

Postcards from the Past
Author: Marcia Willett
Narrator: Phyllida Nash
Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/26/2013
Categories: Fiction
Author: Marcia Willett
Narrator: Phyllida Nash
Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/26/2013
Categories: Fiction
Marcia Willett’s early life was devoted to the ballet, but her dreams of becoming a ballerina ended when she grew out of the classical proportions then required. She had always loved books, and a family crisis made her take up a new career as a novelist—a decision she has never regretted. She lives in a beautiful, wild part of Devon with her husband, where she loves to be visited by her son and his young family.
Phyllida Nash has appeared in numerous sound productions, including over fifty plays for BBC Radio 4, as well as Book at Bedtime, two series of Up the Garden Path, and many classic serials. Her career spans stage, television, and radio, having played parts as diverse as Portia in Julius Caesar and Poppy Dicky in Rookery Nook. Phyllida also produced the book Unexplained Laughter as a play for BBC television, which starred Diana Rigg and Elaine Page.
I had high hopes for this one but was disappointed in the read. Whether it was the writing, the character development, the general story, I can't put my finger on it. I felt it dragged a bit but at the heart of it was a good idea. I just think the author should have kept to the main characters rathe......more
There are two moons tonight. The round white shining disc, brittle and sharp-edged as glass, stares down at its reflection lying on its back in the black water of the lake. Nothing stirs. No whisper of wind ruffles the surface. At the lake's edge the wild cherry tree leans like an elegant ghost,......more