Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #364421 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-06
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Sunday Herald
'[her] style has become formidable - the absence of quotation
marks and spare, controlled dialogue allows for unbroken, fluid prose.'

Red magazine
'A haunting tale of two people struggling with their pasts'

Eve
'Funny, bizarre and addictive.'

Customer Reviews

An average read
The strengths of this book are in the evocative descriptions of the Welsh coast in Winter and the depth of the characters, but the plot itself was a bit slow and rather predictable.

Anna is in her 30's and unmarried. Her widowed mother lives in Wales where she runs a guest house with the larger than life actor, Vernon Savoy.
Lewis, an only surviving twin, following an accident in their teens, finds himself in the guest house while Anna is visiting and there is an immediate connection. Lewis, however, has unfinished business relating to his brother's death and he carries huge insecurities as a result.

I loved Azzopardi's first novel The Hiding Place, but I did not find this, her third book, while enjoyable, up to the same standard.

Great book and love story
I picked this up at a Station and could not put it down. It's not even the sort of book I normally read, but the story is superb and I already knew of Winterton from family holidays. The author makes the coastal life out there very real, and the relationships between her characters is compelling. Top marks for a brilliant read. I am going back to her other works next.