Marcia Willett embarked on her writing career at the age of fifty, but she soon found her niche in literature. Her works are characterized by a deep insight into human relationships, exploring the complexities of family bonds and life's twists and turns. Willett portrays her characters and their worlds with sensitivity, often set against picturesque rural backdrops that lend her stories a unique atmosphere. Her style is subtle and penetrating, filled with empathy and an understanding of human nature.
There, she begins to look back at her life and reflect on the choices that have led her to this moment.Cosmo has also escaped - temporarily - from his life in the city, finding the south-west a relaxing and appealing fit, especially when he meets local girl, Amy.
A warm-hearted novel in which the renovation of a mill shows how lives too can be rebuilt
The evocative and delightful final novel in the Devonshire trilogy featuring the Chadwick Family schovat popis
In the mellow stone house of his childhood, Roly Carradine has found refuge from a broken marriage. Here he welcomes Kate, who has just lost her husband, and young Daisy Quin, a dancer recovering from a back injury. Roly’s son Nat lives not far away, and he must suffer visits of his unsympathetic mother Monica, Roly’s ex-wife. All seek peace and quiet, but the disclosure of a secret proves that life is not so simple. . . . Treating Marcia Willett’s ardent fans to a return visit with some of her most endearing characters from previous books, Echoes of the Dance is a gem of a story to be savored.
"After the death of her father, El moves into his home just outside Tavistock in Devon. Fresh out of university and dangling on the precipice of adulthood she questions what it is she really wants from life. Although her childhood friend, Will, is there to help her through her grief she soon realises there were things her father was hiding from her ... Jules is also mourning Martin, but they thought best to keep their relationship secret, she must now grieve entirely alone. All she has to remember her love are the memories of their time spent at a beautiful community garden and teashop nearby. The Garden House is where they met, fell in love and where their secret affair will inevitably be uncovered. As El and Will begin to piece together her father's secrets they bring them closer and closer to both Jules and a truth that is difficult to face."--Publisher
The stunning and emotional second novel in the Chadwick Family trilogy set in Devonshire schovat popis
The magnificent first novel in the Devonshire trilogy featuring the unforgettable Chadwick family
Acutely perceptive and thoroughly entertaining, THEA'S PARROT features some of the loveable characters from Marcia Willett's outstanding first novel, THOSE WHO SERVE.
