Homestead

Set a year after the events of Runaway, Homestead continues the tale of Joshua, Clara and Lizbet. With the addition of Joshua's mother, Maisie, life has settled into comfort and routine, but this is about to change. The creek carries a new arrival to The Eddy, one that brings uncertainty to existence on the farm. Lizbet is faced with a hard choice while Joshua pursues his own course of action. Meanwhile, a lasting drought threatens the harvest and causes worry, prayers for rain going unanswered.

Follow the characters in this gripping tale that sees them struggling with the intrusion of the outside world and their own inner turmoil. Will life on the farm return to its previous peacefulness or will it forever be undone by circumstances and their reactions to them?

Edwin Page is the prolific author of over 60 books. Included among them are The Hanging Tree and Savage, both of which relate to slavery during the American Civil War. He has written three further historical novels set in Cornwall, England, all of which tell emotive stories of social outcasts.