Marcia Willett

Born in Somerset, in the west country of England, on the day the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Marcia Willett was the youngest of five girls. Her family was unconventional and musical, but Marcia chose to train as a ballet dancer. Unfortunately her body did not develop with the classical proportions demanded by the Royal Ballet, so she studied to be a ballet teacher. Her first husband was a naval officer in the submarine service, with whom she had a son, Charles, now married and training to be a clergyman. Her second husband, Rodney, himself a writer and broadcaster, encouraged Marcia to write novels. She has published several novels in England; A Week in Winter is the first to be published in the United States.


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The Summer House
The Summer House

Marcia Willett
Thomas Dunne Books

 For years, Marcia Willett has touched readers with her poignant novels about the intricacies of friendship and family. Now, in The Summer House, she explores...


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The Prodigal Wife
The Prodigal Wife

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

“Deservedly compared to her countrywomen, Binchy and Pilcher, Willett is an equally gifted storyteller.”—Booklist The Keep - that beautiful, ancient family...


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The Way We Were
The Way We Were

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

It was in the middle of a snowstorm when Tiggy arrived at the remote house on Bodmin Moor. She was alone, her partner tragically dead in an accident. Julia,...


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Echoes of the Dance
Echoes of the Dance

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

In the mellow stone house of his childhood, Roly Carradine has found refuge from a broken marriage. Here he welcomes Kate, who has just lost her husband, and...


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Second Time Around
Second Time Around

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

In this latest early novel from bestselling author Marcia Willett, Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her home to three unknown relatives: twenty-two-year-old Tessa,...


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The Courtyard
The Courtyard

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

In this latest early novel from the beloved Marcia Willett, Henry Morley can only wonder at the good fortune that has given him a vivacious wife and a beloved...


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A Friend of the Family
A Friend of the Family

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

Picking up the story of Kate Webster and Cass Wivenhoe that began with First Friends, A Friend of the Family (published in the UK as Thea's Parrot) tells the...


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First Friends
First Friends

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

Cass and Kate meet at school--and are firm friends for the rest of their lives. Both marry naval officers, but Cass's infidelity has far-reaching consequences...


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The Birdcage
The Birdcage

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Paperbacks

Marcia Willett’s fans have fallen in love with the English countryside and the wonderful characters that inhabit its idyllic setting. Written with shining...


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The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Paperbacks

In their comfortable old family home overlooking the sea, two sisters, Nest and Mina, live in solitude with memories of a once-idyllic childhood, and of the...


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A Summer in the Country
A Summer in the Country

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Paperbacks

Marcia Willett's follow-up to A Week In Winter is brimming with her trademark warmth, compassion, and understanding. Three very different women living on the...


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A Week in Winter
A Week in Winter

Marcia Willett
St. Martin's Paperbacks

Every once in a while a very special story comes along that deserves an enormous cozy chair with a view of rolling hills, a fire snapping quietly in the...


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