AUTHOR Patrick Gale will discuss and sign copies of his powerful new novel Love Lane at Crediton bookshop The Bookery from 7pm on Thursday, April 16.

Love Lane transports readers to 1950s Northern England, weaving a compelling, multigenerational story of family, return, and reckoning.

When veteran Canadian wheat farmer, Harry Cane is brutally obliged to sell up and sail home to an England transformed by two world wars, his arrival triggers unwelcome self-examination for the family he abandoned, and for whom he has never been more than a distant myth.

His daughter, bound by duty yet unsettled by buried anger, reluctantly takes him in. His presence stirs the next generation too: his granddaughter is finally able to confront an unspoken trauma, while her gentle husband, for the first time, feels truly seen.

As old wounds surface and unexpected truths come into the light, the question hangs in the air: can Harry build a new life before it’s too late, or will he once again find himself pushed aside for understanding too much?

From the vast rural plains of Canada to postwar Liverpool and Yorkshire, Love Lane is a searing portrayal of escape and entrapment—and a deeply human exploration of what home and family can really be.

Less a sequel to A Place Called Winter than an adjacent novel, it’s designed to stand alone and will equally excite fans of the earlier novel.

Patrick Gale is one of the UK’s most loved and widely read novelists. His bestselling works include Notes from an Exhibition, A Perfectly Good Man, Mother’s Boy, and the BBC drama Man in an Orange Shirt.

The evening will conclude with an audience Q&A session, followed by Patrick signing copies of Love Lane.

Tickets £6 are available from The Bookery or via our website www.thebookery.org.uk