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Patricia's Place
Patricia's Place
Patricia's Place
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Patricia's Place

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Reese Lloyd has the perfect life. Or so it seems. So when his wife, Anna, distances herself, ultimately putting an ocean between them, he is confused. Lonely and restless, he takes on the renovation of an old house, not realising it has links to the past. It ushers in an old love, bringing with her memories of a tragedy he has spent his life trying to forget. Other crises loom which threaten the very basis of business, family life and friendship. His health, reflecting his state of mind, is compromised, forcing him to re-examine everything he holds dear.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris UK
Release dateApr 30, 2011
ISBN9781456889005
Patricia's Place
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Mel Mongie

MEL MONGIE was a born in Chester, England. She grew up in the 1950s in the rural, Eastern Cape, making up bedtime stories for her young brothers in which Father Christmas slipped down the chimney of a mud hut. At boarding school friends waited for chapters about a Little Women type heroine. But it was only when her sons had left home that she began writing again. Having had only brothers and sons, choosing a man as her main character made sense. She is a retired high school teacher and lives in Cape Town. This is her first novel. A second is under way.

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