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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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6 editions- Other · English · 2017HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062803368
- Other · English · 2016Faber & Faber, Limited · 288 pages · 9780571315604
- Other · English · 2010Faber & Faber, Limited · 9780571267637
- Other · English · 2006Harper Perennial · 267 pages · 9780060817251
- Other · English · 2003Faber and Faber · 267 pages · 9780571209309
- Other · English · 2002Faber · 257 pages · 9780571209255
FictionSocial aspectsSocial conditionsRural industriesSocial aspects of Rural industriesCountry lifeFiction, historical, generalEngland, fiction