25/08/2026
We ๐ books, so every week we showcase one chosen by a Nairn Library member.
This week's title 'The Farm at the Edge of the World' by Sarah Vaughan comes highly recommended by Martha who writes:
"This beautifully written family drama offers a vivid sense of time and place. Set in Cornwall during the war, it is a gripping saga that deals with grief, loss and resolution."
1939, Will and Alice, evacuated to a granite farm in Cornwall, meet the farmer's daughter Maggie. There, surrounded by fields of shimmering barley and a sky that stretches forever, they enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war. But in the sweltering summer of 1943 something happens that will have tragic consequences. A small lie escalates. Over 70 years on Alice is determined to atone for her actions - but has she left it too late?
2014, and Maggie's granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldn't wait to leave thirteen years earlier, marriage over; career apparently ended thanks to one terrible mistake. Can she rebuild herself and the family farm? And can she help her grandmother, plagued by a secret, to find some lasting peace?
This is a novel about identity and belonging; guilt, regret and atonement; the unrealistic expectations placed on children and the pain of coming of age. It's about small lies and dark secrets. But above all it's about a beautiful, desolate, complex place.
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https://hlh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/BIBENQ/486432494/129112125,1
If you've read a library book you'd like to recommend, let us know and it could be next week's โบ๏ธ
