This novel was set in the West Country, during the big winter freeze of 1962/63. The main protagonists being two, young, but 'unhappy' married couples, from different backgrounds and social classes. They come together, clashing and colliding, revealing their flawed characters and intimate dramas, as they try to navigate their new lives in rural England…

Everyone absolutely loved this book and found it uplifting.. This little wild animal put so much faith in the human who raised her.  The writing was beautifully crafted, capturing the beauty of the relationship between Chloe and the hare through the different seasons without one jot of sentimentality.  Many of us feared the end but…

We were all fascinated by this novel based on the life of Tan Yunxian, a woman doctor from 15th Century China during the Ming dynasty. What an extraordinary woman, with an extraordinary grandmother who inspired and taught her virtually all she knew about midwifery and childbirth in China, where medicine and science were well ahead…