The Wronged Sons
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My review -
Simon
walked out of his family home twenty-five years ago, leaving his wife and three
small children. His keys, his car, his wallet were all left behind. He just
vanished. No sign of their husband and daddy and no body to mourn. It was a
total mystery. Then he walked back in. Meanwhile, his wife had rebuilt her life
and made herself a good career. The children he abandoned did well in later
life. Why did he leave? Generally speaking I find it hard to enjoy a story when
I dislike or fail to empathise with the main character. I couldn’t agree with
or approve of Simon’s actions but eventually, through the story he tells his
ex-wife, who was forced to have him declare dead, we find out the influences on
his life which turned him into the man he eventually became.
This
is a story which slips back and forth in time and is told from two different
points of view. That can be confusing but I didn’t find it so here. Teasingly,
the fragments of their history are unfolded and only at the end, as they each
give their own point of view, do we see what happened, and how damaged Simon
was by his own background. Sometimes, you can’t find an excuse but you can find
a reason. Amazingly good tale and I’ll happily read more from this author.
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