![]() ![]() The novel follows Judith Dunbar, a girl of fourteen at the start of the book, over the ten years of her life that encompass boarding school and the Second World War, which brings a huge amount of tragedy both to Judith and to those she holds dear. Slightly doubtful, I began to read this book despite longing to read some new ones I had bought – and was instantly hooked. ![]() It was lent to me by my nan, who has read a lot of Pilcher’s works before but claimed this as her favourite and insisted I would like it. REVIEW: As you may have noticed, there has been quite a gap between this review and my previous one – namely because this book is 1016 pages long which, although not the longest book I have ever read, did make it more time-consuming than I had imagined! However, I can say without doubt that it was definitely worth taking up so much time to read this wonderful novel. But the sun-drenched Cornish days give way to the rolling clouds of war and Judith has a lot of growing up to do before she can finally come home” BLURB: “As a girl, Judith gives her heart to Nancherrow, the Cornish estate where she grew up, practically adopted by the glamorous Carey-Lewis family. ![]()
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