As I’m spending a few days in Falmouth in Cornwall, What Cathy Read Next has a Cornish theme this week. I’ll be sharing reviews of books set in Cornwall and also listing some of the many books set in this part of the world.
The theme of today’s list is contemporary fiction novels set in Cornwall. Click on the book title to find the description on Goodreads.
Tremarnock Summer by Emma Burstall
Cottage on a Cornish Cliff by Kate Ryder
The House We Called Home by Jenny Oliver
The Cornish House by Liz Fenwick
Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
The Memory Garden by Rachel Hore
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Holly Seddon
All Rivers Run Free by Natasha Carthew
Summer at the Cornish Cafe by Phillipa Ashley
A Wedding in Cornwall by Laura Briggs
Do you have a favourite book set in Cornwall or have you read any of the books mentioned above?
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I loved Love Will Tear Us Apart!
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I’ll admit I haven’t read many of these (as not my go to genre) but in researching this post I added quite a few to my wishlist…
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Juliet Greenwood’s two books Eden’s Garden and We That Are Left are both excellent and set in Cornwall as is I believe her latest The White Camelia which I haven’t read.
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lovely, but these all seem to be romances or crime thrillers. Is there a serious work of fiction that you know of that’s largely set in Cornwall? cheers.
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Well, I would argue that Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, which is in another of my Cornwall week lists, is ‘a serious work of fiction’. However, the Trip Fiction blog https://www.tripfiction.com is a good place to search for books of all kinds set in particular locations. Hope you find something that takes your fancy.
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I vaguely remember Rebecca the movie with Olivier: it seemed a little melodramatic to me at the time. What I find more interesting is that she apparently wrote it while in Alexandria Egypt; there is also the titillating “Venetian” subtheme to her own life, which provides lurid fascination to many of her work, still. I will try to find Margaret Forster’s bio at the library (for the Alexandria bit) and also check out the link you provided. Thanks!
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