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The Resource The farm at the edge of the world, Sarah Vaughan

The farm at the edge of the world, Sarah Vaughan

Label
The farm at the edge of the world
Title
The farm at the edge of the world
Statement of responsibility
Sarah Vaughan
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
1939, and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmer's daughter, Maggie, and against fields of shimmering barley and a sky that stretches forever, enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war. But in the sweltering summer of 1943 something happens that will have tragic consequences. A small lie escalates. Over 70 years on Alice is determined to atone for her behaviour - but has she left it too late? 2014, and Maggie's granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldn't wait to leave thirteen years earlier, marriage over; career apparently ended thanks to one terrible mistake. Can she rebuild herself and the family farm? And can she help her grandmother, plagued by a secret, to find some lasting peace? This is a novel about identity and belonging; guilt, regret and atonement; the unrealistic expectations placed on children and the pain of coming of age. It's about small lies and dark secrets. But above all it's about a beautiful, desolate, complex place
Cataloging source
QRML
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1972-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Vaughan, Sarah
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Atonement
  • Families
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Grandmothers
  • Secrecy
  • Family farms
Target audience
adult
Label
The farm at the edge of the world, Sarah Vaughan
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000057825952
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9781444792294
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)953151854
Label
The farm at the edge of the world, Sarah Vaughan
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000057825952
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9781444792294
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)953151854

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