Memories Of The Storm

Dec 20, 2025 3:47 AM

Author:Marcia Willett

It has been a house of secrets for over sixty years - Bridge House on the edge of Exmoor, beautiful and remote, a wild place where the sound of the rushing stream is ever present.

Clio is staying there with her godmother, Hester, reliving happy childhood memories. Jonah, visiting the area, chances upon the house where his mother stayed as a child during the second world war, a time when passions ran high.

They don't yet know it, but their histories are inextricably linked. Hester knows the truth, but how much should she tell them? What would be gained by raking over the past?

As the young couple become closer, Hester realises that they must know the truth, before it is too late . . .

Praise for Marcia Willett:

'A genuine voice of our times' The Times

'Riveting, moving and utterly feel-good' Daily Mail

Reviews

It is really one of his best. There are passages so spattered with violence and blood that you look out for the red blotches on the page in front of you...brilliantly plotted

—— A.N. Wilson , Daily Telegraph

Dickens's story of love, espionage and Anglo-French relations

—— Scotsman

When I was very much younger I used to think that A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens was the most wonderful book in all the world. I was particularly moved by Sydney Carton dying in the place of Charles Evremonde and thought this was a wonderful act but, in fact, of course in later years if you read it, it becomes an incredibly selfish act

—— Anne Widdecombe , Independent

Dickens writes about Parisian and London society with such grittiness and truth, you become immersed

—— Anne Charleston (Madge from Neighbours!!)

Dickens's magnificent account of the revolution and one of his best (and shortest) novels

—— Observer

A fast-paced novel with a gripping plot

—— Waterstones' Quarterly

Stourton is a name to watch

—— Publishers' Weekly

Beautifully crafted...a compelling debut of youthful daring. His quietly poetic prose is charming, and there's real warmth and depth here in his explorations of friendship and guilt

—— Daily Mail

Part nostalgic reverie, part taut little thriller, it makes for a promising debut

—— Guardian

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