Matthew Williams, a young Canadian, inherits a hill farm in North Wales and leaves his college course and flies to the UK take up his inheritance, He meets Lark, a traveller girl and takes her with him to the farm. To his huge dismay he finds that the place is terribly run down and realises that he knows nothing about farming. Lark, who is enchanted by the farm and the surrounding hills, helps him to settle in both on the farm and in the village. Meanwhile, his parents in Canada, who are going through seperate mid-life crises, argue bitterly over Matthew's rebellion and John Williams decides to come to Wales, to the home he rejected 25 years ago, to make Matthew return. The lives of parents, son and girlfriend are affected irrevocably and when events get out of hand, there is no return to normal life.
I really loved this book. Loved the descriptions of the countryside and it reminded me of me in parts and how I feel when I go up the fields at our place - it's almost spiritual. Reading about Lark taking to the farming is like me taking to living here - I am not from a farming background, yet live on one now and LOVE it. I loved all the character development and romance. Liked the way you can misjudge people and learn about them along with the characters. (Afraid to spoil there if it sounds cryptic) I will be reading more by this author soon
I liked this book enough to keep reading it though I wouldn't say its my favourite. Its twists and turns were unexpected which was nice but I found some of the characters quite depressing and a bit dull to be honest. I thought some of the bad language in it was a bit unnecessary and didn't add anything to the plot. Having said all that I enjoyed the descriptions of Wales and it made me want to go back and explore that area a bit more
This started off slow for me, but once I got into it, I really liked it. Lark’s complexity interested me, and her relationship with John felt real and rather beautiful. However, probably me but I didn’t get the ending? Did I miss something? Did she come back? Who was Erin?
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Fell in love with this book I lived every moment with the characters loving,living,laughing and crying could not put it down the description of North Wales was so very accurate.