Friendship, motherhood and desertion. This book is beautifully written, with well described characters and gradually revealed secrets, but it's a bit short on plot.The question at the heart of the novel is why Wren would have left her husband and six-month-old daughter to go and live a solitary li...
There’s intrigue as soon as we start reading … It’s December 31st 1971, Joanna Wolff and husband Richard are at a party. Whose key fob was Joanna looking for?Leading on from this scene, it’s now early May 1976. Luke has just bought a new scooter … an orange Vespa. He’s just finished lovingly poli...
"Sarah schnappt nach Luft, und ihr Bewusstsein scheint zu schwinden. Kalter Schweiß bedeckt ihren Körper. Sie presst den Turnbeutel an die Brust, taumelt durch den Korridor und drückt die Knie zusammen, um die Flut zu stoppen. Sie schluchzt jetzt; um keinen Preis möchte sie so gefunden werden, und a...
This story of family life is told in two threads - both told in the first person. The threads alternate between Jake (the middle son) and Mary. Mary’s thread allows us a brief look into her childhood/teens which helps in understanding her descent into alcoholism. We also get to read her perceptio...
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