Marilyn Jenkins

Biography

I’m a member of the Academi of Wales. I returned to Wales in 2000 after periods in England and abroad including Canada and Australia. My work has has been published over many years in magazines such as The Anglo Welsh Review; The New Welsh Review; Paris Atlantic; Envoi and prize-winners’ anthologies. My first poetry collection: Close Distances was published by Cinnamon Press in April 2007 with the support of the Welsh Books Council. My first novel: The Legacy of Alice Waters was published in 2009 by YWO/Legend Press (supported by The Arts Council) in January 2009. This year (2010), my poem: Taking Delivery was awarded third prize in the Cardiff International Poetry Competition.

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Books

The Legacy of Alice Waters
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 110,520. Language: English. Published: September 24, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
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In ‘The Legacy of Alice Waters’, Alice poisons her lover’s wife and child (a diabolical crime for which she’s duly hanged, orphaning her own daughter). Alice's suffering ends in 1947. Those left behind continue to suffer' Her daughter grows up in ignorance of her true identity. When she discovers the truth will she understand and forgive her mother?

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