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The
Shadow Year, by Hannah Richell, begins with Lila receiving
a mysterious envelope from a solicitor. The envelope contains a key, deeds to a
cottage, and a map to the remote Peak District, but we don’t know who has left
Lila this property or why.
Lila is in a state of grief due to the recent passing of
her father and an accident that caused the loss of her infant daughter. She
struggles to recall what happened to cause the accident and her grief is so
immense it is affecting her marriage to Tom, who does not know how to help her.
Lila sees the gift of the cottage as a welcome distraction and a way to escape
her pain, so she talks Tom into heading up there to check it out.
Rewind back to the 1980’s when a group of five university
graduates take a trip to a lake one of them recalls visiting as a child. While
at the lake, they come upon the neglected cottage and decide that it may be
possible to move into it and to live off the land for a year. Their plan has
its ups and downs as the work and supplies needed to keep them all fed are
difficult and not always sufficient, not to mention the sometimes strained relationships
between group members.
The novel continues to move back and forth between the
present and the past. Lila spends more time at the cottage, working on
renovating and fixing it up and meeting some of the locals. The university
students’ adventures are intertwined with Lila’s discoveries as she works,
revealing connections and helping to explain some of the feelings Lila has
towards the place.
The novel moves slowly in the beginning and just as I was
willing it to pick up the pace, so many things began to happen it became
impossible to put down. Richell does a wonderful job of tying everything
together and just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, she surprises
you with the truth. This is a really good read that keeps you on your toes!
The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell intricately weaves the present-day struggles of Lila, who grapples with grief and a mysterious inheritance, with the past adventures of a group of university graduates living in a neglected cottage, revealing unexpected connections and truths along the way.
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