Book description
Paradise has been home to generations of Trevannions: Paradise, the
house at the head of a sheltered Cornish valley where Mrs Trevannion
lives, surrounded by her family. Frail and elderly Honor Trevannion,
bedridden following a nasty fall, is inexplicably anxious and
distressed by the arrival of a young American bearing an old black and
white photograph of a double wedding and looking for a long-lost
relation.
Her children Bruno and Emma, granddaughter Joss and faithful cousin
Mousie try to nurse Honor back to health, unaware of the secrets which
she keeps from those closest to her. Increasingly troubled and
confused, she begs Joss to find a cache of letters which have been
hidden for fifty years.
Too late to hear the story from Honor herself, the family are faced
with revelations which could destroy the tranquillity of life in their
beloved valley. Will they be torn apart or can they unite in
admiration for one woman's courage in standing by the life-changing
decision she made so many years ago?
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 and wild part of Devon with
her husband, where she loves to be visited by her son and his young
family.
