The Children's Hour - Tapa blanda

"Echoes of carefree childhood summers resonate throughout Marcia Willett's beguiling story of family relationships. They ensnare and entrance the reader in equal measure."-"Yorkshire Evening Post" "She may not be as famous as Binchy or Pilcher, but British writer Willett is just as gifted at combining elements of romance and melodrama into compelling women's fiction. Stylistically, her writing mirrors Pilcher's, with a hint of subtlety suggesting more literary fiction, but her generational plots and sumptuous scene setting have all of Binchy's wide ranging commercial appeal. Willett captures the sights, sounds, and smells of seaside Devon superbly, and her characters are just complex enough to draw us into the story and keep us there contentedly. A must for women's fiction readers."-"Booklist" "Entertaining character study...readers will enjoy this gentle breeze."-Harriet Klausner "A warm novel with echoes of the past and an endearing simplicity."-Tim Manderson, "Publishing