Dear Arabella

‘I wrote to her, and poured my heart out to her. She would probably never get it, but it didn’t matter, it didn’t matter at all.’

Three women: Jean, feeling increasingly claustrophobic in caring for her demanding mother Elsie, still trying, after so many years, to try and get to know the soldier husband who returned from the war a very different man Arabella, a widow haunted by dashed expectations and ghosts from the past.

Three tales of love, regret and loss are subtly brought together via a random act of kindness which in turn triggers an encounter on a beach which results in a life-long obsession.

Full of Marie Jones’ signature humour, Dear Arabella marvels at how the most commonplace chance encounters can impact lives in the most meaningful and enduring ways.