Pollard (novel)
Pollard is the debut novel of Laura Beatty, first published in hardback in 2008 by Chatto & Windus and the following year in paperback by Vintage Books.[1] This was her first novel though she had previously written biographies. It won the Authors' Club First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize[2]
 First edition | |
| Author | Laura Beatty |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | photo taken by David Spero at Brithdir Mawr |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 320 |
| Awards | Authors' Club First Novel Award |
| ISBN | 0-7011-8209-1 |
Plot introduction
The novel concerns Anne, a teenager who leaves her chaotic home life and finds sanctuary in the nearby woods where she makes a new life for herself, foraging and hunting for food and building a house...
Inspiration
The author lives in Salcey Forest in Northamptonshire, one of the few remaining medieval hunting forests in England[3] and which provided the inspiration for the novel, including a tree-top walkway and survival courses.[4]
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References
External links
- All that stored sunlight review by Justine Jordan in The Guardian
- Copse and Robbers review by Olivia Laing in The Observer
- Review by Frank Cottrell Boyce
See also
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