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Day of the Storm by Rosamunde Pilcher
Read from January 15 to 20, 2015
Description: On the last day of her mother's life, Rebecca learns she has a family in Cornwall, and sets out to find the grandfather and cousin she has never known. But only the enigmatic Joss Gardner, the outsider who seems to be the apple of her grandfather's eye, can help her understand the dark currents that lie behind her family's loving reception.
Opening: It all started on a Monday at the end of January. A dull day at a dull time of year. Christmas and the New Year were over and forgotten and yet the new season had not started to show its face.
The subliminal theme here is du Maurier's famous novel. Not only is the heroine here called Rebecca but the phrasing is meant to evoke the same atmosphere of the sprawling house above the sea in Cornwall. From page 38:
A tale of families as old as the hills, yet an enjoyable change of pace. Baseline 3*
4* The Shell Seekers
3* Day of the Storm
3* Winter Solstice
3* September
TR Wild Mountain Thyme
Opening: It all started on a Monday at the end of January. A dull day at a dull time of year. Christmas and the New Year were over and forgotten and yet the new season had not started to show its face.
The subliminal theme here is du Maurier's famous novel. Not only is the heroine here called Rebecca but the phrasing is meant to evoke the same atmosphere of the sprawling house above the sea in Cornwall. From page 38:I slept at last and dreamed I was there. But the house in my dream had no shape or form and the only real thing about it was the sound of the wind, battering its way inland, fresh and cold from the open sea.
A tale of families as old as the hills, yet an enjoyable change of pace. Baseline 3*
4* The Shell Seekers
3* Day of the Storm
3* Winter Solstice
3* September
TR Wild Mountain Thyme
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