Author releases new book ahead of her 80th birthday
A local published author and great grandmother has completed her latest publication during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Edna Hunneysett’s new tome is a heart-warming story of growing up in the early 1950s.
‘Greener Pastures and Brown Blazers’ continues a semi-biographical account of her life following her very popular first novel ‘Greener Beyond The Hill’.
The book gives a personal insight into the challenge of living a life of total contrast between home and school and how five years of studies as a boarder with its rigorous discipline and strict routine, is balanced with helping at home with the ever-expanding family, amid the stark living conditions on the isolated farm on the North Yorkshire moors.
Edna challenged herself last Christmas to finish the book in time for her 80th birthday at the end of July and found that being in selfisolation (with her husband), helped her achieve this feat.
Edna said: “The reader is given the experience of an 11-year-old on a winding journey from leaving her farm and beloved family for the first time, to venturing out into the wider world of boarding school life in Scarborough, after passing the eleven plus exam in 1951.
“The book spans five years and tells of lasting friendships, learning to swim, passing exams and the inevitable love interests, village dances and motorbike rides.”
Greener Pastures and Brown Blazers is available at chipmunkapublishing.co.uk.