Starve Acre

An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern EnglandΓÇönow a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s son,Ewanhas died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acretheir house by the moorswas to be full of lifebut is now a haunted place. Convinced Ewan still lives there in some formJuliette seeks the help of the Beaconsa seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richardto try and keep the boy out of his mindhas turned his attention to the field opposite the housewhere he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree. But as they delve further into their griefboth uncover more than they set out to. Starve Acre is a devastating novel by the author of the prize-winning bestseller The Loney. It is a novel about the way in which grief splits the world in two and howin searching for hopewe can so easily unearth horror.