Homecoming / Susie Steiner.
By: Steiner, Susie
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BookPublisher: London, England : Faber and Faber, 2014Copyright date: ©2013Description: 296 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571296644; 0571296645.Other title: Home coming.Subject(s): Families -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Yorkshire (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction.Summary: Up the North Yorkshire moors, the Hartle family is about to have a life-changing year. Ann and Joe, with more than thirty years of marriage and two children between them, are torn between giving up and pressing on with their struggling farm. Max, their elder son, is set to inherit the farm and his wife Primrose has news to share, but is he ready for these new responsibilities? Their younger son Bartholomew escaped to the south as soon as he could, building a new life for himself with his girlfriend Ruby. But when tragedy strikes he is forced to return home - and come to terms with his past, in order to create a future.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| Fiction | Gonville Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | STEI | Available |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A hugely enjoyable novel about family, marriage and growing up, set in a Yorkshire farming community.
Up the North Yorkshire moors, the Hartle family is about to have a life-changing year. Ann and Joe, with more than thirty years of marriage and two children between them, are torn between giving up and pressing on with their struggling farm. Max, their elder son, is set to inherit the farm and his wife Primrose has news to share, but is he ready for these new responsibilities? Their younger son Bartholomew escaped to the south as soon as he could, building a new life for himself with his girlfriend Ruby. But when tragedy strikes he is forced to return home - and come to terms with his past, in order to create a future.