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Starve Acre

Andrew Michael Hurley

2019256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2019
first published
  • 2019John Murray · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9781529387261
  • 2020Hodder & Stoughton · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781529387308
  • 2023Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780143137788

"The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree."--Provided by publisher.

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