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A powerful, heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequences
Arthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart.
Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to inherit his father''s farm. Jake is younger, handsome and reckless, a dangerous man to know.
When Laura arrives in their rural community, the fragile balance of the brothers'' rivalry is pushed to the edge of catastrophe...
''An enthralling read, both straightforward and wonderfully intricate'' Guardian
''Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no matter how small their town'' The Times
Trade ReviewA beautiful read, on every level * Independent on Sunday *
Like the great 19th-century novelists of provincial life, Mary Lawson is fluent in the desperate intensity of the small, individual dramas of respectable people - and she paints an eloquent picture * Sunday Telegraph *
Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no matter how small their town * The Times *
Discreetly powerful * Daily Telegraph *
This is
a fine book - an enthralling read, both straightforward and wonderfully intricate * Guardian *
