Susan Elliot-Wright

Eve married Duncan when her daughter, Hannah, was 8. Now, Hannah is a mother and struggling with postpartum depression. Then, Eve receives a strange call, which takes her back 34 years to the summer of 1976. The phone call scares Eve as she knows her secrets, that she has been holding for all these years, must be revealed.
In 1976, Jo's mother dies. She meets Eve and Scott, who take her in and nurture her. Eve is tuned to natural remedies. Scott and Eve are partners, but free to branch out. Jo thinks about being with Scott. Over the course of the summer, the dynamics of living together chance.
Poor decisions, misplaced trust, and healing are all themes of this novel.
Emotional story.… (altro)

Two story lines, one from 1964 and the second from 2008 gradually converge. In 1964 Maggie wakes up in an asylum but can't remember why she is there. In 2008 Jonathan, a 40-year-old teacher, has newly discovered he is going to be a father, a fact which sends him on a spiralling journey of self-discovery.

This isn't my usual genre of reading material, I can only think that I put it on my TBR list because of the asylum angle. Having said that, I actually found it quite an interesting read and I think the converging story lines were handled well. I found Maggie quite a sympathetic character and her story shows us how far we have come in how single women were treated (not that there aren't still issues). I probably wouldn't read it again, but it was worth the initial read.… (altro)