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AFON
A General Fiction Novel by Robert Partridge
Subgenres:
- Literary Fiction,
- Welsh Setting,
- Character-Driven
This book is for you if you're into...
- Writers escaping to remote places and finding more than solitude
- Intertwined friendships and marriages with secrets beneath the surface
- Stories where the landscape shapes the fate of everyone involved
Peter Grainger, 43 – failed writer, failed teacher, failed husband, failed everything – decides to gamble the last of his money on a final attempt to produce that elusive second novel.
He takes a lease on a cottage in a remote Welsh valley, hoping to find the peace and quiet that he thinks he needs. Instead he becomes drawn into the lives of the people that own and work on the Afon estate. As he gets to know Helen Miller, the wife of the owner, and as her story too unfolds, Grainger is forced to confront the true nature of his relationship with Alan and Ann, the married couple who have been his closest friends since their university days. As these two apparently separate worlds converge, Grainger begins to appreciate the wild beauty of the Welsh river valley – and the threat posed to it all by one of the Afon estate's own employees.
Over this one summer, lives take new directions, and Grainger, much to his surprise, plays a leading role in those changes. Through it all runs the lovely river Athi, its changing moods reflecting the experiences of those that inhabit the valley.
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