The High House

ISBN: 1800750072

Author: Greengrass Jessie

Condition: New

SUFFUSED WITH JOY Guardian, PROPHETIC Daily Mail, BEAUTIFUL Scotsman, IMMERSIVE IMAGECrisis slid from distant threat to imminent probability and we tuned it out like staticA stunning novel of the extraordinary and the everyday, The High House explores how we get used to change that once seemed unthinkable, how we place the needs of our families against the needs of others - and it asks us who, if we had to, we would save.Francesca is Caros stepmother, and Paulys mother. A scientist, she can see what is going to happen.The high house was once her holiday home; now looked after by locals Grandy and Sally, she has turned it into an ark, for when the time comes. The mill powers the generator; the orchard is carefully pruned; the greenhouse has all its glass intact. Almost a family, but not quite, they plant, store seed, and watch the weather carefully.