- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (24 Feb 1977)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140041109
- ISBN-13: 978-0140041101
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 241,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Susan Hill said of this book: ?The events and characters in the novel are wholly invented. The time is not the present and the death was very different. But the emotions were real. They were mine and I could never have written the book if I had not experienced them.It is set in an unspecified past ? but is probably somewhere between the end of the first World War, in 1918, and the beginning of the Second, in 1939.?
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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a highly emotional, yet gentle account of loss, and the aftershocks death causes among family and community alike. It is very moving without ever straying into mawkishness or over-sentimentality - unusual in itself - and the events, and their repercussions are presented and developed with such care and such a wonderful sense of the gradual flow of time, that this book leaves you with an overwhelming feeling of hope. Thus, I would feel comfortable recommending it to not only anyone who has suffered a loss, but any reader looking for a inspiring, gentle piece of fiction. Beautifully written.(And not excessively lengthy!)
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you feel like reading slowly and sighing often, then this gentle book is for you. Ms Hill explores grief and loss through the emotions of a young and unworldly woman, who draws deeply on nature for sustenance and survival. Sometimes other-worldly, the author deals with the most raw and awful of human emotions in an unflinching but always tender way, leading the young widow and the reader towards a resolution of new growth. It is not just about grief and loss, but also about new possibilities and new ways of seeing other people. This is my first Susan Hill novel and I will read more.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this book and was pleased I finished it. It contains a lot of emotion and is very intense. It made you feel very involved with Ruth and her emotions. It was very well written.
My copy was autographed by the author too!
My copy was autographed by the author too!
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