No," he said. "Just tell me how much. I don't care what it costs today. You're my wife. I want to buy you a present. This present." Una historia atrapante y recomendable. La vida de tres generaciones que, por falta de comunicación, terminaron distanciados, hasta que algo pasa, que las hace juntarse de nuevo; y es a partir de eso, que empieza un proceso de conocerse entre ellas, de buscar las cosas que las separaron y esperar, que no sea demasiado tarde para tener una verdadera relación familiar.

Si riconosce però nella trama un’espressione acerba dell’autrice, in quanto ho avvertito come se la conclusione fosse stata un po’ frettolosamente messa insieme. Avrei apprezzato che tutti i nodi costruiti e dipanati abilmente venissero poi sciolti un po’ meglio, mentre invece così mi è sembrato come se si volesse inserirci il lieto fine a tutti i costi e in tutti gli aspetti. The milieu Hanmura describes is a uniform one, even if the cast of characters around them differs from place to place, and they are also unified against the changes constantly encroaching on them -- even if there is only so much they can stem the tide. Me ha costado muchísimo este libro. Algunas historias de Jojo Moyes (Yo antes de ti, La chica que dejaste atrás, incluso Uno más uno) están entre mis novelas favoritas. También he tenido alguna decepción con ella (El bazar de los sueños, por ejemplo) y esta novela, Regreso a Irlanda, está más cerca de esa última sensación que de lo mucho que me apasionaron las otras.I can still feel the familiar ache just looking at the cover of Sheltering Rain, it's sheer bliss then it isn't. I can never look at it the same way again without feeling lonely. desvanecen poco después de su desenlace. Sus protagonistas son mujeres interesantes, poseedoras de carisma y no es difícil crear lazos con las tres. Pero considero que la autora podría haber explorado más la historia que nos muestras más en las primeras palabras de la narrativa. Joy tiene potencial para protagonizar "en solitario" las 416 páginas de la obra, pero todo lo que se desenvuelve a su alrededor, sobre todo en el momento presente y que es a menudo superfluo, nos hace olvidarnos de la mujer que vivió en Hong Kong, que siguió a su marido, oficial de la Marina, por los diversos rincones del mundo y que estableció con él su hogar definitivo en una aldea de Irlanda, creando y amando caballos. Una mujer intrépida, arisca, temperamental, pero sobre todo amante de los suyos, aunque no siempre lo consigue demostrar de forma clara. I wanted to know if things would get better after the emotional upheaval that loomed over them like dark clouds that nearly sent the entire family in the brink of destruction. I wanted to know more. The Sheltering Rain is a novel of post-war Shinjuku, the Tokyo entertainment district where after dark "distinctions are up for grabs, and boundaries are marked ambiguously", focused on the local bar-owners, hostesses, and customers.

It gives good insight into the conditions and life in a rapidly modernizing Japan, during a time of great change, in quite well turned small episodes and stories. Sheltering Rain is the debut novel of Jojo Moyes. I wasn’t that surprised when I noticed that the Jojo mojo had already been there all along. This author comforts me as reader. I feel cocooned whenever I read one of her books. Does it make any sense when you feel that the book is giving you a virtual hug? It's like comfort food for the mind. Be it predictable and ordinary sometimes, that doesn’t diminish the capable and touching storytelling. The characters are extremely realistic as if it’s mandatory to feel some sort of affinity to some of them with all their shortcomings and internal struggles. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You, the basis for the major motion picture, comes the touching, unforgettable story of three generations of Irish women faced with the fundamental truths of love, duty, and the unbreakable bond that unites mothers and daughters. Foreign Fruit (2003) – издаден и като „ Windfallen“, награда за най-добър любовен роман на годината

I liked all of the characters in this book and would have enjoyed spending more time with them. I especially would have liked reading more about Joy and Edward's life when they were first married and living in Hong Kong. That portion of the book reminded me of 'The Painted Veil' by M Somerset Maugham. Sabine, nieta de Joy, hija de Kate es una joven de 16 años que pintan como adolescente ¿se es todavía una adolescente irritable a esa edad?, no lo se, pero que niña tan insoportable, egoísta, intratable, desagradecida y grosera, me cayó realmente mal.