FROM A DISTANCE
Raffaella Barker
One of Britain’s favourite chroniclers of life and the rural dream returns with a compelling story of a family divided by war
'Wonderful writer ... Incredible books' David Baldacci, New York Times
'She writes beautifully ... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision' Independent on Sunday
Bruised and brutalised by war, Michael returns to England on a troop ship, unable to face the life that awaits him at home. Impulsively he boards a train heading to the western tip of Cornwall. In doing so he changes his destiny.
More than fifty years later, Kit, a charming stranger, arrives in a coastal Norfolk village to take up his inheritance – a decommissioned lighthouse, half hidden in the shadows of the past. Meanwhile Luisa falters in the flow of her life as her children begin to fly the nest and she is left suspended, without direction. When Kit and Luisa meet, neither can escape the consequences of Michael’s split-second decision made all those decades ago.
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David Baldacci, New York Times
Raffaella Barker is the most romantic and generous writer. Her writing manages to be domestic and glamorous simultaneously, and this is her best book yet
Louisa Young bestselling author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You
I love Raffaella Barker’s books
Maggie O’Farrell
[A] dreamy poetic novel, full of references to Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse ... Beautifully written ... Perfect for a hammock on a sunny day
Wendy Holden, Daily Mail
She writes beautifully ... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision
Independent on Sunday
Poetic
New York Times
Raffaella Barker is a writer of talent
Times Literary Supplement
To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement
Observer