Second Time Around

Marcia Willett

St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

Download Image Marcia Willett Second Time Around
Buy it now

Available Formats

BookeBook

In this latest early novel from bestselling author Marcia Willett, Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her home to three unknown relatives: twenty-two-year-old Tessa, who misses her dead parents and brother but has learned to live alone; Will, a widower, who is drawn to Mathilda’s housekeeper, Isobel; and Beatrice, a retired prep-school matron who thinks the idea of living with her cousins is preposterous.

Deeply moving and utterly real, Second Time Around features the shining honesty that Willett’s fans have come to love.

Connect with the Author

Marcia Willett

Official Sites

Related Links

Sign Up for
Author Updates

Macmillan Newsletter

Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers.

Sign up now

Book Excerpts

Read an Excerpt

One
 
 MARKET DAY. THE TOWN was busy although there were far fewer visitors about now that the school holidays were over and September was more than halfway through. Tourists jostled to examine the contents of the stalls set up on the quay whilst others made for the café with its tables placed beneath bright umbrellas. It was quite warm enough to sit outside and enjoy a cup of coffee in the sunshine.Isobel Stangate shifted her weight from one foot to the other and held her collecting tin a little higher.

Read the full excerpt

Back

Reviews

Praise for Second Time Around

Praise for Marcia Willett:

"Deservedly compared to Binchy and Pilcher, Willett is an equally gifted storyteller."
- Booklist on The Birdcage

“A must for women fiction readers.”
- Booklist on The Children’s Hour

“Like Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy, Willett creates such fully dimensional characters that readers feel as if they should phone or e-mail them to keep in touch.”
- Rocky Mountain News on A Week in Winter

“Thoroughly engrossing, with richly drawn characters, a mysterious locale, and a beautifully crafted plot.”
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel on A Week in Winter

“Readers will enjoy the heartwarming ending, vibrant characters, and the excellent depiction of the English countryside.”
- Booklist (starred review) on A Summer in the Country

Reviews from Goodreads

Back

About the Author

Marcia Willett

Born in Somerset, in the west country of England, Marcia Willett was the youngest of five girls. This is the fourth of several early novels that will be published by Thomas Dunne Books; her more recent novels include A Week in Winter, A Summer in the Country, The Children's Hour, The Birdcage, Echoes of the Dance, and The Way We Were.

Marcia Willett

Marcia Willett

Official Sites

Related Links

Back

Buy the Book

Available Formats and Book Details

Second Time Around
Marcia Willett

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
December 2008
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780312306663
ISBN10: 0312306660
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 304 pages
$15.99
Buy

e-Book Agency

Learn more about this edition
e-Book Agency
St. Martin's Press
December 2008
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429992718
ISBN10: 1429992719
304 pages
$9.99
Back

From The Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Latest on Facebook

Latest on Twitter

Back

{ About }

{ Services }

{ Store }

{ Publishers }

Education

Children's

© 2011 Macmillan