The Farm at the Edge of the World

About this book

1939 and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmers 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 Maggies granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldnt 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. Its about small lies and dark secrets. But above all its about a beautiful desolate complex place.