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0-241-02437-4. In the Springtime of the Year is a 1973 novel by Susan Hill. Hill has stated that the book was inspired by the sudden death from a heart attack of her fiance, David Lepine, an organist at Coventry Cathedral, and thus is, in terms of emotional content at least, semi-autobiographical. [1][2][3]
- Susan Hill
- 1973
Jan 1, 1973 · Susan Hill. 3.74. 588 ratings89 reviews. In a rural English village, young Ruth Bryce is struggling to deal with the sudden and accidental death of her husband, Ben. Suddenly alone, Ruth must cope not only with Ben’s death but also with his family who view her with suspicion and hostility. Her sole companion is Ben’s fourteen-year-old ...
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Susan Hill. David R. Godine Publisher, 1992 - Fiction - 179 pages. Set in a rural English village, In the Springtime of the Year is an astonishingly acute novel built around young Ruth Bryce's struggle to cope with the swift and accidental death of her husband, Ben. Suddenly alone, Ruth must face not only the agony of Ben's absence, but must ...
- Susan Hill
- David R. Godine Publisher, 1992
- reprint
- In the Springtime of the YearNonpareil Book
After just a year of close, loving marriage, Ruth has been widowed. Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft. Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben's family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated, burying herself in her cottage in the countryside as the seasons change ...
Summary In the Springtime of the Year opens with the death of Ben Bryce, a young man in his 20's whom we only get to know posthumously but one who has clearly left his imprint on all who knew him. Dying as a result of a freak accident--an apparently healthy tree suddenly falling on him--Ben, as a friend notes, "had been at one with things" (62).
After just a year of close, loving marriage, Ruth has been widowed. Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident and Ruth is left, suddenly and totally bereft. Unable to share her sorrow and grief with Ben's family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated, burying herself in her ...
