Sarah Halls first novel is set in 1936 in a remote dale in the old county of Westmoreland, and tells of the flooding of the dale to make way for a reservoir, against the wishes of many of the local hill farmers. It is a story of love, obsession and the destruction of a community. Paperback , 267 pages Published June 1st 2003 by Faber & Faber (first published 2002)