The Daffodil Days - Helen Bain Publication Date:12/03/2026

The Daffodil Days - Helen Bain Publication Date:12/03/2026Deeply researched and utterly convincing' Melissa Harrison, Guardian'Not a word is out of place. Full of understated lyricism an exquisite and spellbinding debut' Heather Clark, author of Red Comet 'Luminous Helen Bain's prose is exact and alive, and the novel builds with a quietly devastating inexorable force you can't look away from' Paula McLain, author of The Paris WifeIn the early 1960s, in a small town near Dartmoor, the church bells ring. The

' Georgia Summers

author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker ShoreVile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel

But this is not just Ronnie's story - it is also that of Rob and his family

just days after the Parsley arrives

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reissued to mark Tolkien's 125th Anniversary

Alexander finds himself working for Emerald as penance and his new boss is none other than Sage herself

`What's the worst thing that could happen

This is first pursued through still-life paintings

Not very useful

and the skills learnt in hospitality - such as communication

timely book of love