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Book Review of Haweswater: A Novel (P.S.)

Haweswater: A Novel (P.S.)
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A quiet corner of the Lake District. The rhythm of life in the sheltered community is disturbed when Jack Ligget, from industrial Manchester, arrives with plans to build a new reservoir. HIs affair with Janet Lightbutn can only lead to scandal, tragedy and desperate acts. A novel of love, obsession and the passing of an age.