The Life Of Rebecca Jones Av Angharad Price

<P><B>"The most fascinating and wonderful book" JAN MORRIS</B></P><P><B>"A restrained, lyrical <I>tour de force</I>" OWEN SHEERS</B><br><B></B><br>In the early years of the last century, Rebecca is born into a rural community in the Maesglasau valley in Wales; her family have been working the land for a thousand years, but the changes brought about by modernity threaten the survival of her language, and her family''s way of life. </P><P>Rebecca''s reflections on the century are delivered with haunting dignity and a simple intimacy, while her evocation of the changing seasons and a life that is so in tune with its surroundings is rich and poignant. <I>The Life of Rebecca Jones</I> has all the makings of a classic, fixing on a vanishing period of rural history, and the novel''s final, unexpected revelation remains unforgettable and utterly moving.</P>