The Prodigal Wife

Deservedly compared to her countrywomen Binchy and Pilcher Willett is an equally gifted storyteller.—Booklist The Keep - that beautiful ancient family home where the Chadwick family had lived for generations - is still a haven from the heartbreaks and storms of life. Jolyon Chadwick a famous television presenter takes his new girlfriend Henrietta home meet his extended family - and also to meet Maria the mother who deserted him and his father many years ago now re-appeared and seeming to want forgiveness. Jolyon however is not in the mood for forgiveness - although his father Hal now married to his cousin and childhood sweetheart feels a lingering guilt about Maria and wants them all to be friends. And Henrietta still vulnerable from the break-up of her own parents'' marriage is not sure whether she can move on.