In the Springtime of the Year
$22.37
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2012
Summary
A beautiful, lyrical novel about love and loss, and grief and mourning from the author of A Kind Man and The Woman in Black.
After just a year of close, loving marriage, Ruth has been widowed. Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft.
Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben’s family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated, burying herself in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099570486 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099570483 |
| Author: | Susan Hill |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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One of those novels you never forget
One of those novels you never forget * The Times *I love this wonderful book… Just read it – Jo Brand * BBC Radio 4, A Good Read *One of Hill’s earlier, quieter masterpieces – Emma Hagestadt * Independent *Immediately arresting…you come away affected, but there is a quiet, unhurried pace which is, incongruously, a lovely and fitting touch * bookgeeks.co.uk *
About The Author
Susan Hill
Susan Hill has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I’m the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and The Mist in the Mirror. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels. The play of her ghost story The Woman in Black is one of the longest running in the history of London’s West End. In 2020 she was awarded a damehood (DBE) for services to literature. She has two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.
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