Wild ground

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Neef and Danny. Danny and Neef. They were inseparable for all those years. Outsiders in their rural Yorkshire town, they clung to an imagined future achieved through Neef’s talent for storytelling and Danny’s for gardening. But as they grew older, their dreams strained against the same forces that held their families hostage: substance abuse, poverty, racism. They began to lose sight of their future and each other. Now, Neef works in a café in London and calls herself Jennifer. Jennifer is sober and determined to stay anonymous, until Danny’s father shows up looking for his missing son. As the memories she once fled resurface, Neef is forced to face the decisions she’s made and the person she’s become. Heartbreaking and hopeful, ‘Wild Ground’ is an achingly tender novel of first love and second chances.

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‘A glittering exploration of love’s many faces – Wild Ground aches with hard-won hope and bruised tenderness’ Colin Walsh, author of Kala’An intoxicating debut from a compelling new voice’ Adelle Stripe, author of Black Teeth and a Brilliant SmileWhen Neef was twelve, her mother moved them out of Leeds and into her boyfriend’s flat miles away. Resentful and unwelcome in their small Yorkshire town, Neef found solace in Danny, only a year older and an outsider himself. As they grew into young adults, they clung to an imagined future together, far away from the substance abuse, poverty and racism that held them and their families hostage.Fifteen years later, Danny’s father tracks her down in London in search of his missing son. Forced to confront the decisions she made and the person she became, Neef is faced with the question that’s troubled her all these years: can she ever move on from her first love?’A heart-breaking tale of love and loss, and a thought-provoking examination of how our histories haunt us’ Jenna Clake, author of Disturbance

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Weight 288 g
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 2.6 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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