Towards Mellbreak
Towards Mellbreak by Marie-Elsa Bragg, published by Penguin Random House on April 5, 2018, is a literary work that explores the life of Harold, who manages Ard Farm in 1971. As he navigates the challenges of modern farming, Harold feels the presence of his father and hopes to sustain the family legacy alongside his grandmother and Uncle Joe. The narrative reflects on the pressures of change and the impact of external forces threatening their way of life.
Readers will find a poignant depiction of family life and the struggle to maintain traditions amidst societal shifts. The book delves into themes of rural existence and the political landscape affecting small communities. Through its poetic and tragic lens, Towards Mellbreak offers an insightful commentary on the preservation of beliefs and the rituals that bind families together, set against the backdrop of the Cumbrian landscape. This edition comprises 224 pages and is presented in English.
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After many generations, it is now, in 1971, Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father’s presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat. Farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention. As the years pass, and Harold has a son of his own, he strives to keep control of his land, to make a go of it, even while forces he cannot understand are gradually destroying him. Towards Mellbreak is a hymn both to the landscape of Cumbria and to a disappearing world. Poetic, beautiful and tragic, it gives an account of the struggle to preserve traditions and beliefs in the face of change. It is a quietly bold indictment of the treatment of generations of British men, and an assertion of the power to be found in the rituals we pass down through our families.
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