

The Sea Garden
Author: Marcia Willett
Narrator: Lucy Rayner
Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 08/12/2014
Categories: Fiction
Author: Marcia Willett
Narrator: Lucy Rayner
Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 08/12/2014
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.
Lucy Rayner is an award-winning British actress. Bitten hard by the acting bug whilst performing at the Edinburgh Festival as a teenager, she has gone on to work on both sides of the Atlantic in a number of theater productions and films, many of which have screened at festivals around the world. She loves to tell stories and voice characters in a number of British regional accents and has narrated many wonderful audiobooks. She has a master's degree in history from the University of Edinburgh and is a graduate of the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City.
This book is full of relationships; it's a continuation of the saga that began years and years ago with the story of the Navy families, and I don't wonder that some people gave it up, because there's a lot of relevant back story in 5 or 6 other books and no mention of that at all in the cover copy.......more
I loved this book even without the back story for the characters. I agree that it takes a while to get your head around the characters; I did have to write them down in the early stages, but once I'd got that straight I really loved the book......more
In the Nineties my mum and I read all the Rosamunde Pilcher books. I love Cornwall and Devon and every now and then I’m drawn inexplicably back to that part of England. I can’t afford a ticket at the moment, so I let Marcia Willett take me there in her wonderful descriptions of the Tamar river. But i......more
If ever a book needed a cast of characters listing in the beginning then 'The Sea Garden' by Marcia Willett is it! It was incredibly confusing and took me ages to figure out who everyone was. A young girl, Jess, is awarded the David Porteous Botanical Painting Award and is invited by David's widow t......more
“The Sea Garden weaves a double spell: Lawrenson steeps her story of the invisible heroes of the French Resistance crossing borders—and here, crossing time—deep in the eerie beauty of the South of France. The result is a marvelous strange fruit: think Graham Greene with a dash of Poe.” Sarah Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Postmistress
“Lawrenson writes compassionately and convincingly of the war’s horrors and the ways in which ordinary people become heroes, continuously building the tension toward a never-saw-it-coming convergence of the trio of tales.” Entertainment Weekly
“With agile inventiveness and cunning insight, Willett delicately explores the ephemeral nature of time and its effect on love and friendship.” Booklist
“A satisfying multigenerational novel tying long-ago friends, family, and secret lovers to the present.” Kirkus Reviews