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The Farm at the Edge of the World

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781444792324

Price: £9.99

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‘A great read about guilt, atonement and identity’ – Hello

You won’t want this one to endMarie Claire

From the author of NETFLIX SENSATION ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL

1939, Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmer’s daughter, Maggie, and enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war.

But in the sweltering summer of 1943 something happens that will have tragic consequences. A small lie escalates out of all proportion. Over 70 years on Alice is determined to make amends – but has she left it too late?

2014, and Maggie’s granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldn’t wait to leave, marriage over; career ending thanks to one terrible mistake. Can she rebuild herself? And can she help her grandmother, plagued by a secret, to find some lasting peace?

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Reviews

A beautifully evocative story of love, loss and forgiveness. You can taste, feel, see and hear Cornwall on every page as the characters pull you into their lives. Loved it.
Liz Fenwick
Absolutely loved it. Very rare I sit and devour 220 pages in one afternoon.
Nina Pottell
An evocative and page-turning story of love and heartbreak, written in beautiful and poignant prose that captivated me from first word to final page
Katie Marsh
A wonderful book about love and loss through the eyes of three generations of Cornish women. Lovable, flawed, and so very human, each character had me rooting for them right until the very end. But it was the setting on the north Cornwall coast that makes me love this book: the weather, the seasons, the landscape, the house are all written so vividly that I could step into that place and instantly know my way around.
Claire Fuller
Sarah Vaughan not only writes beautifully but her stories and characters have a way of climbing into your heart and staying there long after you've turned the last page . . . Highly recommended!
Fleur Smithwick
A gorgeously evocative love letter to Cornwall and an unputdownable story. I devoured it.
Katy Regan
A big-hearted story, and one that's full of love for the Cornish landscape. With the convincing detail about farming life, and intriguing past and present storyline, The Farm at the Edge of the World thoroughly transported me to the far western wilds, and made me very reluctant to leave again.
Emylia Hall, author of <i>The Book of Summers</i>
The characters are engaging, the plot nuanced and satisfying. I was blown away, to be honest, finishing the book in one greedy gulp. Highly recommended!
Sarah Jasmon, author of <i>The Summer of Secrets</i>
Sarah Vaughan's beautifully-written second novel establishes her as a compelling storyteller, weaving the two strands of Cornish farming past and present into an honest, visceral love story.
Rebecca Mascull
Exquisitely written . . . a truly pastoral novel - sharp, sometimes painful, but authentic with real emotional depth.
Veronica Henry
[A] fabulous sense of place and a clever, compelling story
Woman & Home
You won't want this one to end
Marie Claire
Heartbreaking
Woman Magazine
A great read about guilt, atonement and identity
Hello!
A rich family saga told with an intensity that echoes du Maurier
Kate Saunders, Saga Magazine
A sweeping love story, earthy and passionate, whipped along by the Cornish sea winds. Wonderful
Eve Chase
The Farm at the Edge of the world is warm, tender and full of humour and deeply moving. An assured and very affecting piece of storytelling.
Lucy Robinson
A beautifully evocative story of love, loss and forgiveness. You can taste, feel, see and hear Cornwall on every page as the characters pull you into their lives. Loved it.
Liz Fenwick
Absolutely loved it. Very rare I sit and devour 220 pages in one afternoon.
Nina Pottell
An evocative and page-turning story of love and heartbreak, written in beautiful and poignant prose that captivated me from first word to final page
Katie Marsh
A wonderful book about love and loss through the eyes of three generations of Cornish women. Lovable, flawed, and so very human, each character had me rooting for them right until the very end. But it was the setting on the north Cornwall coast that makes me love this book: the weather, the seasons, the landscape, the house are all written so vividly that I could step into that place and instantly know my way around.
