Unfolding in Worcestershire in the 1880s, young Beth Tewke is coming to terms with a tragic loss. Resplendent with richly evocative scenes of country life and f

Telling of four generations two widely contrasting families; the domineering, prosperous Tewkes, and the kindly, unambitious Izzards.

Follows Grandfather Tewkes, his headstrong daughter Beth and her husband, their daughter Betony, and Betony's adopted brother, Tom Maddox, through four generati

Ensign traces the engagement of Wolfe's characters with the nonhuman world to roots in a romantic tradition of American literature, as exemplified by Nathaniel