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"Three lives collide in this story of family, inequality and revenge. "
Synopsis
Veronica and her wealthy husband George are unpacking boxes, hoping a fresh start in their newly refurbished Victorian terrace will help them heal from a recent trauma.
Next door, Simone returns to her neglected council flat. Miserable and trapped, she struggles to take care of her children under the watch of her controlling husband Terry.
When childhood friend Sarah re-enters Veronica’s life, things are thrown even further off balance. As tensions in their own lives rise, the painful memory that binds them threatens to spill into their present.
Three lives collide in this story of family, inequality and revenge.
My Review
From the outset this read felt so original and fresh focusing on Three very different women, all going though the ups and downs of life, but what you see on the outside is not what is going on behind doors
Simone, Veronica and Sarah, all of them living very different lives that is clear, Simone trying her best to better herself but with her
abusive controlling husband, Terry holding her back, can she every make the break for not just herself but her children too?
Veronica who's marriage seems to be going down hill slightly, moving into a beautiful new home but still grieving over a past miscarriage they are slowly pulling apart and when the 3am sound of thumping wakes them coming from there new neighbours Simone and Terry’s house with music blaring loud and a baby crying, Veronica can barley control her self as she hears the cries of a baby just as she had longed for and George is disgusted after all this time there dream home is tarnished by the neighbours behaviour
and finally Sarah a blast from the past Sarah and Veronica were child hood friends now Veronica is Sarah daughter new class teacher, but can Sarah really forgive Veronica for her past?
A trigger warning as this read tackles some hard hitting subjects such as domestic abuse, fertility struggles and miscarriage yet they are tackled in such an informative and effective way throughout the story.
These three women's lives become intertwined as the story progresses until we are left reeling from a read packed with suspense and an ending that left me left breathless.
Author Bio
Jemma Wayne is the author of the novels: After Before (2014), Chains of Sand (2016) and To Dare (2020). She has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for both The Guardian's Not the Booker Prize and the Waverton Good Read Award.
Jemma's journalism has appeared in The Spectator, National Geographic, The Huffington Post, The Evening Standard, The Independent on Sunday, Red Magazine, The Jewish Chronicle and The Jewish News, among others.
Born to an American musician father and English mother, Jemma grew up in Hertfordshire and lives in North London.
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