Claire Fuller
Sarah Vaughan not only writes beautifully but her stories and characters have a way of climbing into your heart and staying there long after you've turned the last page . . . Highly recommended!
Fleur Smithwick
A gorgeously evocative love letter to Cornwall and an unputdownable story. I devoured it.
Katy Regan
A big-hearted story, and one that's full of love for the Cornish landscape. With the convincing detail about farming life, and intriguing past and present storyline, The Farm at the Edge of the World thoroughly transported me to the far western wilds, and made me very reluctant to leave again.
Emylia Hall, author of <i>The Book of Summers</i>
The characters are engaging, the plot nuanced and satisfying. I was blown away, to be honest, finishing the book in one greedy gulp. Highly recommended!
Sarah Jasmon, author of <i>The Summer of Secrets</i>
Sarah Vaughan's beautifully-written second novel establishes her as a compelling storyteller, weaving the two strands of Cornish farming past and present into an honest, visceral love story.
Rebecca Mascull
Exquisitely written . . . a truly pastoral novel - sharp, sometimes painful, but authentic with real emotional depth.
Veronica Henry
[A] fabulous sense of place and a clever, compelling story
Woman & Home
You won't want this one to end
Marie Claire
Heartbreaking
Woman Magazine
A great read about guilt, atonement and identity
Hello!
A rich family saga told with an intensity that echoes du Maurier
Kate Saunders, Saga Magazine
A sweeping love story, earthy and passionate, whipped along by the Cornish sea winds. Wonderful
Eve Chase
The Farm at the Edge of the world is warm, tender and full of humour and deeply moving. An assured and very affecting piece of storytelling.
Lucy Robinson
A beautifully evocative story of love, loss and forgiveness. You can taste, feel, see and hear Cornwall on every page as the characters pull you into their lives. Loved it.
Liz Fenwick
Absolutely loved it. Very rare I sit and devour 220 pages in one afternoon.
Nina Pottell
An evocative and page-turning story of love and heartbreak, written in beautiful and poignant prose that captivated me from first word to final page
Katie Marsh
A wonderful book about love and loss through the eyes of three generations of Cornish women. Lovable, flawed, and so very human, each character had me rooting for them right until the very end. But it was the setting on the north Cornwall coast that makes me love this book: the weather, the seasons, the landscape, the house are all written so vividly that I could step into that place and instantly know my way around.
Claire Fuller
Sarah Vaughan not only writes beautifully but her stories and characters have a way of climbing into your heart and staying there long after you've turned the last page . . . Highly recommended!
Fleur Smithwick
A gorgeously evocative love letter to Cornwall and an unputdownable story. I devoured it.
Katy Regan
A big-hearted story, and one that's full of love for the Cornish landscape. With the convincing detail about farming life, and intriguing past and present storyline, The Farm at the Edge of the World thoroughly transported me to the far western wilds, and made me very reluctant to leave again.
Emylia Hall, author of <i>The Book of Summers</i>
The characters are engaging, the plot nuanced and satisfying. I was blown away, to be honest, finishing the book in one greedy gulp. Highly recommended!
Sarah Jasmon, author of <i>The Summer of Secrets</i>
Sarah Vaughan's beautifully-written second novel establishes her as a compelling storyteller, weaving the two strands of Cornish farming past and present into an honest, visceral love story.
Rebecca Mascull
Exquisitely written . . . a truly pastoral novel - sharp, sometimes painful, but authentic with real emotional depth.
Veronica Henry
[A] fabulous sense of place and a clever, compelling story
Woman & Home
You won't want this one to end
Marie Claire
Heartbreaking
Woman Magazine
A great read about guilt, atonement and identity
Hello!
A rich family saga told with an intensity that echoes du Maurier
Kate Saunders, Saga Magazine
A sweeping love story, earthy and passionate, whipped along by the Cornish sea winds. Wonderful
Eve Chase
The Farm at the Edge of the world is warm, tender and full of humour and deeply moving. An assured and very affecting piece of storytelling.
Lucy Robinson