Glass Houses

10 hrs. 19 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Francesca Reece

Narrator Ekaterina Manoylo

Description

At first glance, the life of gamekeeper Getin Thomas in his hometown in North Wales seems simple and ordinary, but he has a secret—the Tei Gwidr, an elegant glass house on the lake shore that he looks after when the English owners are away. Over time, Tei Gwidr becomes Getin’s favorite refuge, and he begins to think of the house as his own.

Suddenly, Getin’s life cracks when his first love, Olwen—now a successful director in London—returns to their hometown with her husband and buys Tei Gwidr. Passion flares up between Olwen and Getin again; they are determined to start over—but their story is darkened by memories of the confrontation between Welsh and English in the 1980s.

In her prose, Francesca Reece, author of the bestseller "The Observer", explores how political events affect the lives of ordinary people, skillfully weaving personal drama with historical conflict. North Wales appears before the reader in all its beauty and complexity, and Getin and Olwen’s story becomes a journey into the depths of human feelings awakened by the echo of the past.