A Week in Winter: A NovelMacmillan, 06 մյս, 2002 թ. - 352 էջ Any reader who has ever fallen in love with a house will understand the attraction of Moorgate, a light-and-fresh-air-filled old farmhouse on the edge of the moor in Cornwall. The enchanting house now belongs to seventy-something Maudie Todhunter, the late Lord Todhunter's free-spirited second wife. (The first wife, Hilda, was supposedly a paragon of virtue, and Maudie has always felt second-best.) The light of Maudie's life is her vivacious stepgranddaughter, Posy, who begs Maudie to board a giant English mastiff whom Posy's mean-spirited mother has banned from the house. (The large and ungainly Polonius is an impossibly lovable canine who outshines Lassie by a mile and is destined to become a favorite of readers worldwide.) |
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... leaves , golden and russet , were scattered on the lawn . The sun had not yet risen high enough to penetrate the dark corners beneath the trees , or pierce the shadowy waters of the ponds , but the big square living room was bright and ...
... leave . ' Shall I tell your father that you're unhappy about his plans ? ' She'd warded off Patrick's protestations and beamed into Selina's sulky face . At the door she'd paused . ' Of course , there's always the possibility that you ...
... leaves she could hear rustling as he flicked through the pages ; envisaged the head at an angle , shoulder hunched so as to grip the telephone receiver . In her mind's eye she saw his tie ; silk , of course , and decorated with some ...
... leave . It has ab- solutely nothing to do with Maudie . ' He'd slammed himself into his study leaving Selina , tear - stained and furious , outside the door . ' Look , ' Maudie had said awkwardly , ' I know it's hard to understand but ...
... leave following the retirement of the physicist for whom she'd worked for more than fifteen years . Part of her life was at an end . It was Christmas and the airport was closed by snow . Disgruntled passengers huddled together ...
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