Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2019
1973. Swallow's Farmhouse in deep, rural Norfolk is home to Your People, a commune of free-thinkers and poets seeking a better way. But beneath the veneer of a nurturing, alternative lifestyle, an atmosphere of jealousy and threat is pushing utopia towards the brink of its inevitable collapse. Raising herself amidst the chaos is a twelve-year-old survivor, desperately preoccupied with her transition into womanhood. With her mute sister, beloved dog and the re-defining force of her emerging appetites, she marches resolutely towards her future, venturing - with hilarious and horrifying results - through the minefield of an adult world built on hypocrisy and misplaced ideals.
ISBN: | 9780992946067 |
Publication date: | 7th June 2018 |
Author: | Anna Mackmin |
Publisher: | Propolis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 328 pages |
Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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