God's Own Country by Ross Raisin

Sam Marsdyke is the narrator and main character of this book set in and around the Yorkshire moors. Sam has been pushed to the edge of society and banned from school following an alleged rape. He loses himself on the family farm carefully watched by his taciturn father and anxious mother. The story shows the difficulties faced by farmers and their way of life while highlighting the effect an influx of townspeople has on that traditional way of life. When a new family, with a teenage daughter, from the town move close to the family farm Sam is instructed to keep away. Sam and the daughter form an unlikely friendship. The cause and effect of these changes are seen through the narrator's eyes and the whole story coloured by the fluctuating state of Sam's mind. A fascinating read.