A Week in Winter: A NovelMacmillan, 06.05.2002 - 352 Seiten Any reader who has ever fallen in love with a house will understand the attraction of Moorgate, a light-and-fresh-air-filled old farmhouse on the edge of the moor in Cornwall. The enchanting house now belongs to seventy-something Maudie Todhunter, the late Lord Todhunter's free-spirited second wife. (The first wife, Hilda, was supposedly a paragon of virtue, and Maudie has always felt second-best.) The light of Maudie's life is her vivacious stepgranddaughter, Posy, who begs Maudie to board a giant English mastiff whom Posy's mean-spirited mother has banned from the house. (The large and ungainly Polonius is an impossibly lovable canine who outshines Lassie by a mile and is destined to become a favorite of readers worldwide.) |
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... Hilda ... No , not like Hilda who'd loved bright floral prints and fussy foulard frocks with pussycat bows ; not like Hilda who held it an article of faith that a woman should make the best of herself at all times ; who considered it an ...
... Hilda , did you ? Oh , she was a brick , my dear . An absolute brick ... ' Maudie knew what they were saying and revelled in it . Once married to Hector she'd acquired a reputation for tact- lessness , for laughing at quite the wrong ...
... Hilda had been the perfect hostess ... The sudden jet of hot water , splashing against the back of a spoon , sprayed Maudie's jersey and she cursed sharply , turning off the tap . How foolish , how utterly pointless it was , to feel ...
... Hilda wasn't per- fect , after all ? ' It had been mild enough but he'd descended at once into self - criticism and remorse , rehearsing a cata- logue of Hilda's attributes , singing her praises , mourning her passing . No , it didn't ...
... Hilda's mother and the girls . ' It'll come as a bit of a shock . Everyone adored Hilda ... ' It was only then that she'd realised that their life to- gether was to be a delicate balance , a seesaw of emotions . There was the Hector ...
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