In a small town in the middle of England, the aftermath of the Second World War brings change. For ambitious industrialist Charles Freeman, it offers new opportunities and marriage to Mary. He buys the big house on the hill and nails his aspirations to the future. In quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of family joy and tragedy. As the children grow and struggle with the hazards of adulthood, Charles' business expands in direct proportion to his girth and becomes a symbol of the town's fortunes as Britain claws its way back from the grey austerity of wartime Britain. As times change, so do the family's fortunes. Their stories create a generous epic, an extraordinarily rich and plangent hymn to the transformation of middle England over the past fifty years. At its heart is a diverse and persuasive cast of lovable and odious characters attempting to contend with the restrictions of their generation. This is the story of our lives.

In a Land of Plenty

Pears, Tim

Literature & Fiction

WINDMILL

In the Light of Morning

Genre Fiction

A Devon village during the hot, dry days of a devastating 1984 summer drought forms the backdrop to the story of thirteen-year-old Alison, youngest child of prosperous farmers, her family, and her friendship with the son of a local viscount. Winner of the 1994 Hawthornden Prize for Literature. 15,000 first printing.

In the place of fallen leaves

Contemporary

Hamish Hamilton

England's newest literary sensation pens a sweeping thirty-year tale of one couple who marries in 1952, moves into a mansion in the heart of England, and raises four children in the shadow of England's industrial landscape. By the author of In a Place of Fallen Leaves.

British & Irish

Picador

In 1952, Charles and Mary Freeman marry, take possession of a mansion high on a hill overlooking a small industrial town somewhere in the heart of England, and begin their family. This, Tim Pears' second novel, is the sweeping, rich, and astonishing tale of the first 30 years of their lives and the lives of their four children, Simon, James, Robert, and Alice. Compellingly drawn and infinitely resonant, the stories of these four children, stories of both joy and tragedy, create a generous epic of the life of a family, and of a country.

In 1952, Charles and Mary Freeman marry, take possession of a mansion high on a hill overlooking a small industrial town somewhere in the heart of England, and begin their family. This, Tim Pears' second novel, is the sweeping, rich, and astonishing tale of the first 30 years of their lives and the lives of their four children, Simon, James, Robert, and Alice. Compellingly drawn and infinitely resonant, the stories of these four children, stories of both joy and tragedy, create a generous epic of the life of a family, and of a country.

In A Land Of Plenty

Corgi

The breathtaking new novel from the great chronicler of our age.A Revolution of the Sun tells the story of one momentous year through the eyes of the people who lived it. It begins at the stroke of midnight on the first day of 1997. As the year turns, a group of disparate individuals from different backgrounds, from all corners of the country, embark on separate journeys which will converge over the course of the next twelve months: Rebecca, mother-to-be; Sam, amnesiac; Roderick, conservative MP; Jack, truck driver; Martha, cat burglar; Ben, hemiplegic child; Solo, his father. At the end of the year, their lives are irrevocably changed, some for better, some for worse. Ambitious, powerful, irresistible, A Revolution of the Sun is the work of a writer at the peak of his powers.

Revolution of the Sun

BANTAM PRESS

Landed

William Heinemann

Disputed Land

In/Place/Fallen Leaves

Literary

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In a Land of Plenty

In the Light of Morning

In the place of fallen leaves

In a Land of Plenty

In a Land of Plenty

In A Land Of Plenty

Revolution of the Sun

Landed

Disputed Land

In/Place/Fallen Leaves