![]() ![]() The plot is compelling but it is the style of writing that drew me in. This man’s actions threatened to undo all that Harry had achieved. He could not, however, rid himself of the attentions of a misogynist and bully who had taken an interest in him whilst on the boat to Canada. Harry worked hard on his plot of land, made friends and settled down. ![]() He chose to seek a new life on the wild Canadian prairies, and ended up at a place called Winter. Soon after this Harry started an affair which, when discovered, led to his banishment abroad. However, their settled life by the sea had to be abandoned when financial dealings went badly wrong. Thanks to his brother’s more gregarious nature he was introduced to the woman who would become his wife. He followed the expected conventions of the time but shunned social interaction when he could. By the time he too died his boys had settled into a bachelor life of wealth and privilege, their only family each other. Cared for by a nursery maid until he was old enough to be sent away to school Harry barely knew his father who chose to grieve for his wife abroad. Loosely based on the author’s own family history it tells the tale of Harry Cane, an English gentleman whose mother died giving birth to his brother when Harry was four years old. ![]() ![]() A Place Called Winter, by Patrick Gale, is a beautiful, sweeping saga of love and loss. ![]()
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