'Deeply researched and utterly convincing' Melissa Harrison, Guardian'Not a word is out of place. Full of understated lyricism ... an exquisite and spellbinding debut' Heather Clark, author of Red Comet 'Luminous ... Helen Bain's prose is exact and alive, and the novel builds with a quietly devastating inexorable force you can't look away from' Paula McLain, author of The Paris WifeDevon, 1961. The people of North Tawton go about their days, catching glimpses of one another’s lives. A local GP knows more about his patients than he would sometimes prefer. A young dress shop assistant understands that the ladies who come looking for a new outfit often hope to find a new self. A farm labourer rings the church bells, their notes rippling across the rooftops of the town.Then a young couple arrives. Escaping London with their small daughter for the thatched house beside the church, Court Green, they hope to build a good and happy life there. But by January 1963, the house stands empty once more.The Daffodil Days is a mesmerising love letter to Dartmoor, and to the enigmatic writer who lived there.