New Windmills
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A new edition of a story in which 21-year-old widow Christina returns to Flambards to find much has changed. The First World War is underway, Uncle Russell and Will are both dead, Mark is missing in action, and Flambards itself is neglected and completely overgrown.
Christina and Will have escaped Flambards for London with their heads full of dreams, only to find a whole new set of problems. Not only the basic ones of work and a place to live, but Will's single-minded ambition to desing and pilot flying machines, which terrify Christina every time he leaves the ground. Will is certain he can become a success, but what price is he willing to pay for the glory? A Carnegie Medal winner in 1969, this novel is now reissued in a smaller format mass-market paperback.