‚A masterpiece‘ JON MCGREGOR ‚Impossible to forget‘ THE TIMES ‚Astonishing‘ GUARDIAN ‚Startling‘ FINANCIAL TIMES WINNER OF THE EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE ‚BOOK OF THE YEAR‘ NEW STATESMAN, O BSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE The fields were eternal, our life the only way of things, and I would do whatever was required of me to protect it. The autumn of 1933 is the most beautiful Edie Mather can remember, though the Great War still casts a shadow over the cornfields of her beloved home, Wych Farm. When charismatic, outspoken Constance FitzAllen arrives from London to write about fading rural traditions, she takes an interest in fourteen-year-old Edie, showing her a kindness she has never known before. But the older woman isn’t quite what she seems. As harvest time approaches and pressures mount on the whole community, Edie must find a way to trust her instincts and save herself from disaster.
ISBN: 978-1-4088-9797-3
