A Month in the Country by J L Carr #joyce only to flee once Russia

only to flee once Russia invaded Crimea again

Illustrated by Lucy Farfort

ISBN: 9781035002238

Child Psychologist and Neuroscientist

Hicks McTaggart

A Month in the Country by J L Carr #joyce only to flee once RussiaA damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. Now an old man, Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920, remembering a vanished place of blissful calm,