Before All Else
How deep do we bury our secrets?

The Suffolk village of Bullenden is the setting for this comic and bitter-sweet tale of peccadilloes, consequences and lemon drizzle cake.

Cecily, long-time resident of the village and outwardly most respectable of the three de Mare sisters, cannot escape the murky events of her past. Loud-mouthed Mandy threatens to blow her secret wide open. Will Cecily's reputation survive or will she lose face to the two people who matter most in her life – her sisters?

Marcus flees London at the end of his marriage to the vitriolic Velda while she blithely shares their relationship's most intimate secrets with her own outraged sisterhood. What are the post-break-up rules here?

In this highly characterful village, we meet, amongst many others, Madge the irrepressible Post Mistress, Gwyddno the reluctant Pagan traveller and Major Welding, anxious to reinvent himself following a rather close shave with the authorities.

During preparations for the annual summer fair, the village reveals its own hidden treasure – an ancient and holy space is unearthed. Marcus, amateur history sleuth, is given a chance to rebuild his tattered life as he investigates the magic, mystery and purpose of this rediscovered place.

Layers – both personal and archaeological – are stripped away.

Sometimes the silent voices of our past sing our way to a brighter future.
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Before All Else
How deep do we bury our secrets?

The Suffolk village of Bullenden is the setting for this comic and bitter-sweet tale of peccadilloes, consequences and lemon drizzle cake.

Cecily, long-time resident of the village and outwardly most respectable of the three de Mare sisters, cannot escape the murky events of her past. Loud-mouthed Mandy threatens to blow her secret wide open. Will Cecily's reputation survive or will she lose face to the two people who matter most in her life – her sisters?

Marcus flees London at the end of his marriage to the vitriolic Velda while she blithely shares their relationship's most intimate secrets with her own outraged sisterhood. What are the post-break-up rules here?

In this highly characterful village, we meet, amongst many others, Madge the irrepressible Post Mistress, Gwyddno the reluctant Pagan traveller and Major Welding, anxious to reinvent himself following a rather close shave with the authorities.

During preparations for the annual summer fair, the village reveals its own hidden treasure – an ancient and holy space is unearthed. Marcus, amateur history sleuth, is given a chance to rebuild his tattered life as he investigates the magic, mystery and purpose of this rediscovered place.

Layers – both personal and archaeological – are stripped away.

Sometimes the silent voices of our past sing our way to a brighter future.
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Before All Else

Before All Else

by Fiona Holland
Before All Else

Before All Else

by Fiona Holland

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How deep do we bury our secrets?

The Suffolk village of Bullenden is the setting for this comic and bitter-sweet tale of peccadilloes, consequences and lemon drizzle cake.

Cecily, long-time resident of the village and outwardly most respectable of the three de Mare sisters, cannot escape the murky events of her past. Loud-mouthed Mandy threatens to blow her secret wide open. Will Cecily's reputation survive or will she lose face to the two people who matter most in her life – her sisters?

Marcus flees London at the end of his marriage to the vitriolic Velda while she blithely shares their relationship's most intimate secrets with her own outraged sisterhood. What are the post-break-up rules here?

In this highly characterful village, we meet, amongst many others, Madge the irrepressible Post Mistress, Gwyddno the reluctant Pagan traveller and Major Welding, anxious to reinvent himself following a rather close shave with the authorities.

During preparations for the annual summer fair, the village reveals its own hidden treasure – an ancient and holy space is unearthed. Marcus, amateur history sleuth, is given a chance to rebuild his tattered life as he investigates the magic, mystery and purpose of this rediscovered place.

Layers – both personal and archaeological – are stripped away.

Sometimes the silent voices of our past sing our way to a brighter future.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940157004682
Publisher: SilverWood Books
Publication date: 08/05/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 252
File size: 628 KB

About the Author

Fiona Holland was born in Malta during her parents’ Navy posting. School, University and Secretarial College followed in due succession, as did a variety of jobs as au-pair, wedding car chauffeur, pig farmer, potato picker and foster carer.

Her writing career was given a mighty fillip by winning the 2013 Gladstone’s Library Short Fiction prize for her story Looking The Other Way. Gladstone’s Library is home to the Victorian, three-times Prime Minister’s book collection, and the prize was awarded from submissions from all over the world judged by established writers.

Since that time Fiona has focussed on her creative writing together with running a 5-acre small-holding in North Wales and offering a writers retreat in her hand-crafted Shepherd’s Hut. Before All Else is her first published novel.

To find out more, visit www.fionaholland.co.uk
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