A Place Called Winter: The epic and tender bestselling novel of love, compassion and living again
Mar 2015 · Hachette UK
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** Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2015 **
A stunning novel of love, life and pioneering love, set in Canada. A Sunday Times Top Ten hardback and paperback bestseller -selected for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club.
'A mesmerising storyteller; this novel is written with intelligence and warmth' The Times
A shy but privileged elder son, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Then the beginnings of an affair, and the threat of arrest force him to abandon his wife and child and sign up for emigration to Canada.
Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war and madness that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before.
'Rich in atmosphere and period detail, from the wardrobe requirements of pioneers to the construction of catalogue-bought houses, this enjoyable tale is both witty and poignant' Daily Mail
'Neatly constructed and written in a prose of beautiful lucidity, Gale's novel offers up an absorbing and often moving story' Sunday Times
What readers love about A PLACE CALLED WINTER:
'Beautifully written. This story is full of emotion, love, hard work and heartache. It is also full of hope' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Patrick Gale never ceases to surprise and amaze. Frontier Canada is as beautifully rendered as respectable Herne Bay' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A passionate and powerful novel written by a gifted storyteller' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The gift of Patrick Gale is to tell a story with such poise and grace of prose that you are wound deeply around every step of the unfolding tale' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'This novel is a delightful read - atmospheric with an easy style which effortlessly carries the reader from the stiff English afternoon tea to the chill of a Canadian winter. Gale is one of those skilled writers that makes you forget you're reading a book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
A stunning novel of love, life and pioneering love, set in Canada. A Sunday Times Top Ten hardback and paperback bestseller -selected for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club.
'A mesmerising storyteller; this novel is written with intelligence and warmth' The Times
A shy but privileged elder son, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Then the beginnings of an affair, and the threat of arrest force him to abandon his wife and child and sign up for emigration to Canada.
Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war and madness that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before.
'Rich in atmosphere and period detail, from the wardrobe requirements of pioneers to the construction of catalogue-bought houses, this enjoyable tale is both witty and poignant' Daily Mail
'Neatly constructed and written in a prose of beautiful lucidity, Gale's novel offers up an absorbing and often moving story' Sunday Times
What readers love about A PLACE CALLED WINTER:
'Beautifully written. This story is full of emotion, love, hard work and heartache. It is also full of hope' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Patrick Gale never ceases to surprise and amaze. Frontier Canada is as beautifully rendered as respectable Herne Bay' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A passionate and powerful novel written by a gifted storyteller' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The gift of Patrick Gale is to tell a story with such poise and grace of prose that you are wound deeply around every step of the unfolding tale' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'This novel is a delightful read - atmospheric with an easy style which effortlessly carries the reader from the stiff English afternoon tea to the chill of a Canadian winter. Gale is one of those skilled writers that makes you forget you're reading a book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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4.3
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tony durnell
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April 3, 2015
I could not put this book down. I shut the whole world out whilst it held me captive from chapter to chapter. A Place Called Winter has Eveything and does give the imagination a chance to walk the story as you read. I am indebted to BBC Radio 2 as I would not have read this compelling story had they not reviewed it. It is now doing the rounds within my family.
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Lone Rider
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June 4, 2020
This book has really affected me, not in a bad way, but I felt as though I was there as the story unfurled. Observing and standing alongside the characters every step of the way, characters that I got to know really well, and could identify with. Spookily some parts of the story relate to happenings in our here and now... Going to re-read A Place Called Winter again, very shortly... Absolutely loved it, wish there was a series of follow ups!!!
Abby Fairbrother
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March 3, 2016
A brilliant read, I was very moved by the protagonists relationships. All though many issues are thrown into the novel, I loved the fundamental love story. I never read love story's, bought this due to the era etc but loved it! What an ending!
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About the author
Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight. He spent his infancy at Wandsworth Prison, which his father governed, then grew up in Winchester before going to Oxford University. He now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Perfectly Good Man, the Richard and Judy bestseller Notes From An Exhibition, the Costa-shortlisted A Place Called Winter and Mother's Boy. His original BBC television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 as part of the BBC's Queer Britannia series, leading viewers around the world to discover his novels.
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