Midsummer Meeting - Softcover

Rhodes, Elvi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055214715X ISBN 13: 9780552147156

Publisher: Corgi Books, 2000

Synopsis

Petra came into the close village community of Mindon when she was unexpectedly left a cottage there by an old friend of her mother's. She was lonely and unsettled - her parents had been killed in a car accident, her boyfriend had decided to go back to his wife, and as a painter she led a solitary life in her North Yorkshire home town. But she felt immediately at home in the gracious stone house that had been bequeathed to her, and was made welcome by the local residents - in particular, by the members of the Mindon Amateur Dramatic Society (somewhat appropriately known as MADS) presided over by the formidable Ursula. Ursula liked to run things her way, and brooked no opposition when the ambitious decision was made (largely by herself) to put on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as their next production. Petra, to her surprise and pleasure, was put in charge of the wardrobe. Rivalries, squabbles, love affairs and seething resentments threatened to scupper the production, and all Ursula's managerial skills were needed to prevent disaster. But Petra had more pressing things on her mind than the costumes for the cast. A mystery from her past began to haunt her - and the answer to that mystery might solve the puzzle of why she had been left such a beautiful house by a total stranger.

About this title

About the Author

Elvi Rhodes was born and educated in Yorkshire, and now lives on the Sussex coast. She is the author of many bestselling novels including Opal, Doctor Rose, Ruth Appleby, The Golden Girls, Madeleine, The House of Bonneau, Cara's Land, The Rainbow Through the Rain, The Bright One, The Mountain, Portrait of Chloe, Spring Music, The Birthday Party, Mulberry Lane, A Blessing In Disguise and The Apple Tree. A collection of stories, Summer Promise and Other Stories, is also published by Corgi Books.

From the Back Cover

It was an unexpected legacy which brought Petra to the close village community of Mindon. An imposing stone house in the middle of the village, left to her by an old friend of her mother's, promised a very different way of life from Petra's lonely and unsettled life in Yorkshire, and she was immediately made welcome by the local residents - in particular, by the members of the village Amateur Dramatic Society. Presided over by the formidable Ursula, who liked things to be run her way, the ambitious decision had been made (mainly by Ursula herself) to put on A Midsummer Night's Dream as the next production. Petra, to her surprise and pleasure, was put in charge of the scenery.

Rivalries, squabbles, love affairs and seething resentments threatened to scupper the production, and all Ursula's management skills were needed to prevent disaster. But Petra had more pressing things on her mind than the set designs. A mystery from the past had begun to haunt her - and the answer to that mystery might solve the puzzle of why she had been left such a beautiful house by a total stranger.

A warm and entertaining novel by the bestselling author of Ruth Appleby, Cara's Land and Spring Music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 055214715X
• ISBN 13: 9780552147156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400