Jane Gordon-Cumming
Autore di A Proper Family Christmas
Opere di Jane Gordon-Cumming
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Gordon-Cumming, Priscilla Jane (birth name)
Gordon-Cumming Osborn, Priscilla Jane - Data di nascita
- 1950-02-06
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Gloucestershire, UK
Oxford, England, UK - Relazioni
- Fforde, Katie (sister)
Fforde, Desmond (brother-in-law) - Organizzazioni
- Romantic Novelists' Association
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 38
- Popolarità
- #383,442
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 11
- Preferito da
- 1
The most interesting person is Frances, the new nanny to a four-year-old called Tobias. His parents are the snobby and unfeeling Stephen and Leslie; they decide to spend Christmas with Stephen's father William at his ancient (and crumbling) mansion, in the hope of persuading him to write his will.
Meanwhile Stephen's jolly sister Julia and her philandering husband Tony, along with their rather ghastly daughter Posy and her even more appalling Nanny also decide to stay with William. Then William's sister Margery decides to bring a friend who is interested in old houses, and Margery's daughter-in-law Hilary is invited for good measure... confused? Yes, so was I.
There are even more people who appear during the first few chapters, mostly caricatured and unrealistic.
Having said that, it's not meant to be taken seriously. The novel is something of a family farce, with misunderstandings, complications, and intense family rivalry. I didn't particularly like the style, which was very rapid, switching viewpoints constantly, and interspersing thoughts and conversation with little explanation.
Still, it's not a bad book, and I found I got more interested in the various relationships as it progressed. The family gathering in a mansion, and one-dimensional characters reminded me a bit of some of Agatha Christie's books - so much so that I half expected someone to be murdered. I was relieved when everything turned out much as I expected it to towards the end.
Pleasant enough - if a little tiring - for a very light read over the holiday season.
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