Coming Home

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Coming Home is not a great work of literature, that's for sure. It has little, if any literary merit. Why do I like it then? I'm not even sure, but there is something wonderfully familiar about it, something cozy, human and warm about the story itself. Perhaps it is the sum of all those human stories (and there are a lot of stories and characters in this one). Somehow when I look at all those human stories together, they do manage to convey a message. I found it hard to relate to any of the characters on a personal level because they felt somehow distant, like I was hearing their story narrated by a random person who is only semi-interested in them. The dialogues between the characters were often well written, I have to give credit to writer for that, but that was hardly enough to make the characters seem more real. I mean when it really comes down to it, it is a romance novel. I usually don't have mixed feelings about romance books, because usually I don't like them, as romance is not really my kind of genre, so my mixed feelings actually indicate something positive about this novel. At the beginning, the main character, Judith, is about 14, and it is 1935. She and her family live in Cornwall, in England. Her father has been living overseas in Singapore and her mum and little sister will soon be joining him. Judith has a good friend and some other family who live locally, and her parents have decided to send her to an area boarding school, where she meets a new friend (who becomes quite important in the story) whose family will remind you of “Downton Abbey”, a bit. While staying at her grandmother’s home, Jess discovers a true-crime book linking the decades-old Christmas Eve tragedy to her family. Jess begins to investigate what happened all those years ago.

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A British cabinet minister once famously said that the homeless were “the people you step over when you come out of the opera”. In fact, those whom we encounter on the street are only some of the homeless: others may be in hostels or emergency shelters, sofa-surfing, or in various ways less visible. There is no universally agreed definition of homelessness. All we can say is that it is a universal phenomenon. Born in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father.

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One of the types of body work Amy uses is called Tellington TTouch, created by Linda Tellington-Jones. Amy uses other aspects of the Tellington Method to help horses learn to trailer safely, and to learn improved confidence on the ground and under saddle. Amy's references to physical characteristics of horses to analyze equine personality are based on Tellington-Jones' book "Getting in TTouch: Understand and Influence Your Horse's Personality." Growing up with a strong passion for both reading and writing, Jessie Gussman would develop her craft and her voice from an early age. This would see her style grow over time, allowing her to essentially become the writer that she currently is today. Establishing a distinctive style and tone, she’s a positive novelist, really uplifting her readers with her writing and words. This novel weaves a dual timeline narrative presenting a family saga that interconnects in surprising and unforgettable ways. It includes ‘a book within a book’ concept which I generally love and found this was done extremely well. Mainly writing inspirational romance novels, Jessie Gussman is well known for her ability in creating well plotted character driven stories. An American author, she really does have a lot to say and offer the genre, taking it forwards in new and interesting directions, pushing it to its fullest. This has made her hugely successful all around the world, saying precisely what it is that she wants to say in a clear and articulate manner. Reaching readers from all over, her books come to life for her audience, taking them on a journey and immersing them in her unique and creative world.

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The ending was a long road to a short thought, as above. There were too many “twists” and it started to venture into conspiracy toward the end. Meg was clearly unhinged; she wouldn’t have let that baby go.. she was obsessed with it. But then finding out it was her husband’s love child, come on! And you expect me to believe that all these people were involved and kept it all quiet? Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics is a collection of short essays by thirty-two Roman Catholic theologians, practitioners, and social scientists who gathered in Rome for a symposium on the subject in 2017. They divide into two parts: “Accompanying the Homeless” and “Working to End Homelessness”. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the Carey-Lewises’ beautiful estate on the Cornish coast, it is love at first sight. Nora and Jess didn’t really work as main characters for me. I found them both tedious, arrogant, and stubborn. Nora was a total cow to Polly gaslighting and manipulating her to turn down a marriage proposal and letting Nora basically keep her daughter… and why?! She literally stole Polly but cast her aside for Polly’s baby? Nora was horrible: a lying, self-serving, revisionist ogre. Jess also treated Polly like crap and has Nora’s vicious steak in her. There are many reasons to enjoy this novel. And why I battled on to finish it. However, I found the multitude of characters unnecessary. My head wanted to burst trying to keep up. Although the dire circumstances of the war and the historical newspaper reports confirm the physical, emotional, and mental cruelty of their challenges, the drawn out story line just wore me out completely. Not my favorite Rosamunde Pilcher novel. As historical fiction it is a worthwhile read though. And I still appreciate this author's stories tremendously. I will absolutely read this author again, but it will take a while.

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You’ll be swept up in Morton’s vibrant and detailed descriptions and her exploration of the definition of family and home. In between the rich tapestry of family, you’ll notice Morton has woven threads of loneliness, loss, purpose, identity and motherhood. Not only are the threads masterfully twined, but the dovetailing of the 2018 and 1959 timelines are expertly done. Pandora observes that a key difference between the Kesh and the readers' [her?] society is the size of their population: "There are not too many of them.". [2] Their low population density means that they can feed themselves from their land. The Kesh maintain this low population without coercion, which would be antithetical to their loosely organized society. They carry a large accumulation of genetic damage, which leads to fewer successful pregnancies and higher infant mortality. They also have social taboos against multiple siblings and early pregnancies; a third child is considered shameful, and the Dayao's practice of large families is referred to as "incontinence". Abortions are practiced freely. Judith did strike me as being very cold and I do think that she used Loveday for her family and beautiful house without actually liking her. But, since this is exactly the sort of story I enjoy, character driven historical fiction set in England during the 1930s and 40s, I'll ignore these aspects of her character.

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My thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada via Netgalley for approving my request to read an advance copy of this excellent novel. All opinions expressed are my own. A suspenseful, professional-grade north country procedural whose heroine, a deft mix of compassion and attitude, would be welcome to return and tie up the gaping loose end Box leaves. The unrelenting cold makes this the perfect beach read.Kroeber, Theodora (1963). The Inland Whale. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p.10.

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This is Morton's "Once upon a time," as she opens her tale with an almost mythic quality, which is something I especially like about her writing. Original post: I am SO happy right now! Can't believe it's already been 5 years since Kate Morton published her last novel... But I don't have to wait anymore since I just received an ARC of her next book! 🤩🎉 I loved everything about this novel. Beautiful, lush prose. Engrossing, mysterious, multi-layered storyline. Old crumbling estate home harbouring deeply buried family secrets. Endearing characters that I got whole-heartedly invested in. Palpable atmosphere. Hidden diaries and doors.She falls in love too with the generous Carey-Lewises themselves. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman, basking in the warm affection of a surrogate family whose flame burns brightly. But it is a flame soon to be extinguished in the gathering storm of war. And Judith herself has far to travel before at last . . . coming home. About Rosamunde Pilcher Kate Morton was born in South Australia, grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland, and now lives with her family in London and Australia. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, and harboured dreams of joining the Royal Shakespeare Company until she realised that it was words she loved more than performing. Kate still feels a pang of longing each time she goes to the theatre and the house lights dim. Set in Adelaide Hills, South Australia in 1959, Morton is masterful in her descriptions of place and time. Her tone is that of a storyteller who knows the power of her words and sets them in epic spaces. The writing style was a bit of a mess too… rapid jumps in time in the same paragraph. One minute we’re in the past, next it’s the present, oh suddenly it’s a dream… it was clunky and confusing. A story doesn’t need to be linear to be good, but there needs to be strong fluidity if it’s skipping around and this book just… wasn’t. People who grow up in old houses come to understand that buildings have characters. That they have memories and secrets to tell. One must merely learn to listen, and then to comprehend, as with any language.”