The Land in Winter
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This richly atmospheric read slowly unravels the inner lives of the characters who are faced with change while grappling with loneliness, obligation and the undercurrent of war. When the world around them is frozen, the urge to belong quietly awakens.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025
Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025
December 1962, the West Country.
Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the sma...
Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025
December 1962, the West Country.
Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the sma...























