Penhaligon's Attic

Freya used to love the sea, but an awful incident when she was still a little girl made her afraid of the water. After a long period of absence she's back with her father, Matthew, once more and has another chance to live at the Cornish coast, where she once was so happy. Matthew made a few big mist......more

Freya grew up in Caernoweth in Cornwall and loved the sea and her life there until one night she nearly drowned after going out looking for her father. Her father had an alcohol problem and Freya's mother had had enough and left him to go and live in London taking Freya with her until some years lat......more

Having recently decided to revisit my love of sagas I was excited to download the first in Terri Nixon’s series set in turn of the century Cornwall. The minute I started it I was hooked and raced through. A beautifully written story, within an evocative setting, that captured my attention immediatel......more

Incredibly well written with great characterisation and place descriptions that transport you into the Cornish landscape. Where other writers would insert a predictable outcome, Terri takes the rule book and throws it out the window by avoiding these and making the story her own. I read it in a day......more