Description
Few authors can match Melissa Harrison’s evocative descriptions of country life and the natural world and, in All Among the Barley, she allies her redolent prose to a compelling story of community and lost innocence. With a narrative haunted by one war and on the cusp of another, this is an atmospheric modern take on the pastoral novel.
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.
Number of pages: 352
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
