'Finely judged writing like this comes from a place of instinct and it marks Melrose out as
someone to watch . . . Midwinter is a great success' Melissa Harrison GuardianFather and Son
Landyn and Vale Midwinter are Suffolk farmers living together on land their family has worked
for generations. But they are haunted there by a past they have long refused to confront: the
death of Cecelia beloved wife and mother when Vale was just a child. Both men have carried
her loss unspoken.Until now.With the onset of a mauling winter something between them
snaps.While Vale makes increasingly desperate decisions Landyn retreats finding solace in the
land his animals - and a vixen who haunts the farm and seems to bring with her both comfort
and protection.Tender and lyrical alive to language and nature Midwinter is a novel about
guilt blame lost opportunities and ultimately it is a story about love and the lengths we
will go to find our way home.'Melrose elegantly weaves narratives detailing the men's internal
tumult with lush descriptions of their natural surroundings . . . A moving story about the
cruelty of chance modern masculinity and the transformative power of the bonds between men'
Financial Times'I have rarely read a narrative voice as distinctive as Landyn's and the loving
depiction of regional English working-class masculinity is unusual and timely . . . This is
certainly not a light-hearted book but it offers the true consolation of some very good
writing' Sarah Moss TLS'A penetrating study of grief and guilt' Daily Mail
