I just finished reading this beautiful book and have to share. I didn ´t know this author, I had the book for a while and I loved it so much
I love detective books and this was nicely wrapped into a family story. Basically a story of several women whose lives were scattered through 60 years. All of them struggling with a role in their life, loving, being loved but searching for love or purpose at the same time. And above them standing Nora, who we actually do not meet but hear her in either memories or through memories. A person who starts as an impressive, kind hearted woman, and where you end up with the feeling she was posessive, manipulative, but still loving mother/grandmother, who just loved TOO MUCH.
Polly was the one I felt most sorry for. Her life was not a happy one and her long way to inner peace lead only through finding out about the past. Nora broke her relationship with Jess but they end up on a positive note…
And that story of murder? I honestly thought I had it "figured out" on page 300 (got the story with baby right but in the way I expected)
The only prominent man was Percy and his story was also kind of tragic, but finding a peace at the end.
I somehow found already third Australian-born writer (all women) and I am amazed how good they are (two others being Jane Harper and Darcy Coates)
by Jarita12