Prickly Company: A Novel

A novel by Frances Mathews explores the complexities of human relationships, including friendships, feuds, romance, and unexpected secrets, in a small community where a hedgehog highway campaign is launched. The story revolves around Frances, her neighbors, and the hedgehogs who become involved in the campaign.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 317 pages
Publication date: 28 May 2024
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

In this captivating novel by the acclaimed author of Five Winters, a small community is shaken to its core by a web of friendships, feuds, romance, and unexpected secrets. Frances Mathews, a widow who prefers to stay home, finds herself at the forefront of a remarkable campaign to establish a hedgehog highway in Hilltop Place. Her vision includes feeding stations, holes at the bottoms of gates and fences, and wild garden areas for hibernation. To her delight, her neighbors are on board, albeit with their own unique challenges. Jess and Michael, whose marriage is strained by the recent adoption, face the pressures of parenthood. Ryan, a war reporter struggling to reconnect with his son after a divorce and forced to return to an exasperating parental role, grapples with his emotional struggles. Additionally, a single mother new to the neighborhood and an exceedingly proper couple who refuse to compromise their picturesque garden for prickly hedgehogs add to the mix. As relationships unfold and secrets are revealed, Hilltop Place faces threats that impact everyone, including the unsuspecting hedgehogs. What Frances and her compassionate neighbors discover about themselves and each other is nothing short of surprising, as their lives intertwine in unexpected ways.

Weight: 322g
Dimension: 140 x 214 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781662518089