An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
It is a novel about the way in which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for hope, we can so easily unearth horror..
Starve Acre is a devastating new novel by the author of the prize-winning bestseller The Loney .
But as they delve further into their grief, both uncover more than they set out to.
Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree.
Convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, Juliette seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists.
Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place.
Richard and Juliette Willoughby\'s son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five.
The worst thing possible has happened.
An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark
