Live a Little: Retrospect

By Rosemary Blake

'Brioche' rewritten.  Set around 1978, Dulcie is changing her life.  Leaving her husband and her adult daughter in England, she joins a commune in France.  She throws off her pearls, gloves and hats to renovate the gatehouse to a chateau. 

Dulcie embraces the diversity of commune residents, and of French townsfolk, while wrestling to create her own space.

Love arrives in unexpected ways, will she make the right choice?  Her daughter, Imogen, challenges conventions in England.  Dulcie wants to support her and she discovers that she can keep an open mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rosemary Blake
• Release date: Aug 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393985983

Rosemary Blake

As a trained Counsellor, I am interested in dilemmas that women face throughout their lives.  I enjoy sharing my insight into people's characters and how they are affected by popular events and attitudes. My life changed after an accident when I had to be immobile.  I found and Open University Course on writing and from then on, I was hooked.

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