The Sound of Water

Published by Merlincourt Press 2012.

Valerie Davies tells of two years lived in a little New Zealand fishing village, where the birdsong, the seasons, the flowers and the storms are the backdrop to family life, to the inner life, to the enjoyment of food, books, and history.

She writes of pleasures and depression, reunions with lost friends, memories of life in war-time England and post-war Germany, and encounters with both the famous and the forgotten.