Product Description

Kate Linden is a 35 year old single mother, who dreams of a rosy future with a dream man who will love both her and her son Sam. But while she's waiting for the arrival of that unknown saviour, she finds herself as entangled as ever with her handsome, domineering cousin Julian, the son of her mother's twin sister. As she returns to Julian's childhood home in Norfolk for a family weekend, Kate is drawn back into the mysteries that haunt her. What was the truth of the relationship between her mother and Julian's father? Who was responsible for her mother's death in a car crash? And will the patterns of that dark past repeat themselves, or can she escape them, and create some happiness of her own? Justine Picardie writes with a clear, beautiful voice about family intrigues and intricacies, and the struggle to make sense of our place inside them, as well as the outside world. It is a story about the shadows cast by the past, and the ghosts of what has gone before; but also of a sustaining hope for the future, and the magical transformations of love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185434 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 356 pages

Synopsis
Kate is in her mid 30s, is a single mother, and has always been in awe of, possibly in love with her domineering cousin, Julian. As she returns to East Anglia for a family weekend, she reflects on her childhood.

Customer Reviews

An intensely readable novel about families
You choose your friends, but not your family... this is a story about family intrigues and secrets, and the struggle to make sense of our place inside them, as well as escaping from them into the outside world. It's about the ghosts of childhood, as well as a hopeful love story. Touching, tender, and absorbing...

The most boring book I've ever read......
This book was very easy to read, and yes, I kept reading it as I kept expecting something to happen - a twist in the plot maybe - but no, I got to the end and ... nothing! Yawn!