Our Picnics in the Sun, Morag Joss
Our Picnics in the Sun, Morag Joss
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Our Picnics in the Sun

Author: Morag Joss

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor, Michael Page, and Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2013

Synopsis

For thirty years, Howard and Deborah Morgan have poured all their energy and modest savings into Stoneyridge, a smallholding deep in the English moors. Howard putters with pottery, Deborah dabbles in weaving, and both struggle to tend sheep and chickens and live off the land. But what began with simple dreams of solitude and sunlit picnics in the hills has given way to a harsher reality. To help with finances, they decide to turn Stoneyridge into a bed-and-breakfast. But a sudden stroke leaves Howard incapacitated and Deborah overwhelmed. Then, late one evening, two men arrive needing a room for the night - and set off a chain of events that uncovers the relics of old tragedies. And through it all, Stoneyridge quietly hides the bitter and transformative truth.

About Morag Joss

Morag Joss is the author of several novels, including Among the Missing and the CWA Silver Dagger winner Half Broken Things, which was also adapted as a film for U.K. national television. In 2008 she was the recipient of a Heinrich Boll Fellowship, and in 2009 she was nominated for an Edgar Award for her sixth novel, The Night Following.

Reviews

Goodreads review by AJourneyWithoutMap

Our Picnics in the Sun by Morag Joss captures the life and travails of Deborah and Howard Morgan who lead an idealistic life, eking out a living in Stoneyridge, deep in the England moors, with their son Adam. But when Adam leaves to pursue a career, things take a drastic change for the couple. Their......more

Goodreads review by Diana

Very seldom do I award a book 5 stars. This book, while not uplifting, is a masterpiece. Complex, absorbing, insightful, sad and haunting. Joss can really tell a story and "get into" how a stroke victim feels, a lonely child, a self-absorbed husband and father and a disturbed mother and wife. The se......more

Goodreads review by Ann

An unusual story of love and desperation. Of things lost and life's disappointments.......more

Goodreads review by Helene

Well written with many thoughtful descriptions. An excellent portrayal of a marriage and life in an isolated location. A kind of thriller that keeps one in suspense.......more

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