After her death, Matt finds the small inlaid wooden box in which his mother had stored all his childhood mementos. Marcia always had a very specific setting for the two properties at the centre of this novel: High House and The Summer House.
He on the other hand has other plans and refuses to make his life more difficult. But something about the photos puzzles Matt – is that really him? Why does he not remember those clothes? The toys? And where, in the photographs, is his sister, Imogen? He has a strange unresolved feeling that there is something missing in his life. Matt has been left a small box where his late mother kept memories of his childhood.
A long standing favourite author of mine, so i will be adding this one to my wishlist, thanks. It is a part of the world that if you have never visited you can glimpse through Willett’s prose. After the sweeping success of his debut novel, he is looking to find something to inspire his second, perhaps a trip to High House to familiar surroundings will help? Imogen lives really near High House in Devon, and to her it is also a second home. Imogen has to face up to a future that where she is now the protector and not the protected.
The Summer HouseMarcia always had a very specific setting for the two properties at the centre of this novel: High House and The Summer House. They occupied part of the green ...The photographs evoke memories but not that he can recall, he cannot remember the clothes, the toys, the background is wrong and where is his sister Imogen? Matt recognises something is wrong but he cannot focus his mind to what it is. And when the chance to buy it at a reasonable price comes up Imogen looks to her husband to her support her. It is a part of the world that if you have never visited you can glimpse through Willett’s prose.
Matt is still drifting but uncovering secrets slowly, the past comes back together into pieces and their germinates the seed of a plot for his new novel. Matt has been left a small box where his late mother kept memories of his childhood. They occupied part of the green field centre right in the above picture tucked away under Bossington Hill near Hurlestone Point.
After the sweeping success of his debut novel, he is looking to find something to inspire his second, perhaps a trip to High House to familiar surroundings will help? Imogen lives really near High House in Devon, and to her it is also a second home. I read this book when I was in my early twenties if not before, little did I know that it would be an area I would come to in my working Looking at her back catalogue I vaguely remember The Chadwick Trilogy, but not sure which I have read? I am certainly going to add her name to my book where I list all the books by authors that I have read or want to read and do some serious catching up! Books that you have to make a family tree for scare me a bit, I have to admit! I agree! I’m always a little intimidated when a book starts out with a map and a family tree. The beginning of the book was very confusing and there were lots of characters thrown onto the page, and I found myself having to flick back a few pages and remind myself how they all related to each other and in some cases not related at all. He on the other hand has other plans and refuses to make his life more difficult.