![]() ![]() You are uplifted, but the tragic events that have just unfolded will also leave you with a tear in your eye. When you finish reading The Snow Goose you are left with conflicting emotions. But the story of the saviour with the snow goose passes from soldier to soldier and into legend. But this is 1940 and Rhayader is setting sail for Dunkirk to help the soldiers trapped on the beaches. Time passes and one year Fritha is frightened to discover her feelings for Rhayader. The following winter, the snow goose and Fritha return to the lighthouse. When the snow goose departs for home, Rhayader is left alone again. At first Fritha is scared of Rhayader, with his sinister hump and crooked hand, but he is gentle and kind and Fritha begins to visit regularly. One afternoon, a hauntingly beautiful child, Fritha, visits Rhayader, bringing with her an injured snow goose. Philip Rhayader lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse on the desolate Great Marsh of Essex. ![]()
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