Summary
A novel with a crime at its heart, based on the extraordinary life of the author’s own grandmother.
One day in 1940, Rene Hargreaves walks out on her family and the city to take a position as a Land Girl at the remote Starlight farm. There she will live with and help lonely farmer Elsie Boston. At first, Elsie and Rene are unsure of one another – strangers from different worlds. But over time, they each come to depend on the other. They become inseparable. Until the day a visitor from…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241976098 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024197609X |
| Author: | Rachel Malik |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
So lovely , gentle yet enthralling - - Claire Fuller
A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows * Sunday Times *
Part period piece, part courtroom drama, this is also a touching love story * Daily Mail *
So lovely, gentle yet enthralling
* Claire Fuller *Quietly gripping and intriguing * Elizabeth Buchan *
Skilful, persuasive, thoroughly enjoyable, unexpected * Penelope Lively *
A breathtaking debut * Prima *
A vivid exploration of family secrets uncovered and the effects of trauma, as well as a war story about women doing whatever they had to do to survive * Irish Times *
Astonishingly, this is Rachel Malik’s debut, and her handling of the richness and simplicity of this story of farming life suggests that she is on the brink of a distinguished literary career * Judges of the Walter Scott Prize 2018 *
About The Author
Rachel Malik
Rachel Malik was born in London of mixed English and Pakistani parentage. She studied English at Cambridge and Linguistics at Strathclyde. For many years, Rachel taught English Literature at Middlesex University. Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves is her first novel.
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