Greener Pastures and Brown Blazers

A delightful and heart-warming story of growing up in the 1950s. ‘Greener Pastures and Brown Blazers’ continues Emma Holmes’s semi-biographical account of her life immediately on from the very popular first novel ‘Greener Beyond the Hill’. Having passed her 11+ exams, Emma takes you on a winding journey from leaving the farm and her beloved family for the first time, to venturing out into the wider world of boarding school life in Scarborough. She tells of lasting friendships, learning to swim, passing exams and the inevitable love interests, village dances and motorbike rides. Emma allows us a personal insight into how she learns to balance five years of school studies with helping her parents, and their ever-expanding family, on the moors. Experience first-hand her many adventures that include solving a long-held secret involving her best friend.