Publisher's Synopsis
This is a powerful story of love and tragedy set in the farming community of the north-west of England during and after World War II. Bill Branthwaite, the proprietor of Friuar's Holme Farm, is an embittered man. Though he works his farm with ruthless efficiency, he leaves his high land, Branthwaite's Lot' untended. What events changed Branthwaite from a mild-mannered young man into a social outcast? Does the answer lie in Branthwaite's Lot?