Blurb:
At
Fourwinds they gather: Alice and Ralph, Patricia and Peter, to
celebrate the marriage of their children. The marquee is on the lawn,
breathing in and out in the summer heat. But the bride is nowhere to
be seen.
As
both families are drawn together, the past floods through the
corridors of the old house. What secret has Ralph been keeping from
his wife? What is it about Alice's wartime encounter with Peter that
has haunted her ever since? And what could have caused Sarah to
vanish without a word to any of the people she loves?
Moving
from the orange groves of Valencia and the spacious houses of the
British countryside to the post-war slums in the north, Return to
Fourwinds is a sweeping, lyrical story of the things we tell and the
things we keep to ourselves. Is Sarah's disappearance a culmination
of the pressures that have kept the two families apart? Or can they
work together to bring her back to Fourwinds?
My
thoughts:
As
for big secrets, yeah, I would not say they were big. People were
just stupid. Everything had to be perfect, to look perfect, and if
something was the slightest off, not good. They came from that era so
it was understandable.
The
book starts with Nicky and Sarah about to get married. She runs away
and we go back in time.
Alice
who grew up privileged, but not privileged enough for some so she
strive for perfection.
Ralph
her husband grew up in Spain. His story is the one of his mother and
her new husband and the secrets there.
Then we have Patricia and Peter. Patricia does not really have a secret, and neither does Peter. But Peter grew up in the slums and wanted to make something for himself. He also knows Alice from the war. Ok so that secret was not really something she should feel bad about.
Their
life before the war, and during the war, and after it. Lives were
shaped. But I must say, Sarah's choice had nothing to do with those
secrets. I'd rather have it as an aftermath of all of that. She still
had a secret and I will say nothing more than I totally understood
why she ran.
I
liked what we later learned about Spain, now there was a book. I also
liked the social clashes. Rich and poor. Newly rich. They all looked
down on someone else.
Conclusion:
An
interesting book
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
June 4th 2015 by Corvus (2014 previous publication)
Historical
fiction
For
review
3 comments:
It's too bad about the secrets...
An interesting review ;p.
Helooooooooooo
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