Towards Mellbreak /
by Bragg, Marie-Elsa.
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BookPublisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2017Description: 201 pages : illustration (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781784741334 (hbk.) :; 1784741337 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Cumbria (England) -- Fiction | General | GeneralSummary: 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 his own, he strives to keep control of his land, to make a go of it, even while forces he cannot understand are gradually destroying him.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002942489X |
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 his own, he strives to keep control of his land, to make a go of it, even while forces he cannot understand are gradually destroying him.
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