49 year-old Alix returns to Liverpool to attend her dying mother's bedside and to confront her Jewish family's past in Nazi Germany. She meets and immediately lusts after a middle-aged, American architect who is building an ultra modern hotel. An affaire is the last thing he wants as he struggles to understand why his marriage went wrong and to come to terms with his experiences in the Israeli army. A thought-provoking, raunchy and moving read.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 18 April 2003 ) |
