Tim Pears
1) The redeemed
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English
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"It is 1916. The world has gone to war, and young Leo Sercombe, hauling coal aboard the HMS Queen Mary, is a long way from home. The wild, unchanging West Country roads of his boyhood seem very far away from life aboard a battlecruiser. Skimming through those West Country roads on her motorcycle, Lottie Prideaux defies the expectations of her class and sex as she covertly studies to be a vet. In a world torn asunder by war, everything dances in flux:...
2) The horseman
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English
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"Somerset, 1911. The forces of war are building across Europe, but this pocket of England, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land, remains untouched. Leo, a talented rider and son of the underkeeper to the head groundskeeper, grows up alongside the master's spirited daughter Charlotte"--
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Leo is on a journey. Aged thirteen and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in copses. Behind him lies the past, and before him the West Country, spread out like a tapestry. But a wanderer is never alone for long, try as he might - and soon Leo is taken in by gypsies, with their waggons, horses and vivid attire. Yet he knows he cannot linger, and must forge on to Penzance, towards...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A factory owner in a 1950s industrial town in England marries an intellectual woman, buys a hilltop mansion, and proceeds to raise a family. The novel follows the family's fortunes over the years, including the four children, one of whom is a talented photographer. Part family saga, part social history.
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Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Following a car accident in which his daughter is killed and he loses a hand, Owen is haunted by suicidal thoughts. In his despair, he resolves to reconnect with both his past and the natural world. Abducting his children, he embarks on a long, fateful journey, walking to the Welsh borders of his childhood.
