Postcards from the Past, Marcia Willett
Postcards from the Past, Marcia Willett
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Postcards from the Past

Author: Marcia Willett

Narrator: Phyllida Nash

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/26/2013

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Can you ever escape your family ties?Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand childhood home in rural Cornwall. Their lives are uncomplicated. With family and friends nearby and their free and easy living arrangements, they are as content as can be.But when postcards start arriving from a sinister figure they thought was well and truly in their pasts, old memories are stirred. Why is he contacting them now? And what has he been hiding all these years?

About Marcia Willett

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.

About Phyllida Nash

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachael

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

Goodreads review by Maggie

I always feel I'm with old friends when I read a Marcia Willett book and this one was no exception. A delightful read with a set of splendid characters who I came to love.!......more