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It is 1931 and the villagers of Kinvara are welcoming newcomers into their close-knit community. Schoolteacher Catherine Dunbar takes a great interest in the welfare and education of Andy Sutherland, who has cerebral palsy – and comes to have more than a passing interest in his father, Rob. Joshua Bowman is a less popular arrival, as he tries to force his strict principles and beliefs on his neighbours; and his wife Miriam – a native of Kinvara – has a dramatic effect on Johnny Lonely, to whom she was once married.
But it is mainly on the children of Kinvara that the novel focuses, as they delight in the freedom and adventure of the beautiful coastal area, and grapple with the first stirrings of young and innocent love.
‘Christine Marion Fraser writes characters so real they almost leap out of the page…you would swear she must have grown up with them’ Sun
But it is mainly on the children of Kinvara that the novel focuses, as they delight in the freedom and adventure of the beautiful coastal area, and grapple with the first stirrings of young and innocent love.
‘Christine Marion Fraser writes characters so real they almost leap out of the page…you would swear she must have grown up with them’ Sun
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An author who has won a huge audience for her warm, absorbing tales of ordinary folk
Praise for Christine Marion Fraser:
'Christine Marion Fraser weaves an intriguing story in which the characters are alive against a spellbinding background'
Fraser writes with a great depth of feeling and has the knack of making her characters come alive. She paints beautiful pictures of the countryside and their changing seasons
Full-blooded romance, a strong, authentic setting
Christine Marion Fraser writes characters so real they almost leap out of the pages . . . you would swear she must have grown up with them