The Well
by Catherine Chanter
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Pub Date 5 Mar 2015 | Archive Date 3 Apr 2015
Description
'One summer was all it took before our dream started to curl at the
edges and stain like picked primroses. One night is enough to swallow a
lifetime of lives.'
When Ruth Ardingly and her family first drive up from London in their grime-encrusted car and view The Well, they are enchanted by a jewel of a place, a farm that appears to offer everything the family are searching for. An opportunity for Ruth. An escape for Mark. A home for their grandson Lucien.
But The Well's unique glory comes at a terrible price. The locals suspect foul play in its verdant fields and drooping fruit trees, and Ruth becomes increasingly isolated as she struggles to explain why her land flourishes whilst her neighbours' produce withers and dies. Fearful of envious locals and suspicious of those who seem to be offering help, Ruth is less and less sure who she can trust.
As The Well envelops them, Ruth's paradise becomes a prison, Mark's dream a recurring nightmare, and Lucien's playground a grave.
When Ruth Ardingly and her family first drive up from London in their grime-encrusted car and view The Well, they are enchanted by a jewel of a place, a farm that appears to offer everything the family are searching for. An opportunity for Ruth. An escape for Mark. A home for their grandson Lucien.
But The Well's unique glory comes at a terrible price. The locals suspect foul play in its verdant fields and drooping fruit trees, and Ruth becomes increasingly isolated as she struggles to explain why her land flourishes whilst her neighbours' produce withers and dies. Fearful of envious locals and suspicious of those who seem to be offering help, Ruth is less and less sure who she can trust.
As The Well envelops them, Ruth's paradise becomes a prison, Mark's dream a recurring nightmare, and Lucien's playground a grave.
Advance Praise
'The Well asks us where do we seek refuge, and why? And perhaps it
shows us that what is left, after all is suffered, is love. Battered,
weathered, at the end of the novel it comes cresting over the hill, a
herald of relief. Bravo that woman. I loved this book!'
Jessie Burton
'So astoundingly assured that I wondered if AS Byatt had adopted a pseudonym'
Allison Pearson
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781782113607 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
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