The English Daughter - Softcover

Maggie Wadey

 
9781910985137: The English Daughter

Synopsis

As a child, writer Maggie Wadey was aware her mother was different from her father and his family, and that the difference was do with her Irishness, but she knew nothing of her Tipperary background. Then, before she died, Agnes Kavanagh began to talk about the past. Gradually, Maggie began to piece together her mother's early life. But it was only after Agnes's death that she discovered another story a life and a secret hidden in layers of silence.

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About the Author

Maggie Wadey is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Her childhood was spent in England, Egypt, Cyprus and a Sussex boarding school. After a brief time as a model, she read Philosophy at University College London. Maggie is married to actor John Castle and has one daughter and two grandchildren. Among her screenplays for television are adaptations of Mansfield Park, The Buccaneers, Adam Bede and the children's novel, Stig of the Dump. She divides her time between London and Devon.

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