to the older woman than meets the eye.
As harvest time approaches and pressures mount on the entire community, Edie must find a way to trust her instincts and save herself from disaster.
- ISBN10 1408897997
- ISBN13 9781408897997
- Publish Date 23 August 2018
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English