One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood's Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea.
Staying with Dulcie, Robert's life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry. The two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures.
Benjamin Myers is an award-winning author and journalist.
His novels include The Gallows Pole (2017), which won Walter Scott Prize 2018, the world's largest prize for historical fiction, and also a Roger Deakin Award. It was longlisted for the and The Republic Of Consciousness Prize.
His latest book is the non-fiction work, Under The Rock (2018).
Other works include These Darke...
