Books
by Tessa Hadley
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The Past |
Three sisters and their brother gather to spend the summer holidays in their old family home, the brother with teenage daughter and new wife, one sister bringing a Pakistani youth, another with two children. Can Hadley possibly juggle this assorted bunch? The answer is a resounding yes! The family dynamics ring absolutely true, every character perceptively imagined, and the three-tier structure - present, past and back to the present - works admirably. I found it a real delight.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 94 Autumn 2019) |
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