Windfall
By (Author) Penny Vincenzi
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Review
10th August 2006
3rd July 2006
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
640
Width 152mm, Height 205mm, Spine 42mm
453g
Penny Vincenzi's WINDFALL is a rich, absorbing tale of temptation, ambition and desire.
'Reading her is an addictive experience' Elizabeth Buchan Cassia Fallon has always been the perfect country doctor's wife, performing each menial task with willingness and grace, even though her desire to become a doctor herself has been thwarted by lack of money. Then her godmother leaves her a fortune. With her new-found wealth, Cassia is finally free to do as she pleases, and resumes her own medical career as Dr Cassia Tallow with a passion. But it soon becomes clear that her legacy may not be such a blessing after all, for Cassia begins to question the strength of her marriage, her future and exactly where the money has come from. A rich, absorbing tale of temptation, ambition and desire.Penny Vincenzi dazzlingly combines the old-fashioned virtues of gripping storytelling with the up-to-the-minute contemporary feel for emotional depth and insight into the lives of the characters. She is a supreme stylist and clever writer. Reading her is an addictive experience'
Penny Vincenzi began her career at Vogue" and Tatler", later working as Fashion and Beauty Editor on magazines such as Woman's Own" , before becoming a contributing editor for Cosmopolitan" . She is the author of two humorous books and eleven previous novels. Penny Vincenzi is married with four daughters.