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novel by Helen Dunmore

Zennor in Darkness was the debut novel from English author Helen Dunmore, published in It won the McKitterick Prize^[1] which is awarded for debut novels for writers over Until that point, Dunmore was primarily a poet though she had published short stories and books for children.

As a result of winning the prize, Penguin offered her a two-book deal and fiction became her focus.^[2]

Plot introduction

The book is set in and around Zennor in Cornwall in during the First World War and concerns Clare Coyne, a young artist, and her relationship with her beloved cousin John, who spends a few days home on leave from the trenches.

Also prominent is the author D. H. Lawrence and his German wife Frieda who have fled from London to an isolated farmhouse nearby and befriend Clare. But all is not well as John is suffering from shell-shock, and Frieda is suspected by the authorities of signalling to passing U-boats.

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