"Powerful and beautifully written … Harrison is the traditional being, a nature writer with a knowledge and eye for detail that recalls Thomas Hardy and John McGahern. And that makes this novel impossible to forget"
The Times

"A work of rare magic"
Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk

"An incredible evocation of one particular corner of rural England in the 1930s...with this novel she's done what I've long suspected she would: she's written a masterpiece"
Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13

"A powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story from a writer who is fast establishing herself as one of the best contemporary exponents of the pastoral novel"
Observer

"A deeply atmospheric work, steeped in the rhythms and traditions of the English countryside and the rhythms and traditions of its literature. Its texture – dense, hypnotic and beautifully rendered – is oddly daring. The fusing of ancient natural cycles and farming techniques with powerfully descriptive prose and rich characterisation feels luxuriant on the page...Startling"
Financial Times