Sian James

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Kate Rivers has it all: London life, successful acting career, and caring lover Paul. So why, when she is unexpectedly recalled to the Welsh village where she grew up, are both her past and her present such a struggle to come to terms with? Where is Paul when she needs him, and why does her handsome cousin Rhydian seem to feature so much in both her memory and her present dilemma? First published in 2000, this classic tale is told with skill and sympathy by novelist Sian James.

Return to Hendre Ddu is a tumultuous sequel to Sîan James' classic novel A Small Country. Once again Sîan James' talent for character and dialogue weaves an intriguing tale of early twentieth century family life in rural Wales.Though Hendre Ddu, the home farm of the Evans family of Carmarthenshire, looks peaceful, it is the middle of the First World war and lives have been shattered here too.A Small Country ended with Catrin Evans' sweetheart, Edward, killed in action and now the son of the farm, Tom Evans, returns from the front disabled. The shock is too much for their stalwart housekeeper Nano Rees.But life goes on and Tom and his father Josi, with his new wife Lowri, have their own battle to fight just keeping the farmhouse afloat. At first all seems to be going well, but increasingly tangled romances and financial realities bring heartache and new challenges for the troubled Evans family.Twice-winner of the Yorkshire Post Prize, Sian James is the author of nine novels, including Storm at Arberth and A Small Country. She was born near Llandysul, Cardiganshire and educated at Aberystwyth.

Schoolteacher Rhian Evans doesn't doubt that a Welsh love affair, as it is often noted, is only made up of 10% sex. For the three long years of her husband's absence, she has stayed true to her strict chapel upbringing and has lived in celibacy. But Rhian wishes she was more like Ilona Hughes, her scandalous lodger. With her great appetite for life and men, Ilona is a breath of fresh air, and when her zestful spirit begins to influence Rhian, the ripples are felt throughout their small coastal town. Perceptive, funny, and moving, this novel reveals the poignancy of love in the midst of war.

A Small Country is the story of the Evans family, farmers in Carmarthenshire. In the summer of 1914 son Tom returns from Oxford to find the family falling apart. His handsome father has gone to live with schoolmistress Miriam Lewis, who is to have his child. His mother, broken-hearted, lies ill in bed, while his beautiful sister Catrin longs to leave for London and art college. Soon Tom's college friend Edward will arrive to holiday with them, half-aware of his attraction to Catrin but already engaged to Rose, a supporter of the Suffragettes. And Tom himself is in debt and disillusioned with his proposed legal career. He would like to manage Hendre Ddu, the family farm, but finds that family troubles and the approach of war set him on a very different course.Sian James interweaves the lives of her characters with skill and understanding as they face the complications of family breakdown, love, war and propriety. Her ear for dialogue and eye for detail make A Small Country a hugely enjoyable novel.Twice-winner of the Yorkshire Post Prize, Sian James is the author of nine novels, including Storm at Arberth and A Small Country. She was born near Llandysul, Cardiganshire and educated at Aberystwyth.

The early childhood days of award-winning author Sian Jamesin are beautifully illustrated in this touching account that tells of the night she first sees the Milky Way; the day electricity comes to the Waun; the afternoon Dan and Raymond play Wolves and Travellers; the evening the first bombers drone overhead, and the day she witnesses an event which will change her world forever. Through her charming vignettes of childhood in the 1930s, she speaks on her individualistic and affectionate family, and of familiar scenes and of unexpected pleasures in the countryside around her home, with both the freshness of a child's vision and the wry and knowing smile of hindsight.

Marian, a doctor's widow, has moved to a cottage in a small Pembrokeshire town. Her neighbour in the Big House, Gerald, an expert on the standing stones of the Preseli mountains, believes their power continues today. Marian is sceptical but her visitor, the once-beautiful Sally, is revitalised by some power which seems on that weekend of the storm to touch everyone's life. Their reunion triggers unforseeable events in London and Wales as past deeds are revealed and present certainties shattered. After the storm comes new calm and order, but also a final confrontation between Marian and Sally in this gripping portrayal of the nature of love, lust, friendship and treachery.Twice-winner of the Yorkshire Post Prize, Sian James is the author of nine novels, including Storm at Arberth and A Small Country. She was born near Llandysul, Cardiganshire and educated at Aberystwyth.