The Offing

By Benjamin Myers (Author)
Format: Paperback / softback 272 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526611307
Published: 5 Mar 2020
Weight: 186g
Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 15 (mm)

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER

FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVELA

TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

'What a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and kindness ... Gorgeous' - Max Porter

One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood's Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea.

Staying with Dulcie, Robert's life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry. The two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures.