A quick, pleasant read. Tesh imbues her woods with a strangeness that is not fuelled by malice, just being something other than human. The final third tries to say something nuanced about moving on, or choosing not to, but the characters didn't quite distinguish themselves enough to me for me to want to linger with the story and tease it out (with the delightful possible exception of Mrs Silver). They are charming enough for the scope of this quick novella, however.