A Friend of the Family

Marcia Willett

Macmillan, Oct 17, 2006 - Fiction - 352 pages

Picking up the story of Kate Webster and Cass Wivenhoe that began with First Friends, A Friend of the Family (published in the UK as Thea's Parrot) tells the tale of one of their friends, Felicity, a married woman who has been dallying with George, another mutual acquaintance. When Felicity is widowed, everyone expects George to pop the question. He does, but to the astonishment of Kate and Cass, his intended bride is not Felicity. With her usual generous helping of tears and laughter, Marcia Willett again provides her fans with a treat to be savored.

"Unanticipated plot twists, winsome characters, and a beguiling setting unite in Willett's captivating comedy of manners." - Booklist

Contents

• Section 1: 11
• Section 2: 20
• Section 3: 28
• Section 4: 39
• Section 5: 58
• Section 6: 69
• Section 7: 77
• Section 8: 84
• Section 9: 93
• Section 10: 102
• Section 11: 109
• Section 12: 116
• Section 13: 124
• Section 14: 131
• Section 15: 136
• Section 16: 144
• Section 17: 156
• Section 18: 169
• Section 19: 180
• Section 20: 190
• Section 21: 204
• Section 22: 211
• Section 23: 220
• Section 24: 230
• Section 25: 242
• Section 26: 251
• Section 27: 264
• Section 28: 274
• Section 29: 284
• Section 30: 293
• Section 31: 303
• Section 32: 311
• Section 33: 319
• Section 34: 326
• Section 35: 334

About the author

Born in Somerset, in the west country of England, on the day the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, 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, with whom she had a son, Charles, now married and training to be a clergyman. Her second husband, Rodney, himself a writer and broadcaster, encouraged Marcia to write novels. She has published several novels in England; A Week in Winter is the first to be published in the United States.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Friend of the Family
• Author: Marcia Willett
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2006
• ISBN: 0312306644, 9780312306649
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Friendship; Fiction / General; Fiction / Humorous / General; Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Women