Come to the edge

296 pages

English language

Published Aug. 3, 2013 by Thorpe.

ISBN:
978-1-4448-1571-9
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OCLC Number:
848017313

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A young woman tells the story of her decision to take a break from suburban life by moving to a shambolic, draughty farmhouse in a scenic country valley. Along with the farmhouse comes a new companion, a widowed survivalist called Cassandra White. Her crazy, utopian dream is to stop rich city-dwellers buying up rural second homes. Others who become involved include a banker - and scores of poor and elderly people with nowhere to go ...

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The blurb on the back of the book is not really a good description of what's inside - then again, it's hard to describe without spoilers. I'll just say this is a really quirky novel with memorable characters. Set in present-day rural England, this is not your run-of-the-mill 'two women become friends' story.

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Subjects

  • Widows
  • Fiction
  • Farms