Miss Boston And Miss Hargreaves
  • Published: 1 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241976104
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Miss Boston And Miss Hargreaves

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29 Jan 2018
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1 May 2017
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An enthralling, incredibly moving novel with a crime at its heart, based on the extraordinary life of the author's own grandmother

During the Second World War, Rene Hargreaves leaves her children with her aunt and boards a train without buying a return ticket, so sure is she that she never wants to see her husband again. Instead she starts a new life as a Land Girl on Starlight Farm. She finds its owner Elsie Boston and her country ways strange at first, yet as their relationship develops they become inextricably dependent on each other, long after the war has ended. When their shared life is suddenly threatened by a visitor who comes to stay, and something that happens not long after, they must begin to fight a war of their own against not just their community, but the nation's press, and the full force of the law.
  • Published: 1 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241976104
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Praise for Miss Boston And Miss Hargreaves

Quietly gripping and intriguing

Elizabeth Buchan

A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows

Sunday Times

Part period piece, part courtroom drama, this is also a touching love story

Daily Mail

So lovely, gentle yet enthralling

Claire Fuller

Skilful, persuasive, thoroughly enjoyable, unexpected

Penelope Lively

A breathtaking debut

Prima

A vivid exploration of family secrets uncovered and the effects of trauma, as well as a war story about women doing whatever they had to do to survive

Irish Times

Astonishingly, this is Rachel Malik's debut, and her handling of the richness and simplicity of this story of farming life suggests that she is on the brink of a distinguished literary career

Judges of the Walter Scott Prize 2018