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December 1962: In a village deep in the English countryside, two neighboring couples begin the day. Local doctor Eric Parry commences his rounds in the village while his pregnant wife, Irene, wanders the rooms of their old house, mulling over the space that has grown between the two of them.
On the farm nearby lives Irene's mirror image: witty but troubled Rita Simmons is also expecting. She spends her days trying on the idea of being a farmer's wife, but her head still swims with images of a raucous past that her husband, Bill, prefers to forget.
When Rita and Irene meet across the bare field between their houses, a clock starts. There is still affection in both their homes; neither marriage has yet to be abandoned. But when the ordinary cold of December gives way-ushering in violent blizzards of the harshest winter in living memory-so do the secret resentments harbored in all four lives.
An exquisite, page–turning examination of relationships, The Land in Winter is a masterclass in storytelling-proof yet again that Andrew Miller is one of the most dazzling chroniclers of the human heart.
On the farm nearby lives Irene's mirror image: witty but troubled Rita Simmons is also expecting. She spends her days trying on the idea of being a farmer's wife, but her head still swims with images of a raucous past that her husband, Bill, prefers to forget.
When Rita and Irene meet across the bare field between their houses, a clock starts. There is still affection in both their homes; neither marriage has yet to be abandoned. But when the ordinary cold of December gives way-ushering in violent blizzards of the harshest winter in living memory-so do the secret resentments harbored in all four lives.
An exquisite, page–turning examination of relationships, The Land in Winter is a masterclass in storytelling-proof yet again that Andrew Miller is one of the most dazzling chroniclers of the human heart.
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"Andrew Miller narrates his newest audiobook, which was a finalist for this year's Booker Prize. Set during England's great winter freeze of 1962-1963, this ambitious story focuses on two married couples who are neighbors in a village. Eric is a doctor married to Irene, a former society girl, while Bill, an inexperienced farmer, is with Rita, a working-class girl with a mysterious past. Both women are pregnant and become fast friends despite the differences in their backgrounds. Miller's voice is regal and slightly detached as he details the minutiae of postwar life. Sometimes his tone is gentle but matter-of-fact, and the loneliness that consumes Miller's characters is palpable. As the winter weather worsens and secrets are revealed, listeners will be riveted. C.A.P. � AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine"
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