A Wind is Blowing is the fifteenth and final book in the Romney Marsh series of novels by Monica Edwards, published in 1969 by Collins.
This final book in the series features only Tamzin and Meryon of the usual four children; Rissa and Roger are staying at Punchbowl Farm in Surrey. When Meryon ‘has a go’ during a Dunsford bank raid, he is blinded—apparently permanently—by ammonia. Meryon accepts his blindness with a resigned bitterness and attempts to end his relationship with Tamzin. She, however, will not be rejected, and attempts a gradual and careful re-entry into his life. An air-crash, in which Meryon’s favourite aunt and uncle die, precipitates a last-minute dash to Spain for a corneal graft operation.
A Wind is Blowing is unique in Monica Edwards' output in having no illustrations.
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