A Week in Winter
A Novel

Name: A Week in Winter
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Marcia Willett
ISBN: 9781593971663

Author: Marcia Willett

Narrator: Josephine Bailey

Abridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 03/01/2003

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

From the opening of A Week in Winter, the listeners are enveloped in a warm and welcoming world teeming with unforgettable characters and enchanting places. Moorgate stands on the edge of the moor in beautiful Cornwall. A charming old farmhouse filled with light and memories, Moorgate captures the heart of all who experience it. But when Maudie Todhunter, the 70-year-old owner of the beloved house decides to sell, fate is set in motion, bringing old secrets to light and causing a saga to unfold.

Vivid, vibrant, and entirely mesmerizing, this remarkable novel provides the kind of experience that will have listeners eagerly looking forward to more from this newly discovered and superbly talented author

About Marcia Willett

Born in Somerset, in the west country of England, on the day the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Marcia Willett was the youngest of five girls. Her family was unconventional and musical, but Marcia chose to train as a ballet dancer. Unfortunately her body did not develop with the classical proportions demanded by the Royal Ballet, so she studied to be a ballet teacher. Her first husband was a naval officer in the submarine service, with whom she had a son, Charles, now married and training to be a clergyman. Her second husband, Rodney, himself a writer and broadcaster, encouraged Marcia to write novels. She has published several novels in England; A Week in Winter is the first to be published in the United States.

About Josephine Bailey

Josephine Bailey’s narration work has won AudioFile Earphones Awards and a prestigious Audie Award. In 2002, Publishers Weekly recognized her as Best Female Narrator. She has narrated works by Libba Bray, Marcia Willet, Charlotte Bronte, and Ken Follett.Bailey has also acted in television, film, and theater. Her appearances include television roles in Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, and A Tale of Two Cities; film appearances in Shadow Hours, Life's a Circus, and Corridors of Blood; and leading theater roles in Betrayal, Otherwise Engaged, and Blithe Spirit. She received her training from the Corona Stage School in London and the Tracy Roberts Actors Studio in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gina on January 30, 2025

4.25🌟 A wonderfully winter-y domestic novel with love, betrayal, bitterness and tenderness. A Week in Winter is about finding unexpected love and learning to have patience with other family members from a second marriage. Maudie, a 70-year-old widow, is absolutely my favorite character (although I al......more

Goodreads review by Elinor on November 16, 2018

Being a nut for old houses, I couldn't resist this book, set partly in an old farmhouse called Moorgate at the edge of the Cornish moors. The house, and the descriptions of nature, were the highlights of this novel. Otherwise it was a little bland -- other reviewers have compared Marcia Willett to R......more

Quotes

“Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy will definitely applaud the introduction of such an enjoyable writer.” —Booklist

“A charming story. . . highly recommended for public libraries everywhere.” —Library Journal

“A Week in Winter has all the elements of a perfect summer book. . . it's thoroughly engrossing, with richly drawn characters, a mysterious locale, and a beautifully crafted plot. . . the perfect addition to your summer beach tote.” —The Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

“Captivating. . . . Set in a wild Cornish landscape that will evoke for readers Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers, Willett is a true discovery.” —Michelle Slung, Victoria Magazine

“Like Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy, Willett creates such fully dimensional characters that readers feel as if they should phone or e-mail them to keep in touch.” —Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)

“It is a wonderful moving story of family and values set in the English countryside. It is very reminiscent of the novels of Pilcher and Binchy. I am so glad Ms. Willett is following in their footsteps!” —Marilyn Sieb, Books & Company