Book description
After just a year of close, loving marriage, Ruth has been widowed.
Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and
Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft.
Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben's family, who are
dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly
isolated, burying herself in her cottage in the countryside as the
seasons change around her. Only Ben's young brother Jo, is able to
reach out beyond his own grief, to offer Ruth the compassion which
might reclaim her from her own devastating unhappiness.
The result is a moving, lyrical exploration of love and loss, of
grief and mourning, from a masterful writer.
Susan Hill is a prize-winning novelist, having been awarded the
Whitbread, Somerset Maugham and John Llewelyn Rhys awards, as well as
having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She wrote
Mrs de Winter
, the bestselling sequel to
Rebecca
, and the ghost story
The Woman in Black
, which was adapted for the stage and became a great success in the West
End. Her books include a collection of exquisite short stories,
The
Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read
, and the highly successful crime novel series about the detective Simon
Serrailler. Susan Hill lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs her own
small publishing firm, Long Barn Books.
