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Orange Prize for Fiction 2010
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The Wilding
Maria McCann
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synopsis1672. A generation after the Civil War, England is still struggling to return to normal. In the village of Spadboro, Jonathan Dymond, a cider maker who lives with his parents has enjoyed a quiet and harmonious life. But the death of his uncle leads Jonathan to secrets that have lain dormant since the war.
Jonathan discovers his dying uncle’s letter to his father, hinting at inheritance and revenge and he becomes determined to unravel the mystery. Under the pretence of making cider, Jonathan goes to stay with his newly widowed and strangely hostile aunt. While he tries to make sense of his own family, Jonathan becomes involved with his aunt’s servant girl, Tamar, who soon reveals that she has secrets of her own…Maria McCann
lives and works in Somerset, combining teaching and writing with other interested including voluntary communities and the allotments movement. Her first novel, As Meat Loves Salt, was published in 2000 and her short fiction has been published in various anthologies.
