Towards Mellbreak
Marie-Elsa Bragg
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Description for Towards Mellbreak
Hardback. After many generations, it is now, in 1971, Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father's presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat. Farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
*Shortlisted for the Writers' Guild Best First Novel Award* **Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the New Statesman** After many generations, it is now, in 1971, Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father's presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat. Farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention. As the years pass, and Harold has a son of ... Read more
*Shortlisted for the Writers' Guild Best First Novel Award* **Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the New Statesman** After many generations, it is now, in 1971, Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father's presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat. Farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention. As the years pass, and Harold has a son of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784741334
SKU
V9781784741334
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-12
About Marie-Elsa Bragg
Marie-Elsa Bragg is half French, half Cumbrian and was brought up in London. She studied Philosophy and Theology at Oxford University, and trained for the Priesthood at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford University. She is a Priest in the diocese of London, an Ignatian spiritual director, a therapist and a Duty Chaplain of Westminster Abbey. Her first novel, Towards Mellbreak, ... Read more
Reviews for Towards Mellbreak
A really extraordinary, beautiful meditation on place and time, tradition and identity... passionate, quiet, political
Rowan Williams
This novel is so subtly written, building up the stories of good people and their tough lives, that we feel and then understand the depth of their relationships to each other and this beautiful, hard land - and so ... Read more
Rowan Williams
This novel is so subtly written, building up the stories of good people and their tough lives, that we feel and then understand the depth of their relationships to each other and this beautiful, hard land - and so ... Read more