The Beacon (novel)

The Beacon

First edition
Author Susan Hill
Cover artist Getty Images
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Chatto and Windus
Publication date
02 Oct 2008
Media type Print & ebook
Pages 160
ISBN 0-7011-8340-3

The Beacon, is a novel by English author Susan Hill, first published in 2008 by Chatto and Windus and in paperback the following year by Vintage Books.[1]

Plot introduction

The four Prime children grow up in a bleak North Country farmhouse called 'The Beacon'; Colin and Berenice marry locally, May, the central character of the novel went to university in London but returns within a year. Only quiet, watchful Frank escapes to become a journalist on Fleet Street. But then he publishes a successful novel about his childhood which throws the family into turmoil...

Reception

Radio Dramatisation

The novel was dramatised for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Drama, broadcast in five 15-minute episodes from March 22–26, 2010.[5]

Publication history

[6]

References

External links