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Summary: A Week in Winter
Review: ...but Marcia Willett comes the closest yet to drawing me into a book! Rosamund is the Queen, the Empress of this genre, however Marcia Willett comes very close in her character development and the feeling that you want to know these characters. Not an overly deep book, but one just right to get lost in and hope the best for the characters.
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Summary: Only Rosamund Pilcher gets 5 stars...
Review: ...but Marcia Willett comes the closest yet to drawing me into a book! Rosamund is the Queen, the Empress of this genre, however Marcia Willett comes very close in her character development and the feeling that you want to know these characters. Not an overly deep book, but one just right to get lost in and hope the best for the characters.
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Summary: The auspicious ¿Moorgate¿
Review: A magnificent house at the gates of the moor, that is as beautiful and penetrating as any character in this book. Marcia Willett is a new author for me. Popular in the United Kingdom it has been a joy to find this book in the USA. Reminiscent of a Rosamunde Pilcher novel, owing to the simple comfort brought to the reader who picks this book up. The characters have the breath of life in them, and wind themselves around the heart of the reader where they stay long after.Maudie has come to a point that she must sell Moorgate, as much as it will dampen her spirit to let it go, she must. The man that she has hired to refurbish the old house has fallen in love with it after putting his heart and soul into the work he has done, it is almost to much to bear to see it go to a stranger. One perfect week in winter will change the course of the future for all involved as well as the beautiful lady called "Moorgate". This is only the beginning of a wonderfully told tale about love, life, secrets and the relationships that sustain and very possibly degrade. It is a superbly written work of fiction that will comfort and seize the attention of anyone lucky enough to come across it...
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Summary: Touching, engaging, and elegantly written
Review: A Week in Winter is an engaging book. The story of several people whose lives intertwine around a Cornish farmhouse, it is elegantly written and paced. There are sadness and joy, marriage and death, but somehow the various loves of the various characters carry them through a period in their lives that is perhaps excessively filled with emotional action. The one weakness in the novel itself is its slightly pat plot--but I would have been most perturbed if the lives had not worked out so well! The only drawback to this book, and the reason I nearly missed the pleasant experience of reading it--was the truly ghastly cover borne by the mass market paperback edition. I think that the cover is to blame for the book's presence in the Romance secion of the bookstore, and not on the fiction shelves where it belongs. It is not a bodice ripper--indeed, there is no explicit sex whatsoever in it--and it should have received better treatment from the publisher than its lurid and misleading cover. While it is romantic, there is much more to it than romance. I have read numerous books on the claim that they are like Rosamunde Pilcher's work. Thus far, only one author has come close. It was wonderful to find another. A Week in Winter will very much please all Pilcher fans. And I will buy Ms Willett's future novels, no matter what terrible cover they receive.
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Summary: Truly dreadful; best character is the dog
Review: I can't say much without giving away the plot, since it's sooo transparent, but no one should compare this favorably to Rosamunde Pilcher. The characters are so [sad] it's extremely frustrating to read. I could not read it page by page---one week felt like twelve years. I can't imagine a more disappointing romance. Buyer beware. Try Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy or anything by Pilcher for a well-written romance in this genre. Give this one a miss.
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Summary: I have found a new favorite author!
Review: I discovered Marcia Willett in our public library last year (they had one British edition of an earlier book of hers) and just loved it! Being an avid Rosamunde Pilcher fan, she fit the bill for my taste in reading. I eventually ordered all her other novels from amazon.co.uk, as none were available in this country till now. I am so glad to see her books starting to be published in this country as well. If you like Pilcher, you will definitely like Willett. I think that some of her other books are actually a bit better than A Week in Winter, but this one was quite enjoyable too. I am looking forward to more of her books in the future.
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Summary: Wonderful British women's novel!
Review: I discovered Marcia Willett in our public library last year (they had one British edition of an earlier book of hers) and just loved it! Being an avid Rosamunde Pilcher fan, she fit the bill for my taste in reading. I eventually ordered all her other novels from amazon.co.uk, as none were available in this country till now. I am so glad to see her books starting to be published in this country as well. If you like Pilcher, you will definitely like Willett. I think that some of her other books are actually a bit better than A Week in Winter, but this one was quite enjoyable too. I am looking forward to more of her books in the future.
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Summary: Very Cozy
Review: I enjoyed this book very much! It's one of those books that keep you company. The only thing that bothered me a little was the title. The book took place over several months...It was one of the major events that happened in a week. I read it during the Christmas holidays and it was delicious with cake and tea!
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Summary: A Week in Winter
Review: I had been told this author had been compared to Rosamund Pilcher, and so looked forward to reading her book. While the story was predictable in that you knew it would all end well, it was a delight to enjoy the characters as they got woven together in a pleasant,story that held my attention right to the end. I look forward to more books by this author.
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Summary: Very good on Audiocassette
Review: I listened to this book on tape at work and was absolutely enthralled. I hated turning it off when the need arose. The reviews I have seen so far have comnpared the writing style of Marcia Willett to Rosamunde Pilcher. That is absolutely dead on. I loved September. Coming Home is one of my all time favorites and I look forward to Winter Solstice. Anyway..This book is very good. I loved all the characters except for Selena. How arrogant can you be? SHe deserved what she got in the end. I do so recommend this book. Pick it up today, you will not be able to put it down.
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