{"product_id":"9781472151803","title":"Midwinter","description":"Author: Fiona Melrose\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472151803\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Nov 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Finely judged writing like this comes from a place of instinct, and it marks Melrose out as someone to watch . . . \u003ci\u003eMIDWINTER\u003c\/i\u003e is a great success' Melissa Harrison, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFather and Son, Landyn and Vale Midwinter, are Suffolk farmers, living together on land their family has worked for generations. But they are haunted there by a past they have long refused to confront: the death of Cecelia, beloved wife and mother, when Vale was just a child. Both men have carried her loss, unspoken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil now.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the onset of a mauling winter, something between them snaps.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Vale makes increasingly desperate decisions, Landyn retreats, finding solace in the land, his animals - and a vixen who haunts the farm and seems to bring with her both comfort and protection.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTender and lyrical, alive to language and nature, \u003ci\u003eMIDWINTER\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about guilt, blame, lost opportunities and, ultimately, it is a story about love and the lengths we will go to find our way home.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Melrose elegantly weaves narratives detailing the men's internal tumult with lush descriptions of their natural surroundings . . . A moving story about the cruelty of chance, modern masculinity and the transformative power of the bonds between men' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I have rarely read a narrative voice as distinctive as Landyn's, and the loving depiction of regional English working-class masculinity is unusual and timely . . . This is certainly not a light-hearted book, but it offers the true consolation of some very good writing' \u003ci\u003eSarah Moss, TLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e penetrating study of grief and guilt' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46378755817630,"sku":"ADS-9781472151803","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472151803.jpg?v=1767759361","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472151803","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}