The Winter's Child
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My review -
Susannah
and John’s son Joel disappeared five years ago, at the age of fifteen. The case
has never been solved and Susannah is still occasionally in touch with one of
the police team who searched for her son. She becomes obsessive about finding
him, going out at all hours to search, and finally, she and her husband part.
Though professing to despise mediums and clairvoyants, She still occasionally
contacts one, and is told, on the night of Hull Fair (October) that she’ll see
her son again by Christmas.
Although,
as the story progressed and past scenes unfolded, I felt the inevitability of
the ending, I couldn’t work out why. One of the strengths of the author’s
writing is that she can tell of deep and turbulent emotions in clear and
logical language – you follow it from the character’s point of view, and
totally believe it. It’s very well done indeed. A stand-out book, for me.
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