Product Description

Lost Soul's Point is the tourist trail name for the highest part of the wild and windswept cliffs overlooking the south coast seaside resort of Shoresby. In 1871, following the suicide of his daughter here, Alexander Walpole locked himself inside his nearby family home of Appleforth House and burnt it to the ground. It's here that the hopes and fears of four very different people converge today...

Ned is the architect restoring Appleforth House brick by brick, but who can't see his way clear to mending his own broken heart. Ellen is a film-maker shooting a documentary about other people's suffering. She doesn't expect to find herself examining her own happiness. Jimmy is growing up the hard way, learning to cope with unrequited love and with the memory of a tragic death. Seventeen-year-old Verity is an incurable romantic, intent on falling head over heels for the first time but unaware of how hard she might get tripped up in the process...

'Love Lives' tells the story of how these four people meet and what happens when they do. It's all about falling in love, growing up, overcoming tragedy and, above all, learning to love life and live it to the full...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #457754 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-23
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

B, February, 2003
'another funny but thought provoking classic from Lloyd and Rees'

Choice, February, 2003
'one for all incurable romantics'

Irish Examiner, 8th February, 2003
'a surprisingly heart-warming and funny tale, perfect for romantics everywhere'

Customer Reviews

Not their best effort
I've previously enjoyed Come Together and Come Again, so I was looking forward to Love Lives.

Unfortunately I was left feeling disappointed by a weak plot that frankly bored me. It's just a bit obvious and cliched. Maybe if I was 15 I would've enjoyed it more.

Wonderful
I cried buckets throughout most of this story - and really resented having to put it down to work, hoover, sleep, even eat! With great twists and turns, fantastic characters and a really unusual plotline, Love Lives is a great example of the genius of the Lloyd/Rees writing partnership. Set in and around Shoresby, a south coast seaside resort, Love Lives tells the stories of Lost Soul's Point from the perspective of four main characters, Ned - an architect with a heartbreaking past, Ellen - a deeply unhappy film maker, Jimmy - a troubled teenager and Verity - a hopeless romantic. Buy a bumper pack of tissues, turn off the phone and settle in with the curtains drawn.

Fantastiche!
I got this book out of the school library one week, purely for the reason that I'd forgotten my book, and I'd read one of the authors' books before [The Boy Next Door]. I have to say that it was miles better than the previous book I'd read!
The twists made this book more interesting, and much more than an average romance novel. It's always good to read a book from different perspectives, and even though you know from reading the book that the couples will get together, it made it a better read.
I couldn't have guessed the twists that came into the plot, and loved every second of this book. The first thing I've when I got home for the last few days is pick the book to finish reading.
The only bad thing about it was the fact that I cried whenever Jimmy mentioned Ryan. Never mind the fact that he was never an actual real character, I still cried whenever they mentioned him. But, hey, I'm an emotional person!

An excellent read, and definately not your average chick flick. Sure, you can sometimes guess what's going on, but with the added additions of the suicides and the documentary being filled made this novel a lot more interesting to read. I'd definately recommend it to anyone!