Book Review
- Title:
- Haweswater
- Author:
- Sarah Hall
- Genre:
- Contemporary Fiction
- Publishing Details:
- Faber, 2003
ISBN: 0571209300 - Description:
- Sarah Hall’s first novel is set in 1936 in a remote dale in the old county of Westmoreland, and tells of the flooding of the dale to make way for a reservoir, against the wishes of many of the local hill farmers. It is a story of love, obsession and the destruction of a community.
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