Starting Over
angestossene Ecken und Kanten, Knicke im Cover, die sich bis in die ersten 50-60 Seiten durchsetzen
Kiste 2
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Pilcher has definitely inherited his mother's talent (she's best-selling novelist Rosamunde Pilcher), and his second novel should prove that he isn't riding on her coattails. His characters are ordinary people enriched by his quiet rendering of their lives in a tale of few fireworks but lots of emotion. At 38 Liz Dewhurst's life changes dramatically from the placidity of being a farm wife in the small Scottish town of Balmuir. She leaves her husband because he's been cheating on her; her mother dies; and her father's farm is almost bankrupt. The farm would make a wonderful natural golf course, although Liz and her father, a fifth-generation farmer, find it hard to envision the land so used. The other problem is Liz's husband. He wants the course built, but Liz is very reluctant to talk to him and his current amour. Just to complicate matters, Liz takes in a handsome older boarder, her son's professor at Saint Andrew's University. His presence enlivens the household and starts Liz thinking about her future and what she has missed