The Walter Scott Prize-winning author of }The Gallows Pole{ returns with the story of a young man from a coal-mining background making his way to Robin Hood\'s Bay where he befriends an eccentric, sophisticated older woman, opening his mind to new possibilities in food, swimming and poetry over the course of a summer that shapes the pair\'s futures..
The Walter Scott Prize-winning author of }The Gallows Pole{ returns with the story of a young man from a coal-mining background making his way to Robin Hood\'s Bay where he befriends an eccentric, sophisticated older woman, opening his mind to new possibilities in food, swimming and poetry over the course of a summer that shapes the pair\'s futures.