Foxash: 'A wonderfully atmospheric and deeply unsettling novel' Sarah Waters

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The centre of Foxash Estate is located at the grid reference easting 605986 and northing 230181 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system. Easting Something about the book blurb on NetGalley made me think I would enjoy reading this book, and my thanks to the publisher for providing an ARC. As it turns out, it wasn’t quite what I was expecting and I don’t know whether that’s because I misread the description or because it was, as it felt to me, a different book to what was described. We pride ourselves in saddles that fit. For this reason, our brands are chosen because they benefit horse and rider. This was a fantastic audiobook! The narration was brilliant with clear distinction between the characters.

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It's a story of growing: of growing crops on a smallholding (in the first year of production under the 1930s Land Settlement Association scheme) and the fertility of rural land; it's the story of growing sociality, co-operaton, neighbourliness and belonging; it's the story of a new life for a coalminer and his pitwife, growing seeds and plugs into cash crops of cucumbers and cane fruits. But more than that, 'Foxash' is the story of the female body growing; women's fertility; women's connectedness of spirit within the rural idyll. It's also the story of the growth of rot as collaboration breaks down; as decay grows within relationships; it's the chilling story of the insidious growth of spite, jealousy, and perfidy, and it all plays out in the media of what Lettie smells, tastes, sees, feels, hears. A Maintenance Unit, based behind the LSA stores, was responsible for repairs to houses and glasshouses with specialist plumbers, carpenters, etc. The team was led by Phil Hooper, who later moved to Spain. “The maintenance man in the 1960s and early 70s was Bill Lay Flurrie who apparently fixed most things with a large hammer and some nails!! He needed to mix a small amount of cement at ours once and used the washing up bowl from the kitchen!” (Diane King, nee Chapman No 19) But Kate Worsley doesn’t take the obvious or ‘easy’ way forward. This book is all the more haunting because there are no supernatural explanations. Foxash is dark without the need for any otherworldly bells and whistles. We offer a range of activities each week - art, craft, pool competitions, quizzes, music session, sewing, puzzles, darts competitions. There is a disco not the first Tuesday of every mont, and a music session on the last Tuesday of the month.The Radleys have been accepted by a government scheme aimed at resettling the unemployed, and Tommy has gone ahead of Lettie to learn the art of being a smallholder. At first everything seems to be going swimmingly. Their new neighbours, Adam and Jean Dent, are an older couple and experienced smallholders. They offer friendship and educate the newcomers about growing their crops and taking care of their animals. The younger pair must reach a certain standard during a probation period, or risk losing their home and livelihood. Lettie seems to forgive everyone except herself for any failings, but she is suspicious of the Dents and their over-familiarity with her husband. Kate explains the inspiration behind her latest novel, Foxash, set in Foxash Land Settlement Association in Lawford. In 1936, 1,000 unemployed miners and shipbuilders were relocated to 20 locations across England to begin new lives as market gardeners. I found it to be actually a very claustrophobic, isolated and dark story, which I guess is where the gothic bit comes in. Several of the twists and turns are a bit predictable, although perhaps the final one is unexpected. Wednesdays 12.30pm-2.30pm. This group is currently free but places MUST be pre-booked by calling Victoria on 07710 177050. Bring your own lunch. The Club is a chance to meet friends and socialise. Different activities each week. For more information call Victoria 07710 177050

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Not only is Georgie a full-time saddle fitter, she is also the CEO of Master Saddle Fitters International, a global organization that specialises in supporting saddle fitters, along with championing the pursuit of knowledge around saddle fitting, riding and horse care. What I loved most about Foxash is the way that the author weaves in rural lore, such as going to tell the bees about significant events, and the natural changes in the countryside as the seasons change. It is almost claustrophobic in its detailed descriptions of the countryside, the oppressive heat of the greenhouse and the chill of winter mornings with the cry of foxes. Lettie’s world was never vast, but it has become much smaller: she never leaves the smallholding and seldom meets anyone other than her neighbours. As compensation she learns to observe nature and how it behaves in a way that she hasn’t previously, and we seldom would today. We witness the growth and transformation that envelops everything, even Lettie herself. Oh and there’s quite a lot of information about lettuces! She was the first to have achieved four certifications in saddle fitting from three different countries and has quite literally travelled the globe to soak up knowledge on the subject. Likewise to Sarah Waters, I would also compare 'Foxash' to Kiran Millwood Hargrave's writing for adults. There is that physiologic claustrophobia and shrinking-down of the female protagonist's world, as is experienced by Hargrave's Maren and Lisbet in 'The Mercies' and 'The Dance Tree' respectively. Here we have Lettie's body buffeted by her surroundings and her interactions with others. For instance, she struggles against ' sheets of crying; buffeting walls of it'. Every interaction with her immediate situation sees Lettie's five senses respond reflexively: ' [the] plants [...] sung to me.' The last chapters were truly gothic and disturbing and the ending was done very well, as I wasn’t sure how she would finish off this truly chilling tale.Combining a gothic sensibility with a visceral, unsettling sense of place, Foxash is a deeply original novel of quiet and powerful menace, of the real hardships of rural life, and the myths and folklore that seep into ordinary lives - with surprising consequences.

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The first thing I noticed about Foxash by Kate Worsley is the stunning cover. The book definitely lives up to its promise but in a most unexpected way.Worn down by poverty, Lettie Radley arrives in Foxash, Essex to join her out-of-work miner husband Tommy. Their new smallholding may well be the 'fairy-tale home’ the (Land Settlement) Association promised, but she has trouble accepting the new neighbours, Jean and Adam Dell. A farmer’s life is hard to adapt to, for city folks. Lettie relies on Jean for advice yet resents it and feels humiliated to have to ask. Photographers in Manningtree Cleaning Services in Manningtree Djs in Manningtree Event Bars in Manningtree Videographers in Manningtree Event Staff in Manningtree Waiters in Manningtree Caterers in Manningtree Florists in Manningtree Street Food Vendors in Manningtree Event Planner in Manningtree Food Deliveries in Manningtree Musicians in Manningtree Theatre / Drama Groups in Manningtree Services For Halls in Manningtree