Spellbinding and unusual, Mary's story is one of loneliness, isolation and possible madness. Living alone in the house she once shared with her ex-partner, financially tied to her unfulfilling administrative job, she values the urban woodland wilderness caught between roads that her garden backs onto. The part its wildlife plays in her life is something she values, but her neighbours don't seem to feel the same way. It seems that there is more than one way to be human, in the end - and no (wo)man is an island. Beautifully written, this is a lovely book.
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