What a pleasure today to share my latest online book review for My Weekly magazine. This time I’m taking a look at Foster’s Mill by Val Wood. My grateful thanks to Emma Fairey at Penguin Random House for sending me a copy of Foster’s Mill.
Foster’s Mill was published Penguin imprint Bantam on 21st November in hardback and will be available in paperback from 16th January 2025 through the publisher links here.
Foster’s Mill
Holderness, Yorkshire, 1988.
Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about the local community… Everything except why another family, the Reedbarrows, now live in her ancestral home, Foster’s Mill.
When Christopher, a man from ‘down south’, arrives and begins asking questions about the Mill that no one has dared to ask for generations, secrets begin to surface, and Liz may finally find the answers she’s been looking for. And perhaps, at last, Liz and her father will be able to return to their family home.
But Liz soon realises that if the sea continues to ravage the cliffside, the land which the mill is built on will fall away. If she doesn’t take action soon, there may not be a home for her to return to.
With the help of Chris and the local community, can Liz save the village and claim what’s rightfully hers?
My Review of Foster’s Mill
My full review of Foster’s Mill can be found on the My Weekly website here.
However, here I can say that Foster’s Mill is a multi-layered and affecting story that was far more entertaining and interesting than I had perhaps anticipated. The themes in particular are thought-provoking and arresting, with characters that feel real and relatable so that this book stays in the reader’s mind long after the last page is turned.
Do visit My Weekly to read my full review here.
About Val Wood
Since winning the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her first novel, The Hungry Tide, Val Wood has become one of the most popular authors in the UK.
Born in the mining town of Castleford, Val came to East Yorkshire as a child and has lived in Hull and rural Holderness where many of her novels are set. She now lives in the market town of Beverley.
When she is not writing, Val is busy promoting libraries and supporting many charities. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Hull for service and dedication to literature.
For further information, visit Val’s website or find her on Twitter/X @val_wood, Facebook and Instagram.
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