A Place For Us (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Harriet Evans
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A Place For Us (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Harriet Evans
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The day Martha Winter decided to tear apart her family began like any other. When the mother of three, sits down one morning to write out the invitations to her eightieth birthday celebration, she knows that what she is planning to reveal at the party could ruin the idyllic life she and her husband David spent over fifty years building. But she has to let her family know what she and David have sacrificed. She can’t live a lie any more.
A Place For Us (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Harriet Evans- Published on: 2015-10-07
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.40" h x 5.60" w x 8.70" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 729 pages
Review Harriet Evans is a master at creating characters you feel like you know inside out, and wish you could meet in real life - we almost couldn't bear to leave them when we finished. An unputdownable thrill of a novel - you'll be racing to the end to find out the Winter family's deep, dark secret. If you are looking for a modern-day Daphne du Maurier thriller with plenty of tear-jerking romance along the way, here's the perfect addition to your bookshelf. ***** Heat A brilliantly written story that will stay with you long after the last page Fabulous Magazine, Sun on Sunday A really superior modern saga, with utterly true to life characters Sunday Mirror Fabulously gripping story Prima Atmospheric and descriptive, Evans creates a tangible world full of tragedy and hardship, love and redemption, with a satisfying conclusion. Hugely enjoyable Psychologies I was blissfully carried away by this intelligent (she's as good as the great Rosamunde Pilcher), classy and superbly executed family saga Saga I adored this latest and was transfixed right to the end... This brilliantly written portrait of a fascinating family in crisis is an emotionally intelligent, thoughtful and engaging read Daily Mail
About the Author Harriet Evans is the author of seven previous novels, Going Home, A Hopeless Romantic, The Love of Her Life, I Remember You, Love Always, Happily Ever After and Not Without You. She lives in London with her family.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A very safe read... By BookChatterCath I have to admit I found A Place For Us very difficult to get into. I found the constant changes in POV far too regular and that frustrated me. I wasn’t given enough time to familiarize myself with one member of the family before I was being thrust upon another.I had the same problem with the time differences and I had to make a conscious effort to push through my misgivings and carry on because if I hadn’t this book would have ended up on the DNF (did-not-finish) pile less than 100 pages in!It’s not that it was a bad book in any way, the writing is well developed and the story has merit – a little romance, some mystery, but it was all just a bit ordinary. I mean, I’m sure there are plenty of readers that will love this slowly paced family saga; I just found the time shifts and multiple points of view a little overdone and it made the flow of the book too clunky for me. And I prefer my family dramas more real, heated, scandalous, and full of gasp worthy moments – A Place For Us was just too safe and vanilla for my tastes.Still a good if safe read, 3.5 stars.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A Place For Us By Jennifer @ Bookish Devices When Martha, a wife and mother of three, sits down to write the invitations to her eightieth birthday celebration, she knows that what she is planning to reveal could ruin the life she and her husband David have spent over fifty years building…but she has to let her family know what she and David have sacrificed. She can’t live a lie any more. The invitation goes out, calling her three children and their families back home. They are Bill, the doctor; Florence, the eccentric academic; and Daisy, the child who never fit in.The premise of this book was intriguing but I don't feel the author was able to pull it off. It started off well enough but the story quickly became disjointed and didn't flow seamlessly. The story switched between time periods and I think the story would have been better told and better developed had it been told in chronological order.There was this build up to the big reveal ... then nothing. The big reveal felt like a brick wall. I was thinking "so what?" I didn't feel the tension or drama I thought the scene warranted. Parts of the story were underdeveloped (like the big reveal) in my opinion and other portions went on much longer than needed.Towards the end I began to skim because I wanted the story to be over with. Glad I'm finished now and can move on!ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A suspenseful and complex family drama of deep troubled dark secrets By Judith D. Collins A special thank you to Gallery Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Great cover, a huge draw!Harriet Evans delivers a suspenseful and complex family drama of deep troubled dark secrets, with the A PLACE FOR US. A woman on the eve of her eightieth birthday chooses to reveal secrets, that may destroy her family.From 1948 to the present, starting out in August, 2012, Martha Winters is approaching eighty years old and she realizes she cannot put off the inevitable. She has to come clean with her family. What has prompted her to now tell the truth after all these years? The beautiful exterior of the home definitely does not match the chaos of the interior family members.Mother of three, and wife of David for over fifty years, they had not always had money. But she has to let her family know what she and David have sacrificed. She can’t live a lie any more. She had forgotten nothing, nothing that had happened before or afterward. The secrets every family acquires, some small-little indiscretions, tiny jokes. Some big, too big for her to bear anymore. They both were from gray worlds and suddenly there was art, and music and poetry and things she had never experienced.Bill, (doctor) Daisy (the one who never fit in), Florence (eccentric academic). Martha told herself she loved all her children equally, but in the secret part of herself she had a little rhyme. Bill was her first baby, Daisy her first girl, and Florence was like David. She found is terrifying that someone may look into her heart and see what she had done. But the time for secrets was over. It was coming. It was all coming to her and soon would come out. A time bomb waiting to go off.After she comes clean, would anyone come to Winterfold any longer? The invitations have gone out requesting the families to return to their English countryside. All will come down on Nov 24th.David, an illustrator, was the creator of Wilbur the Dog and Daisy, the little girl who thought she understood him. Every home had Wilbur tea towel, pencil case, book of cartoon strips. But back then Wilbur was in the future and the Winters had nothing much, except each other. Only Martha and David knew what they’d gone through to get to the moment when they stood on the lawn that hot day in 1967 and decided they’d buy Winterfold.As the book progresses we hear from a variety of characters, alternating between each of the family members. There are many members of this family saga, and they each have their own dramas. If you are patient and enjoy an even slower pace to learn the background of each character, you will enjoy the secrets as they unfold.Bill is struggling with problems in his second marriage and feels inferior around his younger wife, Karen with his older daughter Lucy. Florence, the baby, a professor of art history, has been overlooked both professionally and personally, lives in Florence. Daisy, the middle child, has been out of pocket in India, a charity worker raising money for schools who has not been home in years with a daughter Cat who lives in Paris whom they raised after Daisy left. David also wants the truth told before he dies, as it may be close. We also hear from Joe, the caterer and chef.We do not hear from Martha again until almost fifty percent through the book, and I was dying to hear her story, since this is her party. I will have to agree with some of the other reviewers, a little too slow for me as why the 3 star rating. Like I am rushing to get to the secret, and then it happens. I would have enjoyed more from David and Martha (found their past very intriguing) and less from the drama filled children; however, realize all parts are an integral component to the plot.However, I was not completely emotionally connected to the characters, as they all seemed at arm’s length. Possibly due to the multiple characters, layering, and dysfunction, not sure I can pinpoint one thing. Evans does take her time introducing each character, and we travel back and forth in time to blend the storylinesThe book is broken down into Parts and we hear from almost each child and spouses, and children in each, so a lot of back and forth and time periods.Part One: The Invitation (introduction)Part Two: The Party (cliff hanger)Part Three: The Past and the Present (more from each member of the family and their part)Park Four: The End and the Beginning (Summary of why Winterfold was so important to this couple)And EpilogueA Place for Us is my first book by Evans. I almost felt exhausted when completing. I have felt similar when attempting to read Maeve Binchy and Jan Karon's books, as almost like work, taking away the pleasure, as not a big fan of this style. I do however, enjoy a good secret reveal especially from an older parent, keeping quiet until towards the end of their life. Making me always wonder what my parents are holding back, now that they are in their mid- eighties.
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