This book confounded me, it engaged me, it irritated me.
The book drew me in, then at the transition from one chapter to the next it threw me out.
I couldn't get comfortable or settled into the book. I kind of feel that this was deliberate. But I wanted more from the book, from each chapter.
I struggle to decide what to score it, but using my own scoring rules I can only award 3 stars.
Chapters from within the book
- First Footing
- To Think of Sicily 1445
- The Strangest Case 1792
- After the Fair 1899
- Hymns for Easter 1922
- Natural Remedies 1938
- An Afternoon of Cake and Lemonade 1970
- The Haven 1984
- Autumn Pastoral 1995
- Sisters 2022
- A Celestial Event 2010
- Covenant 2029
- A Valediction 2041
I am thankful to the author, John Murray Press | John Murray and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book for free.
3/5 Stars
Official description:
Welcome to Barrowbeck.
A hard place to live. A harder place to leave.
For centuries, the inhabitants of Barrowbeck, a remote valley on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, have lived uneasily with forces beyond their reckoning. They raise their families, work the land, and do their best to welcome those who come seeking respite. But there is a darkness that runs through the village as persistently as the river.
A father fears that his daughter has become possessed by something unholy.
A childless couple must make an agonising decision.
A widower awaits the return of his wife.
A troubled man is haunted by visions of end times.
As one generation gives way to the next and ancient land is carved up in the name of progress, darkness gathers. The people of Barrowbeck have forgotten that they are but guests in the valley. Now there is a price to pay. Two thousand years of history is coming to an end.
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