Ten Years On - Alice Peterson
Quercus, 2012
ISBN: 9780857383259
My rating
From the back cover:
"Rebecca is happily married to Olly and content with her job at a glamorous London art gallery. But when tragedy strikes, she decides to move back to her childhood home in the country, hoping time will help her to heal. Joe, born in the same country town as Rebecca, had a falling out with her a decade earlier. Now he's the successful owner of a wine bar, Maison Joe, and is breaking local hearts by dating a striking actress, Peta. Rebecca finds living with her parents again a challenge. Nor is it easy to discover that Joe lives and works too close for comfort. When she sees him once more, memories rush back to haunt her, along with unanswered questions about the past. Why did they lose touch? What was Olly hiding? Can Rebecca answer those questions and move on?"
I bought
this book when it was on-sale for Kindle for only 20p. To be honest, I wasn't
expecting much, just a quick easy read that wouldn't require a lot of
attention.
I
couldn't have been more wrong... This book is simply wonderful!
The story
is beautiful and so full of emotion. I spent the majority of time reading it
crying my eyes out, and that doesn't happen often!
The
author really took us on a journey with her heroine. The glimpses into the
past, as well as the passage of time through the present day story are weaved
together perfectly and make the story feel really three-dimensional.
The grief
and sadness the heroine goes through feels genuine and the author never makes
light of it.
This is a
very deep and moving story about love, life, loss, and second chances that had
me hooked all the way through.
Highly
recommended. Bring tissues!
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Thank you for this LOVELY review. I'm so glad you enjoyed the book.
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