Zillah inherits Gorsemoor Cottage in Zennor. She also inherits her grandma and her great grandmother’s diaries. Through reading the diaries she experiences the history of her family in farming, fishing and mining. The artists too brought both fame and shame to Cornish villages. Will Zillah allow the secrets she uncovers to change her life?
Born in London Marion Whybrow moved to St. Ives in1980 with her husband Terry Whybrow, who is an artist. She began writing for the local paper and these articles turned into books on painters, potters and sculptors. This, her second novel, was short listed for the Halsgrove/Western Morning News Peninsular Prize in 2003.
PUBLISHED BY Beach Books, 2005. 13cm. x 20cm. 322 pages Paperback
