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Flatlands
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Author: Sue Hubbard
Title: Flatlands
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 2023-06-13
Details: A moving tale of unlikely friendship and the beauty of nature, set in the wild wetland landscape of the English Fens during World War II
Perfect for fans of Atonement, this gorgeous coming of age explores the connection between Philip, a conscientious objector, and Freda, a young London evacuee housed by a cruel family
Freda is a twelve-year-old evacuee from East London, who has been sent away at the start of the war, leaving behind everything familiar to her, to escape the expected German bombing.
In her new temporary home in Lincolnshire, Freda finds herself billeted with a strange, cold and, ultimately, abusive couple, whose lives mirror the barren landscape in which they live a hand to mouth existence, based upon subsistence farming and poaching. There, deprived of any warmth, she meets a young man - Philip Rhayader -a conscientious objector who has left Oxford and his prospective vocation in the church following a nervous breakdown.
Together they explore the wild, beautiful landscape of the Wash, teeming with migrating birds, and nurse an injured goose back to health. As they do so, Philip introduces Freda to the wonders of the natural world and its enduring power to heal.
EAN: 9781911590842
Package Dimensions: Height: 7.77 Inches, Length: 5.02 Inches, Weight: 0.52 Pounds, Width: 0.7 Inches
Languages: en
