Bournebridge over Troubled Waters - Tony Emerson

Bournebridge over Troubled Waters - Tony Emerson

Tony Emerson

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  • Pages · 400 pages
  • Publication Date · 08/09/2025
  • Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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`Bournebridge over Troubled Waters' is a remarkableand unforgettable book. It's the year 2030 in Bourne Valley town, where theriver flows into the English Channel. Hannah and Andy have returned from theirsecret wedding and honeymoon. It's a secret because Andy is the local Catholicpriest. They return to some exciting news and begin a new adventure running alarge dilapidated old vicarage up river in Bournebridge. Continuing with theirclimate-friendly enterprise development work, that had won Bourne Valley theNational Emerald Award, they assemble a motley group of tenants for thevicarage to help them, including farm workers, an ex-professional rugby player,a lawyer and a retired bishop. It's a roller coaster journey for the next yearwith community strife and some climate extremes. including a prolonged severeflood. Among the highs are the beginnings of new romances, businesses andsporting successes. This is a story of love and friendship as well as being afascinating insight into the impact of climate change action and what you canachieve if your passion prevails.

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