Miss Boston And Miss Hargreaves

Author: Rachel Malik

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  • : 9780241976098
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : January 2018
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 18mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : January 2018
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Barcode 9780241976098
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Description

'A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows' Sunday Times'So lovely, gentle yet enthralling' Claire FullerOne day in 1940 Rene Hargreaves walks out on her family and the city to take a position as a Land Girl at the remote Starlight farm. There she will live with and help lonely farmer Elsie Boston.At first Elsie and Rene are unsure of one another - strangers from different worlds. But over time they each come to depend on the other. They become inseparable.Until the day a visitor from Rene's past arrives and their careful, secluded life is thrown into confusion. Suddenly, all they have built together is threatened. What will they do to protect themselves? And are they prepared for the consequences?

Author description

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.