Eric Malpass Livres

Now retired, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, but coming home to a house of is no easy task: his daughters merely find him an unwanted intrusion. This moving story of the bard's latter years in centres on the adjustments the family has to make, and explores Will's relationship with his two daughters and the men they decide to marry.

Nathan Cranswick's has concerns about his family's future. A gentle and wise preacher, he accepts a job on the Heron estate, but far from experiencing tranquillity his new life is beset by problems. A family scandal and the Boer War provide menace, but it is the agonising choice facing his daughter which threatens to tear the family apart.

Life is never dull at Cypresses Farm. From marital friction, to Derek's motorbike and careless visitors, the family cheerfully takes each new crisis in its stride. To add to the mayhem, elderly Aunt Dorothea turns up with her dashing French suitor. The outrageous Pentecost family are full of eccentricity as well as an enormous zest for life.

Three generations of the Pentecost family live in a state of permanent disarray in a huge, sprawling farmhouse. Seven-year-old Gaylord Pentecost is the innocent hero who observes the lives of the adults - Grandpa, Momma and Poppa and two aunties - with amusement and incredulity. Through Gaylord's eyes, we witness the heartache suffered by Auntie Rose as the exquisite Auntie Becky makes a play for her gentleman friend, while Gaylord unwittingly makes the situation far worse.

Mother cannot take any more – so she takes herself off on a madcap jaunt to Marrakesh. Father, it seems, is incapable of running a home, so it is left to seventeen-year-old Viola to take charge of the family. It is certainly no easy task to look after a grubby little brother or a younger sister who constantly asks about sex. To add to the chaos, Father invites the alluring Gloria to come and ‘keep house’ for the family. The sleepy village of Shepherd’s Delight has never seen anything quite like Gloria, and Viola begins to feel that life is getting just a little out of hand… This amusing tale of an unorthodox situation is also a thoughtful and perceptive account of a young woman’s coming of age.

Příběh malého chlapce, který žije ve velké rodině, je psán s jemným humorem a laskavým porozuměním pro psychologii dítěte.

Irgendwo im nordenglischen Yorkshire wird eine Hochzeit auf dem Lande gefeiert, und wie immer bei solchen Festen werden unter den Gästen alte Sympathien oder Abneigungen gefestigt und neue Liebesbande geknüpft. Als einer der Hochzeitsgäste, der Bankangestellte Leonard Instone, in der Dorfkirche das Marmorbildnis einer schönen jungen Frau findet, macht er eine Entdeckung, die ihn nicht mehr aus ihrem Bann entläßt.