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Rachel Canwell Book Launch
Debut author, Rachel Canwell, will talk with Jayne Davies about her inspiration for the novel and her experience bringing this story to print.
Lincolnshire, 1914. As the First World War approaches, three women are living, trapped between the unforgiving marsh, the wide, relentless river, and the isolation of the fen.
Their lives are held fast by profound grief, haunted by the spectres of the past. Trapped by the looming presence and eerie stillness of a hospital that has never admitted a single patient.
Eleanor longs to escape. To make a life with the man she loves, leaving her sister, and all her ghosts behind.
Clara’s marriage is crumbling and violent and she yearns for peace and security for both herself and her innocent children.
Meanwhile, Lily, a formidable force of will, stands resolute against the relentless tide of change. She will stop at nothing, no matter the devastating cost, to ensure that life, and her family, remain frozen in an unyielding embrace of the past.
Author, Rachel Canwell, grew up with the story of this forgotten hospital. Isolated, stocked weekly and cleaned daily but never admitting a single patient. The hospital was real, tended by her family for over sixty years and set against the ethereal beauty and loneliness of the Fens, is the inspiration for her novel.
Published by Northodox Press who champion Northern Writers
Copies will be available on the day.
Date: Sat 14 Feb
Time: 11AM-12.30PM
Location: St Mary’s Church, LA6 2AX
Tickets: FREE admission, suitable for all ages
