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Fiction, General Fiction

Flatlands

Sue Hubbard (author)

Paperback Published on: 06/06/2024; Language: English, English (Original language of a translated text)

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Beautiful and haunting

I love books set during WWII, and this one did not disappoint. A friendship, haunting landscape, saving injured birds, evocative writing... what's not ador... READ MORE

Kurde @Horsham at Horsham

Synopsis

A Sunday Times historical fiction book of the year

'A moving study of an unlikely friendship and the healing power of the natural world'?Sunday Times

'A tender portrait of wartime youth'?Guardian

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Frida is a twelve-year-old evacuee from the East End, sent to stay with a farming family deep in the lonely landscape of the Fens.

Philip is an artist and a conscientious objector, living in a remote lighthouse on the shores of the Wash.

Amid the wild beauty of the wetlands, as the world is consumed by war, they form a friendship that will change the course of both their lives.

Publisher information

Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781911590750
Number of pages: 272
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Languages: English, English (Original language of a translated text)

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Absorbing

This book left me feeling akin to the title of flat. It’s a novel of reminiscence that drifts back and forth between time zones and the two main protagonis... READ MORE

Romany

A truly beautiful book

I have just finished #flatlands by Sue Hubbard and it is excellent. Based loosely on The Snow Goose by Gallic and set around Peter Scott’s lighthouse in... READ MORE

Claire

The landscape is the star

Freda is evacuated to the area around The Wash in Lincolnshire. She is lonely and abused in her host family. Phillip is a sensitive young man who is a co... READ MORE

Jo-anne Atkinson

a slow paced novel that's incredibly meaningful

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 /5 Thank you so much to NetGalley, Pushkin Press, and Sue Hubbard for allowing me to read and review this delightful novel :)) Flatlands is ... READ MORE

Aziza

A celebration of two people’s steadfastness

Philip and Freda are outsiders, one by his choice of pacifism and the other by her circumstances, who struggle to survive as WW2 breaks out in Europe. Ph... READ MORE

Phil

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