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Now her parents have died, Annette returns to sell her old childhood home but there's work to do on the decrepit building first. As she wanders around and tries to make some order of the overgrown shambles, she's watched by the ghost of her mother, Netty; a spirit with regrets. Netty reminisces about Annette's childhood and the turning point their lives reached when the mysterious healer Timothy Richardson came to stay. It was a time that promised so much but one for which Netty now needs to make amends, even if she is beyond the grave.
Lancastrian author [[:Category:Jenn Ashworth|Jenn Ashworth's]] career has been embellished with accolades from the beginning. Jenn's 2009 debut ''A Kind of Intimacy'' won a 2010 Betty Trask award. This was followed in 2011 by [[Cold Light by Jenn Ashworth|Cold Light]] and the news that Jenn would be on the BBC TV's ''Culture Show'' list of 12 best new novelists. ''Fell'' is novel number 4 and continues Jenn's rise as she mixes the dead, the living and some atmospheric cliff hanging to ensure our full attention.
The idea for the tale comes from the story of Baucis and Philemon, an elderly couple who invite disguised gods to stay. Jenn doesn't follow the myth to the realms of full-on fantasy, however, to Netty and husband Jack, Tim has god-like potential. For them his ability to heal is the ability to renew life but there's more to their lodger and his motives than that.
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