Sian James

• Aug-1981
• / General Fiction

• Aug-1984
• / General Fiction

• Jan-1996
• / General Fiction

• Sep-1996
• / General Fiction

Marian, a doctor's widow, has moved to a cottage in a small Pembrokeshire town. Her neighbour is the Big House, Gerald, an expert on the standing stones of the Preseli mountains, believes their power continues today. Marian is sceptical but her visit...

• Jul-1997
• / Romance

Si?n James brings her customary narrative flair and ear for dialogue to this beautifully-observed novel of love, scandal and grief set in wartime rural Wales. For three years, young teacher Rhian Evans has lived a life of isolation in her small villa...

• Dec-1999
• / General Fiction

In Two Loves by Sian James, Rosamund Gilchrist is restless. She has lived her life so far in supporting roles: widowed third wife of the much older Anthony, a famous poet; mother of the enchanting Joss; daughter of eccentric divorced parents, and mis...

• Mar-2000
• / General Fiction

A Small Country is the story of the Evans family, farmers in Carmarthenshire, with an introduction by Stan Barstow, author of A Kind of Loving. In the summer of 1914 son Tom returns from Oxford to find the family falling apart. His handsome father ha...

• Aug-2001
• / General Fiction

Having returned home to Wales for her mother's funeral, actress Kate Rivers is overwhelmed by her past and forced to take stock of her life. From nursing her depressed mother as a child, through to her successful career and relationship with hand...

• Oct-2003
• / General Fiction

There is an unexpected, elusive emotional truth which she has understood, and she has the talent and kindness to lay it bare"-The Sunday Times (U.K.). This collection of eleven stories by the outstanding Welsh writer is a testament to women of all ag...

• Oct-2009
• / General Fiction

Return to Hendre Ddu is a tumultuous sequel to Sîan James' classic novel A Small Country. Once again Sîan James' talent for character and dialogue weaves an intriguing tale of early twentieth century family life in rural Wales. Though Hendr...

• / General Fiction