The Witch of Exmoor
by Margaret Drabble · July 1998
Popularity 3
An eccentric English grandmother as seen by her children. One of the more disturbing aspects of Frieda Palmer, a wealthy freethinker and political crusader, is that she has sold the family house to live as a hermit. The children are worried she might blow the rest of the inheritance.
FictionMothersFamilyFamily relationshipsAging parentsFamiliesBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, generalEnglish fictionNew York Times reviewed