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Leah Fleming
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Book Description

11 Nov 2010 1847561047 978-1847561046

Grieving widow, Kay Partridge and her daughter Evie, unable to face the oncoming Christmas festivities, move into a cottage at majestic Wintergill Farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Kay wants to shut the door and forget about everything. Evie, struggling to come to terms with the concept of death, just wants her Daddy to come home for Christmas.

Grieving widow, Kay Partridge and her daughter Evie, unable to face the oncoming Christmas festivities, move into a cottage at majestic Wintergill Farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Kay wants to shut the door and forget about everything. Evie, struggling to come to terms with the concept of death, just wants her Daddy to come home for Christmas.

But Wintergill is far from the quiet refuge that they expected. Devastated by Foot and Mouth, Nik Snowden and his Mother Nora are facing a bleak future. The two are at loggerheads. Nora has had enough of the hard life but Nik wants to keep the house and lands that have been in his family for generations.

But Nik is not the only one attached to the house. In the distant past, a terrible tragedy occurred and ever since a restless spirit has haunted the land, seeking a child that once was lost. Through the generations, the ghost has brought misery and pain to bear on the inhabitants. But where one spirit has sown despair, others have sought to protect the children of Wintergill.


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Product details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Avon (11 Nov 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1847561047
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847561046
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.5 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 301,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Praise for The Girl From World’s End and The War Widows:

‘A beautiful, almost poetically-written tale of love and tragedy in the Yorkshire Dales mainly set during the Second World War. The characters are real flesh and blood and the reader shares their ups and downs with genuine empathy.’
Maureen Lee, bestselling author of Mother of Pearl.

‘An epic tale of hardship and tragedy straddling the Second World War.’
The Bookseller

‘A heartwarming read.’
Closer

‘A compelling story, capturing the spirit of time and place.’
Lancashire Evening Post

About the Author

Leah Fleming was born in Lancashire of Scottish parents, and is married with four grown-up children and five grandchildren. She usually writes full-time from a haunted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales, but has recently completed a gap year for grown-ups living on the slopes of an olive grove in Crete. She is currently working on her next novel, Winter’s Children, to be published in 2010.


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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, vivid and heartwarming 15 Jan 2011
Format:Paperback
In a sentence, this little gem took me completely by surprise as it is one of the best books I've ever read.

Kate, a widow, is anticipating the first anniversary of her husband's death on Christmas Eve with dread and decides to escape to a holiday rental in the Yorkshire Dales. She is drawn to the place because she recalls happy childhood memories with her grandmother who lived in the area. The holiday rental is owned by Nik, a divorced farmer who is bitterly counting the cost of foot and mouth disease in terms of his farm's future viability and his friend's recent suicide. But as Kate and Nik each contemplates the future, events occur which force them join forces to unravel the secrets of the past so that they might avert further tragedy in their lives.

The story is unusual because it is told from multiple points of view with numerous time shifts - i.e. we hear from Kate, her eight year old daughter Evie, Farmer Nik, his mother Nora as well as a few ghosts and several generations of Nik's ancestors who lived in the old farm before him. The tale is brillliantly woven to create a vivid tapestry of a family which thrived throughout good times and bad and as each person's story is told, another little piece of a mysterious jigsaw is slotted into place.

Leah Fleming describes each snapshot in time so deliciously and realisitically that I felt as though I'd climbed into the book and was living it. Having to put the book down between readings was really quite difficult!

It's a feel-good book although I did shed a few tears in places and I would totally recommend it as a unique work of art in its own right.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully told 1 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
A lovely - and haunting in more ways than one - story by master storyteller Leah Fleming. The intertwined stories of past and present inhabitants of the farm grips from start to finish.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read 10 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
My first Leah Fleming book which I thoroughly enjoyed. An easy gentle read. I would recomend this book for those long winter afternoons when you just want a good book to snuggle up with in front of the fire!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this
Fantastic book that I downloaded to my Kindle and which I would recommend if you enjoy easy reading books that have a few twists and a happy ending
Published 8 days ago by Al
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
I loved this book it kept me wanting ro read on & on & you have to remember what you have already read as it flits in & out of the past but keeps you still interested.
Published 3 months ago by Sadie Edney
5.0 out of 5 stars Bleak and beautiful winter tale
I haven't read any of Leah Fleming's books before but was very impressed with my first experience of her writing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Denise4891
4.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER GOOD LEAH FLEMING
I enjoyed this book and as with all Leah Fleming's books was well written. Rather different which was refreshing, but the reason for only 4 stars was the predictability of the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Savage
3.0 out of 5 stars winters children
Despite this book being recommended to me I found it hard going tough I perseverd to the end. Not up to the usual Fleming standard
Published 5 months ago by J. Dickinson
2.0 out of 5 stars Awful!
I have given this book two stars merely because I've allowed it the benefit of the doubt as I managed to trawl through the first couple chapters and gave up. Read more
Published 6 months ago by shepherdess
5.0 out of 5 stars good read.
A good Kindle read make sure your battery is charged ?
cant wait for LEAH FLEMING the author to add ot her list.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Totally unbelievable
Taken in by the good reviews I thought I'd give this a go, but started to regret my decision a mere 50 pages into the book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Charlotte
1.0 out of 5 stars winters children
This book started off quite promising but rapidly descended into something of a farce. I had to read it to the end to see just how silly the story got - not one of Leah Flemings... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lesley Juden
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As I have said before,on my book reviews, the choice of book is very much a personal view and I cannot influence the choice for others. I found the book an excellent read. Read more
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