*********NEWS FLASH********

Darcie's second book, which will also be set in Mill River, Vermont, will be published by Ballantine Books on March 25, 2014!!!!!
Further updates will be posed here as they become available.
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Disfigured by the blow of an abusive husband, and suffering her entire life with severe social anxiety disorder, the widow Mary McAllister spends almost sixty years secluded in a white marble mansion overlooking the town of Mill River, Vermont. Her links to the outside world are few: the mail, the media, an elderly priest with a guilty habit of pilfering spoons, and a bedroom window with a view of the town below.                              

Most longtime residents of Mill River consider the marble house and its occupant peculiar, though insignificant, fixtures. An arsonist, a covetous nurse, and the endearing village idiot are among the few who have ever seen Mary. Newcomers to Mill River--a police officer and his daughter and a new fourth grade teacher--are also curious about the reclusive old woman. But only Father Michael O'Brien knows Mary and the secret she keeps--one that, once revealed, will change all of their lives forever.

The Mill River Recluse is a story of triumph over tragedy, one that reminds us of the value of friendship and the ability of love to come from the most unexpected of places.

***The Mill River Recluse is now available in the UK and British Commonwealth IN PRINT AND AS AN e-BOOK!  Both versions are available at www.amazon.co.uk and www.waterstones.co.uk, among other retailers.

***A Spanish edition, entitled Una Mansion en la Colina, has recently been published by Ediciones B/Vergara.  It is now available world-wide.

***An Italian edition, entitled Cronache di Piccoli Miracoli, was released by Narrativa Nord on April 29.

***German, Danish, and French language editions are also forthcoming.

Download the Mill River Recluse Reading Group Questions and Topics for Discussion

Also available in the iBookstore!