The English Daughter by Maggie Wadey
As a child, writer Maggie Wadey was aware her mother was different from her father and his family, and that the difference was do with her Irishness. Then, before she died, Agnes Kavanagh began to talk about the past. It was only after Agness death that Maggie discovered another story a life and a secret hidden in layers of silence.‘A luminous act of love and memory’
‘So perceptively drawn we are taken immediately into the vivid reality of their lives.’
‘A historical memoir that unfolds like a mystery - personal, universal and beautifully told.’
Maggie Wadey is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Her childhood was spent in England, Egypt, Cyprus and a Sussex boarding school. After a brief time as a model, she read Philosophy at University College London. Maggie is married to actor John Castle and has one daughter and two grandchildren. Among her screenplays for television are adaptations of Mansfield Park, The Buccaneers, Adam Bede and the children’s novel, Stig of the Dump. She divides her time between London and Devon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910985137 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910985139 |
| Title | The English Daughter |
| Author | Maggie Wadey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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