Echoes of the Dance

In the mellow stone house of his childhood Roly Carradine has found refuge in the stream running past the garden where a heron makes his nest. A broken marriage and a terrible burden of guilt made Roly remove himself from his busy London life; here in Cornwall he welcomes Kate who also seeks refuge from the grief of losing her husband and young Daisy Quin a dancer recovering from a back injury.Roly''s son Nat a garden designer with his own secret lives not far away and is plagued by the unsympathetic visits of his mother Monica Roly''s ex-wife. Daisy her burgeoning talent frustrated by her back problems has been taken in by Mim Roly''s sister and a brilliant ballerina until an accident forced her into early retirement. Living in Bath Daisy thinks she has found love with the attractive schoolmaster in the nearby flat---but her dreams prove to be false ones.Treating Marcia Willett''s ardent fans to a return visit with some of her most endearing characters from previous books Echoes of the Dance is a gem of a story to be savored.