Charlotte would really like to make a new start so she puts
her house on the market, and finds the house of her dreams... she also meets
the estate agent Tim who seems to think that Charlotte may be the woman of his
dreams. Her rather lost demeanor also attracts the attentions of her best
friend's husband. Then her mother - whom she has always found difficult - has
an accident...
While the plot revolves around Charlotte and her gradual acceptance of her
circumstances, especially all the misconceptions she expected which were often
not really there. There are a lot of
subplots in this book, and such a big cast of people that I often found myself
forgetting who was whom. Nice easy read though I read it over a week, the twists and turns got a bit long winded
but on the whole enough suspense and mistakes made it interesting.
Still, I gradually warmed to the book and found it quite
difficult to put down as I neared the end. Some of it was predictable, but
there were a few surprises along the way; each chapter begins with a brief,
first person account from Charlotte 's
past, in italics to distinguish it from the main text. I quite liked this
device and felt it helped me to get to know her better. Once she had come to
grips with the truth these little adjuncts to the story disappeared. The one person I never liked was the estate
agent.
Robyn S.
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