Reviewer: JD Smith, author of Tristan and Iseult and the Overlord series.
What we thought: The author not only has a taste for the wild, beautiful and atmospheric country of Wales, but of relationships and characters that define us as human beings.
This is a story of the reality which many of us face in our day to day lives, the breakdown of one relationship, the beginning of another, and all the subtle shades in between, financial difficulties, ill health and hard decisions.
Ruth describes the best and worst parts of our lives in equal measure through characters which we come to both know and understand and feel a huge amount of sympathy for: Jack, Patsy, Anna, as well as their respective children, friends and relatives. This is a story primarily of family, what it means and how it can be manipulated and damaged so easily by the choices we make.
Although in parts it is predictable, it wouldn’t be so truthful, and so close to what many will have experienced, if it wasn’t.
Jack Redman, I look forward to meeting you in the sequel.
You’ll enjoy this if you like: Nosing into other people’s lives, gossip and descriptions of the Welsh countryside.
Avoid if you don’t like: Secrets, family difficulties, or you are going through a divorce.
Ideal accompaniments: Wine and plenty of is, a big bubble bath, a cigarette if you are so inclined.
Genre: Contemporary, womens’.
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