The Birdcage

A Novel

Marcia Willett

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Marcia Willett’s fans have fallen in love with the English countryside and the wonderful characters that inhabit its idyllic setting. Written with shining honesty and compassion, The Birdcage has every bit of the wonder that Marcia Willett’s fans have come to expect…

THE BIRDCAGE

No one can foresee when life is about to change. For Felix Hamilton, it started with an evening at the theater. There, he first set eyes on the captivating actress Angel Blake, and knew he'd never be the same—an intense, forbidden love was about to turn his world upside down...

The Birdcage, Felix called it. For Angel and her daughter Lizzie, it was home. The funny old house played host to cozy nights and stolen, joy-filled days. Felix and Angel knew those days couldn't last. And little Lizzie couldn't understand how these times would shape her life. Until, years later, a holiday by the sea and a chance encounter reopen the doors to the Birdcage, secrets, and second chances...

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Chapter One 
Dunster, 1956
 
The village is quiet this afternoon and Marina Hamilton hurries through her shopping, Piers skipping and jumping at her side. She says, “Walk properly, Piers,” but he takes no notice, knowing that today she is happy and he does not have to be so careful. He looks with pleasure at the castle on its wooded hill, its battlements and towers framed by the dense trees, whose leaves are the colour of the new pennies he has in the pocket of his corduroy shorts.

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“Deservedly compared to her countrywomen, Binchy and Pilcher, Willett is an equally gifted storyteller.”
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Marcia Willett

Born in Somerset, in the West Country of England, 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; their son, Charles, is now married and a clergyman. Her second husband, Rodney, himself a writer and broadcaster, encouraged Marcia to write novels. The Birdcage follows three earlier novels, A Week in Winter, A Summer in the Country, and The Children’s Hour.

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The Birdcage
A Novel
Marcia Willett

Mass Market Paperbound

Mass Market Paperbound
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Paperbacks
June 2006
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780312996499
ISBN10: 0312996497
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 400 pages
$6.99

Hardcover

Hardcover
St. Martin's Press
Thomas Dunne Books
August 2005
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312327750
ISBN10: 0312327757
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 352 pages
$24.95

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St. Martin's Press
Thomas Dunne Books
April 2010
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429909990
ISBN10: 1429909994
352 pages
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