Hartisborne
Stephanie Norgate
Stephanie Norgate’s recently published novel Hartisborne, a love-letter to the power of nature and reading, is based on the village of Selborne and is inspired by the village’s most famous resident, the clergyman and naturalist, Gilbert White.
In 1763, ecologist Gil strives to write the natural history of his village Hartisborne but is distracted by love for his weeding woman Mary and his desire to save her from the parish overseer.
In 1963, war orphan Georgie is obsessed with The Natural History of Hartisborne - a now world-famous book and her only inheritance – and with its writer, Gil, even though he lived two centuries ago. Escaping her controlling uncle and an unworthy love affair, Georgie arrives in the village of her dreams only to discover a conflicted rural community, where an old lady is haunted by dissolute monks and visions of women's suffering. And where not everyone loves Gil’s legacy.
Can Gil and Georgie save each other, when they meet in the time-trapping woodland of Hartisborne?
Hartisborne by Stephanie Norgate is available on Amazon in hardback for £15, paperback for £12.20 and kindle £4.99