Mrs. de Winter - Hardcover

Susan Hill has been a full-time novelist, short-story writer and playwright since 1963, whose works have been translated into 15 languages. She counts among her many honors the prestigious Somerset Maugham Award, the Whitbread Prize and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She is also a regular broadcaster for radio and television, and a book reviewer for numerous newspapers and journals. Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, Ms. Hill and her family now live in Gloucestershire. Jean Marsh is a British actress perhaps best known for co-creating the television series Upstairs, Downstairs and for portraying house parlor maid Rose Buck in the same series. She and Eileen Atkins also co-created the 1991 television series The House of Eliott. Marsh has had several film appearances, including Return to Oz, Willow, and The Heavy. Jean has also made many appearances on British and American television programs, including The Twilight Zone, Crooked House, Sensitive Skin, and UFO. Jean's audiobook credits include narrating Susan Hill's Mrs. De Winter, Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, and Roald Dahl's The Witches.

This sequel to Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca follows the De Winters as they pick up the pieces of their lives after the fire which destroyed Manderly. Many characters from the original text reappear and continue to wreak havoc in the life of the tender heroine. The melodrama of the tale is echoed by Lisanne Cole, whose reading perfectly suits the plot. Cole gives the listener a reading that soars and dives along with the fortunes and moods of the heroine. The brief musical subtext at the end of each side adds considerably to the haunting effect. R.B.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine