This book was an impulse by from Waterstones on the buy 2 get one free offer but I really enjoyed it. It was well written and explored the storyline of a woman who is left with nothing when her husband just disappears after being implicated in a money laundering operation. It is interesting that he is always about - the author shows what is happening to him and what he is thinking but mainly the story focuses on the wife and her children.
I think she shows so well how children can be effected by their parents, how hard it is to avoid the press and the reality of going from well off to poor. I think she showed the anger, upset and just abject fear but I also think somehow in places it does quite work.
As the reader is always aware of the husband there is the feeling he will come back, and he does. There is always the feeling, even at her lowest point that she will get her MA and things will get a whole lot better, that there is an end to it. Whereas reality for some people is there would be no way back out of the hole he has created.
I generally liked the book, enjoyed and would definitely read others of her work. I would recommend it, if you are looking for something better than a holiday novel this is definitely worth a go.
Dix
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