What would you do if you found a letter from your husband to you,
but with the note to say only to be opened after his death? Cecelia is in their loft looking for a piece of
the ‘Berlin Wall’ for her daughter who wants to delve into this!! (I thought that
was a bit ridiculous!)
She is immediately intrigued and when she speaks to her husband
who is away on a business trip and mentions it, he is obviously uncomfortable
and asks her not to open it.. she has already put it safe and unopened. Her suspicions
that it is something quite serious are alerted as he arrives home three days
early from his trip. She doesn’t give him the letter but says she has just put
it back although she hasn’t. And it is left, but when she hears him in the loft
after they have gone to bed and he thinks she is asleep, she knows he is
desperate to find it. Of course then she opens it and her life is turned upside
down by the contents Also central to the story are Tess O'Leary, whose marriage
has just broken up, and Rachel Crowley who is still grieving the loss of her
only daughter after 28 years. It is necessary to mention Tess and Rachel as I did wonder at the
start whether I was reading a different book to what I thought I had purchased,
but it soon becomes apparent that they are linked; they just don't realise it
at the start of the story.
You can really feel for the characters throughout the story - Cecelia who does not know what to do for the best when it comes to John-Paul's letter, Tess who is trying to come to terms with her own husband's revelation and Rachel who is still angry at the circumstances of her daughter's death. There is someone to relate to. The story does a good job of creating suspense and making you feel sympathetic towards the main characters. I will admit that I had suspected the twist (as in, it was one of a few possibilities I had considered once I was getting into the story), but it did not make it any less shocking and the twist is established about halfway through so there are plenty of things happening before the story's climax.
A great read which only took a few days to read and was extremely difficult to put down.
You can really feel for the characters throughout the story - Cecelia who does not know what to do for the best when it comes to John-Paul's letter, Tess who is trying to come to terms with her own husband's revelation and Rachel who is still angry at the circumstances of her daughter's death. There is someone to relate to. The story does a good job of creating suspense and making you feel sympathetic towards the main characters. I will admit that I had suspected the twist (as in, it was one of a few possibilities I had considered once I was getting into the story), but it did not make it any less shocking and the twist is established about halfway through so there are plenty of things happening before the story's climax.
A great read which only took a few days to read and was extremely difficult to put down.
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