A Girl in Winter

Lose yourself in this Christmassy winter's tale of young love by the 'best-loved English poet of the past 100 years.' (Sunday Times)

Katherine Lind is a refugee who has become a librarian in a wartime Northern town. One winter's day, she receives a telegram: and her thoughts drift back to falling in love with her pen-pal, Robin Fennel, on a glorious summer exchange. But on his return from the army, their reunion is not what they imagined ...

'Beautiful.' Nina Stibbe

'Remarkable . Diffused poetry.' Simon Garfield

'Highly sensitive . Reminiscent of Virginia Woolf.' Joyce Carol Oates

'Funny and profoundly sad.' Andrew Motion

'The best-loved English poet of the past 100 years.' Sunday Times