Coming home
By: Sue Gee
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Charnwood
Publisher: Thorpe
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781444825244
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Fiction; Families; Man-woman relationships; History
Description: Will and Flo have found themselves, and each other, in colonial India - but as the war and the age of empire draw to a close, so they must make their way back to England. There, they and their young family attempt to fashion a new life for themselves in rural Devon. But managing a farm proves harder than Will anticipated, while Flo struggles to marry the pressures of domestic life with her desire to write. The 1950s and 60s - the decades in which their children will come of age - will challenge some of the Sutherlands' deepest certainties. But through all the misunderstandings and heartache, this less-than-perfect family remain committed to each other above all things.
Notes: Adult.
Table of contents: title: Spring 1947. In a few month's time the British flag will be lowered all over India, and with Independence thousands of those who made their lives there; title: as planters, civil servants, or in the Indian Army; title: will be returning to England. Among those coming home are Will and Flo Sutherland, who fell in love at the end of the war. India has been the defining experience of their lives: how will they make a new life now? They lease an isolated farm in the depths of Devon, but though Will makes a go of it, and their two small children thrive, the relentless work and hardship take their toll. Meanwhile, vulnerable Flo is struggling to write the story of their time in India.