All Among The Barley Av Melissa Harrison

<b>¿A masterpiece¿ </b>JON MCGREGOR<b>¿Impossible to forget¿ </b><i>THE TIMES</i><b>¿Astonishing¿ </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><b>¿Startling¿ </b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><u><b>WINNER OF THE EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE</b></u><b>''BOOK OF THE YEAR'' </b><i>NEW STATESMAN</i>,<i> O</i><i>BSERVER</i>,<i> IRISH TIMES</i>,<i> BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE </i><b><i>The fields were eternal, our life the only way of things, and I would do whatever was required of me to protect it.</i></b>The autumn of 1933 is the most beautiful Edie Mather can remember, though the Great War still casts a shadow over the cornfields of her beloved home, Wych Farm.When charismatic, outspoken Constance FitzAllen arrives from London to write about fading rural traditions, she takes an interest in fourteen-year-old Edie, showing her a kindness she has never known before. But the older woman isn¿t quite what she seems.As harvest time approaches and pressures mount on the whole community, Edie must find a way to trust her instincts and save h