The Birdcage - Hardcover

It was Felix who first called it The Birdcage – that strange and quirky household in Bristol with its close, loving women including the superbly flamboyant Angel. Angel’s daughter Lizzie had loved living there as a child – and she had also loved Felix, the nearest she had to a father, whose loyalties had been strained to the limit by his deeply jealous wife Marina. Lizzie was always aware that Felix had another life at beautiful, mellow Michaelgarth, the family home on the edge of Exmoor where he tried to bring up his son Piers in a loving and peaceful environment. When Lizzie, many years later, comes at last to Michaelgarth and meets Piers for the first time, she finds a family which is in trouble – and which, miraculously, needs her to help them to heal.

It was Felix who named it The Birdcage – the tall house in Bristol where Miss Pidgeon lived with her tenant, the beautiful and talented actress Angel, and Angel’s daughter, Lizzie. It was Felix whom they all adored and who was so in love with Angel, but while Lizzie longed for a father, Felix had other commitments: to his insecure, possessive wife Marina and to their son Piers, both living at beautiful, mellow Michaelgarth, the family home on the edge of Exmoor. Many years later, when Lizzie comes at last to Michaelgarth and meets Piers for the first time, she finds a family that is in trouble – and which, miraculously, needs her to help them to heal. The glorious and evocative new novel from the highly acclaimed author of The Children’s Hour.