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Rural hours : the country lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann

Rural hours : the country lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann

Book 2024

In Rural Hours, Harriet Baker tells the story of three very different women, each of whom moved to the countryside and was forever changed by it. We encounter them at quiet moments--pausing to look at an insect on the windowsill; jotting down a recipe; or digging for potatoes, dirt beneath their nails. Slowly, we start to see transformations unfold: Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rosamond Lehmann emerge before us as the passionate, v...