Shortlisted for book of the month
AMAZON US
$5.40
AMAZON CA $5.99
Family Drama
1917/1974
Cornwall
One Last Dance is a family saga set
between 1917 and 1974. This novel has a broad cast of characters and viewpoints
and yet the author makes us care about all of them and engage with their hopes
and dreams - and feel for their disasters. There is love and betrayal set
around a great house in Cornwall - a sort of Mandalay for those familiar with
the novel Rebecca - and it sweeps you
along at a terrific pace through the first and second world wars and then
through the austere fifties and swinging sixties, yet manages to hold your attention all along.
Shy Esme is
forced to compete with her beautiful sister Camilla until Camilla rejects
Devlin, the handsome owner of Rosindell. Esme has secretly been in love with
Devlin for years and so accepts the bargain in the hope of winning his heart.
But Camilla plays games and in one of many plot twists Camilla challenges
Esme's marriage with consequences for the next two generations. There are
twists and turns, there are moments of heartbreak. It's astonishing an author
can lead us through so much history and yet hold our attention. Could barely
reach for another chocolate as I read on and on...
© Jeffrey
Manton
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