EAN: 9781526611307

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**SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER** FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________________ 'What a radical thing these days to have written a book so full of warmth and kindness ... Gorgeous' - Max Porter author of Lanny 'Glorious ... Leaves an indelible impression ... A moving and subtle novel in many ways infused with a love of the minute pleasures in life and the lasting regrets' - Scotland on Sunday _______________________ One summer following the Second World War Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood's Bay. There he meets Dulcie an eccentric worldly older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea. Staying with Dulcie Robert's life opens into one of rich food sea-swimming sunburn and poetry. The two come from different worlds yet as the summer months pass they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures. _______________________ An i Book of the Year A Reading Agency Book of the Year A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick A BBC Radio 4 'Book at Bedtime' An Observer Pick for 2019

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