Village Fortunes
By (Author) Rebecca Shaw
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
25th November 2014
25th September 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
256
Width 172mm, Height 197mm, Spine 20mm
223g
A heart-warming tale of loyalty, betrayal and family values in the village of Turnham Malpas.
Things are heating up in the village of Turnham Malpas. Now comfortably settled in the Big House, Johnny and Alice Templeton are over the moon at the arrival of their second son. But Johnny's roguish younger brother, Chris, is visiting from Brazil and causing trouble in the village.For Ford and Mercedes Barclay, returning to the village after all these years is a big step. Will they be welcomed or shunned And will Ford be able to convince people he's a changed man Meanwhile, poor Fran Charter-Plackett has some important decisions to make about her future. With all her siblings having flown the nest, the pressure is on to decide what to do with her life. And when her parents discover Fran's shocking secret, things really start to get messy...Rebecca Shaw mixes all the ingredients for a winning novel of village life - THE TIMES
Rebecca Shaw was a former school teacher and the bestselling author of many novels. She lived with her husband in a beautiful Dorset village where she found plenty of inspiration for her stories about rural life. Rebecca sadly passed away in 2015.