2012
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Plot. The lives of three very lonely people—pregnant Steph, on the run from her violent boyfriend; Michael, a petty thief who becomes her knight in shining armour; and Jean, a sixty-year-old spinster nearing the end of her career as a house sitter —collide dramatically within the grounds of the illustrious Walden Manor, where together they ...
- 320 pp
- Morag Joss
- 2003
- Hodder & Stoughton
Oct 28, 2007 · Half Broken Things: Directed by Tim Fywell. With Penelope Wilton, Daniel Mays, Sinead Matthews, Nicholas Le Prevost. A middle aged housesitter meets two tearaways (people who behave in a wild or reckless manner), and together they form a surrogate family.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Tim Fywell
- 2007-10-28
Half Broken Things. A housesitter (Penelope Wilton), a thief and a pregnant runaway form a makeshift family.
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- Tim Fywell
- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
- Penelope Wilton
Filter by Rating: 8/10. Where deficiencies within the human psyche lead to the abyss. RJBurke1942 10 December 2011. This is billed as a drama and thriller. It should, more correctly, be labeled as horror – and quite a suspenseful one at that. The story concerns a fifty-nine-year-old woman (Penelope Wilton) who house-sits through an agency ...
She is the author of eight novels, including the Sara Selkirk series, and Half Broken Things, which won the Crime Writers Association (CWA) Silver Dagger Award. She began writing in 1996 after a short story of hers was runner-up in a national competition sponsored by Good Housekeeping magazine.
Half Broken Things. 2007. 1h 33m. Drama/Thriller. Where to Watch. Stream. Cast. Penelope Wilton (Jean) Daniel Mays (Michael) Sinead Matthews (Steph) Nicholas Le Prevost (Rev Gordon Brookes)...
Half Broken Things. House-sitter Jean (Penelope Wilton) bonds with a petty thief (Daniel Mays) and his pregnant partner (Sinead Matthews) who turn up at the door of her country estate. Yet as their pasts intrude upon their idyll, the lines between good and evil blur.
