Amy Wingate's Journal

When Amy consults her doctor about her increasing mood swings, she is advised to keep a diary as an outlet for her bursts of irritation. And her life obligingly becomes eventful enough to provide interesting reading. But it is the tantalising allusions to Amy's past – so at odds with her appearance as the stereotypical retired schoolmistress – that intrigues, delights, and eventually reveals a woman of surprising qualities.

'A genuine voice of our times.' -- The Times

Marcia Willett began her career as a novelist when she was 50 years old. Since that first novel Marcia has written 20 more under her own name as well as a number of short stories. She has also written four books under the pseudonym 'Willa Marsh', and is published in more than 16 countries. Phyllida Nash has appeared on stage in the West End, New York and Toronto in roles as diverse as Portia in Julius Caesar and Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh. Her other performance credits include Emmerdale, Not Quite Cricket and Cottage to Let. Phyllida makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in readings, drama, comedy and narration and has recorded over 100 audiobooks, winning an AudioFile Golden Earphones Award for her reading of Mrs Fytton's Country Life by Mavis Cheek.

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