Mary Denyer wrote the enchanting memoir The Freeman Years about her time living in a cottage among a manifold of wildlife as WWII came to an end. Although not published until 1998, this book is a timeless piece on the beauty of nature and the destruction of war.
Publications
O'Mara Books
The Freewood Years
Mary Denyer
The Second World War was nearing its end and Mary Denyer and her eleven-year-old son, John, were living in a small, thatched cottage in Freewood, Suffolk.