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Flatlands
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Flatlands is a homage to Paul Gallico's classic short story, The Snow Goose.
Freda is a twelve-year-old evacuee from East London, who has been sent away at the start of the war, leaving behind everything familiar to her, to escape the expected German bombing.
In her new temporary home in Lincolnshire, Freda finds herself billeted with a strange, cold, and ultimately, abusive couple, whose lives mirror the barren landscape in which they live a hand-to-mouth existence, based upon subsistence farming and poaching.
There, deprived of any warmth, she meets a young man—Philip Rhayader—a conscientious objector who has left Oxford and his prospective vocation in the church following a nervous breakdown.
Slowly, he introduces her to the wonders of the natural world and its enduring power to heal.
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Set against the backdrop of the vast fens, Flatlands is a haunting and lyrical exploration of loneliness and the solace found in nature, art, and unexpected friendships. The tale of an unhappy evacuee and a conscientious objector captivates as they seek peace amidst their personal turmoil. This evocative novel beautifully portrays the characters' journeys towards inevitable crises.
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ISBN: 9781911590743
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 June 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: ONE
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Sue Hubbard is an award-winning poet, novelist and freelance art critic. She has published three acclaimed novels and numerous collections of poetry, and was commissioned to create London's largest public art poem at Waterloo. Flatlands was loosely inspired by Paul Gallico's classsic wartime novella The Snow Goose.
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