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61%OFFWill Cohu - The Wolf Pit - 9780099542353 - 9780099542353
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The Wolf Pit

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Description for The Wolf Pit Paperback. Navigating family tensions and the trials of growing up, the author describes the close-knit community of North Yorkshire and his family's place within it: the shepherd probing the head-high snowdrifts for his flock; the pub landlord obsessed with military uniforms; and the village doctor lost in his love for the purple moorland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.

In 1966 Will Cohu's grandparents moved to Bramble Carr, a remote cottage on the Yorkshire moors. The summers and winters he spent there were full of freedom and light; only after childhood ended was he aware of the price the adults had paid for life in this most romantic of settings.


Navigating family tensions and the trials of growing up, Will describes the close-knit community of North Yorkshire and his family's place within it: the shepherd probing the head-high snowdrifts for his flock; the pub landlord obsessed with military uniforms; the village doctor lost in his love for ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099542353
SKU
9780099542353
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Will Cohu
Will Cohu was born in Yorkshire in 1964. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1992 he freelanced as writer, editor and journalist, mostly for the Daily Telegraph. His books include Urban Dog (2001) and Out of the Woods (2007).His stories Nothing But Grass, and East Coast-West Coast, were both short-listed for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Award. He lives ... Read more

Reviews for The Wolf Pit
A love letter to a family defined by a desire to make beauty and a gift for telling stories. The Wolf Pit has more quietly desperate heroism than any book I’ve ever read.
Brian Morton
Sunday Herald
Persuasive, atmospheric writing. A love letter to a past world
Sunday Times
Bittersweet
The Times
The ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Wolf Pit


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