Books by Melissa Harrison

By Ash, Oak and Thorn is a captivating book penned by the talented Melissa Harrison. Published in 2021 by Chicken House Ltd, this book takes you on a journey that transcends the ordinary. The genre of the book is hard to pin down, as it beautifully blends elements of fantasy, adventure, and coming-of-age themes. Melissa Harrison, known for her evocative storytelling, does not disappoint, as she weaves a tale that is as enchanting as it is poignant. By Ash, Oak and Thorn is not just a book, it's an experience that stays with you long after you've turned the last page. Discover the magic of Melissa Harrison's writing with this remarkable book from Chicken House Ltd.

As autumn begins, Moss and the Hidden Folk friends travel to their former home in Ash Row, to find the rare mortal child who can both see and talk to them. Can they prove the Wild World still needs guardians?

'A writer of great gifts.' - Robert MacfarlaneI now live a richly connected year, marked by seasonal events: the first snowdrop in my garden, cut and brought inside;

A wonderful meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa Harrison.Whenever rain falls, our countryside changes. Fields, farms, hills and hedgerows appear altered, the wildlife behaves differently, and over time the terrain itself is transformed.In Rain, Melissa Harrison explores our relationship with the weather as she follows the course of four rain showers, in four seasons, across Wicken Fen, Shropshire, the Darent Valley and Dartmoor. Blending these expeditions with reading, research, memory and imagination, she reveals how rain is not just an essential element of the world around us, but a key part of our own identity too.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Four-thirty on a May morning: the black fading to blue, dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east. A long, straight road runs between sleeping fields to the little village of Lodeshill, and on it two cars lie wrecked and ravished, violence gathered about them in the silent air. One wheel, upturned, still spins.Howard and Kitty have recently moved to Lodeshill after a life spent in London; now, their marriage is wordlessly falling apart. Custom car enthusiast Jamie has lived in the village for all of his nineteen years and dreams of leaving it behind, while Jack, a vagrant farm-worker and mystic in flight from a bail hostel, arrives in the village on foot one spring morning, bringing change. All four of them are struggling to find a life in the modern countryside; all are trying to find ways to belong.Building to an extraordinary climax over the course of one spring month, At Hawthorn Time is both a clear-eyed picture of rural Britain, and a heartbreaking exploration of love, land and loss.

A beautiful collection that captures the unfolding of winter

A beautiful collection that captures the unfolding of autumn

A beautiful collection that captures the unfolding of summertime

Eight-year-old TC skips school to explore the city's overgrown, forgotten corners. Sophia, seventy-eight, watches with concern as he slips past her window, through the little park she loves. She's writing to her granddaughter, Daisy, whose privileged upbringing means she exists in a different world from TC - though the two children live less than a mile apart. Jozef spends his days doing house clearances, his nights working in a takeaway. He can't forget the farm he left behind in Poland, its woods and fields still a part of him, although he is a thousand miles away. When he meets TC he finds a kindred spirit: both lonely, both looking for something, both lost.

Woven out of wisdom, humour, experience, and love charm, this title offers one lesson per page, beginning with the Beginning, and covering toddlerhood, the school years, sports, spirituality and of course girls.