Thank you, Linda. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The novel does deserve to be widely read and loved and I'm pretty sure it would be had a Big 5 publisher brought it out and spent a lot on marketing! Alas, that's unaffordable for a tiny press like mine x

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It's a labour of love and a true #workingclass project.

And of course in her day there were no/fewer cars or buses so everywhere must have felt further away. The hamlet even now is quite isolated geographically, but only a ten minute car trip to the nearest town, Brackley.

As a kid it felt a long way but my dad drove to work there every day. The building of the M40 had a big impact on local transport. The roads have changed a lot in the Banbury/Brackley/Bicester area so much over the last few decades... Flora would be astounded!

I see a lot of this in my editing work. One of my common notes to writers is “Move this backstory to later in the novel?” or “Cut this backstory? We barely know this character so for now we just need to see her in action.“

I read it as a teenager when I lived in the actual Lark Rise, Juniper Hill. I lived in a cottage there from 1977 to 1993 with my mum, dad and brother. I was inspired to be a writer knowing Flora had lived there and written such an important memoir. Must read it again soon!

I’m reading it at the moment! (Audiobook.) I was a rural working-class child like Jenny. Lots to enjoy and recognise. Will be reviewing it once I’ve finished it.

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When I ran my indie press I paid four times a year, every three months. Never skipped a payment. I wasn't crowd-funding and worked my arse off to pay to publish my authors' books. If crowdfunding, there is no reason to not be able to pay royalties.

Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of my fave unsettling novels. It’s brilliant.