==Literary fiction==
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{{newreview
|author=Susan Hill
|title=In the Springtime of the Year
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Ben and Ruth had been married for just a year when he was killed in a tragic accident. One of the other foresters came to tell Ruth about what had happened, but in truth she had known before he arrived. From feeling deliriously happy she had descended within moments into the depths of despair and felt so ill that she could barely move. The confirmation was just that - and Ruth was bereft. She couldn't share her feelings with Ben's family. It's politic to say that they were dealing with their grief in their own way but more truthful to admit that they had never liked her and were disinclined to extend more than the socially-required gestures now that Ben was dead.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099570483</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Roopa Farooki