Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves
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Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
'A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows' Sunday Times 'So lovely, gentle yet enthralling' Claire Fuller When Rene Hargreaves is billeted to Starlight Farm as a Land Girl, far from the city where she grew up, she finds farmer Elsie Boston and her country ways strange at first. Yet over the days and months Rene and Elsie come to understand and depend on each other. Soon they can no longer imagine a life apart. But a visitor from Rene's past threatens the life they have built together, a life that has always kept others at a careful distance. Soon they are involved in a war of their own that endangers everything and will finally expose them to the nation's press and the full force of the law.
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 *
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 *
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 *
Rachel Malik was born in London in 1965 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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| ISBN 13 | 9780241249635 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241249635 |
| Title | Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves |
| Author | Rachel Malik |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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