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1) The songbird
Author
Language
English
Description
When Mattie invites her old friend Tim to stay in one of her family cottages on the edge of Dartmoor, she senses he is holding on to a painful secret. But as he gets to know the rest of the warm jumble of family by the moor, Tim discovers that everyone there has their own secrets. There is Charlotte, a young navy wife struggling to bring up her son while her husband is at sea; William, who guards a dark past he cannot share with the others. Mattie...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After Martin's death his daughter, El, moves into her father's cottage, hoping it can guide her where he no longer can. Her stepbrother, Will is there to help her through her grief, but who can help when El learns the truth Martin was hiding? Julia loved Martin, but they kept their relationship secret. All she has to comfort her are memories of time spend at the community garden and tea shop, the Garden House. As El and Julia are brought closer by...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Evie loved the house. The bright, sunny rooms looking across the river; the terraced gardens with fruit trees growing against the high stone walls; the scent of lavender at the end of a hot day. As summer beckons, Evie's family gathers at the beautiful old riverside house they all adore. But when Evie discovers a secret that threatens their future, a shadow falls over them all: this summer by the river could be their last together. For Charlie, a...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt comes across photos of him as a child yet they seem unfamiliar; is it really him? He can't remember the clothes or the toys, and his sister Imogen is nowhere in the pictures. Since her childhood Imogen has loved the Summer House, a charming folly in the grounds of an ancient house on Exmoor and now she and her veterinary husband have the chance of buying. But her marriage is threatened when her husband refuses to live so far from his practice....
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The tender story of a boy, his father, his grandmother, and the bond they form over Christmas. Beloved novelist Willett's gentle and compassionate holiday tale will touch the hearts of parents and grandparents everywhere.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A busy mom of twins, Liv is looking forward to a week at the Beach Hut--even if she feels that something's not right between her and Matt. She's sure he's just too busy at work to join them on their summer holiday, not that he wants time alone. Baz, her father-in-law, loves having his family stay by the sea; but when an unexpected guest arrives, he finds himself torn between the past and the future. Still reeling from a breakup, all Sofia wants is...
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