- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (23 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727864726
- ISBN-13: 978-0727864727
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 240,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sorting through her father's papers after his death, Gina Porter discovers evidence of a secret in his past. It seems she may have family on the other side of the world, in the North of England. Though her two daughters make many demands of her, expecting her to babysit their children at a moment's notice, Gina determines to travel to England and meet these unknown relatives. At her home near Blackpool, Peggy Wilkes wakes every day to verbal abuse from her bullying husband. She too has decided that the time has come to make a new start. As these two women embark on their personal voyages of self-discovery, they meet new people and forge bonds which will reinforce for both of them the value of family connections...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book begins in Austrlia where Gina Porter has taken some time away from being treated by her daughters as an unpaid childminder for her grandchildren to try to clear out some of the clutter left behind by her late father, Daniel Everett.
Still vigorous and active at 51, Gina is trying to find a new purpose to her life having recently lost both her husband (killed by a drunk driver) and father (to old age.) Gina has always regretting knowing so little of the background of her father's family, so she is looking carefully through his papers and memorabilia for anything which might give her a better idea of her family origins
Relief at finally locating the file where he kept certificates of births, marriages and deaths is replaced by surprise when she finds an additional marriage certificate: Gina had never been aware that her father had been married to another woman before meeting her mother.
Before long Gina has decided to go to Lancashire and look up her father's other family ...
Meanwhile, one of Gina's fellow residents of Western Australia also learns of a family connection in Lancashire: Widower Brad Rosenbury gets a letter from a girl in England who says she is his daughter from a long-forgotten relationship. He too decides to visit the UK.
And in England, Peggy Wilkes is wondering how to cope with an unhappy marriage, while her brother, Jake Everett, is plunged into a family row when his grand-daughter wants to look up her great-grandfather in Australia ...
A tale of the trials and tribulations of family life among normal fallible human beings, most with their strengths and all with their weaknesses. It's well written with some very moving sections, both happy and sad, and several bits of excellent humour in the story, such as the snappy dialogue, e.g.
"Other people put down roots: Mel puts down a mine shaft."
If you like stories of human relations and family life, you will probably enjoy this.
Still vigorous and active at 51, Gina is trying to find a new purpose to her life having recently lost both her husband (killed by a drunk driver) and father (to old age.) Gina has always regretting knowing so little of the background of her father's family, so she is looking carefully through his papers and memorabilia for anything which might give her a better idea of her family origins
Relief at finally locating the file where he kept certificates of births, marriages and deaths is replaced by surprise when she finds an additional marriage certificate: Gina had never been aware that her father had been married to another woman before meeting her mother.
Before long Gina has decided to go to Lancashire and look up her father's other family ...
Meanwhile, one of Gina's fellow residents of Western Australia also learns of a family connection in Lancashire: Widower Brad Rosenbury gets a letter from a girl in England who says she is his daughter from a long-forgotten relationship. He too decides to visit the UK.
And in England, Peggy Wilkes is wondering how to cope with an unhappy marriage, while her brother, Jake Everett, is plunged into a family row when his grand-daughter wants to look up her great-grandfather in Australia ...
A tale of the trials and tribulations of family life among normal fallible human beings, most with their strengths and all with their weaknesses. It's well written with some very moving sections, both happy and sad, and several bits of excellent humour in the story, such as the snappy dialogue, e.g.
"Other people put down roots: Mel puts down a mine shaft."
If you like stories of human relations and family life, you will probably enjoy this.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A nice read!
30 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover
Anna Jacobs has done a great job of weaving this story between family members in the UK and Australia. It was a quick, easy read yet not simplistic. A definite feel good story.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Heartwarming story of two families making a fresh start
15 May 2010
Format:Hardcover
The book begins in Austrlia where Gina Porter has taken some time away from being treated by her daughters as an unpaid childminder for her grandchildren to try to clear out some of the clutter left behind by her late father, Daniel Everett.
Still vigorous and active at 51, Gina is trying to find a new purpose to her life having recently lost both her husband (killed by a drunk driver) and father (to old age.) Gina has always regretting knowing so little of the background of her father's family, so she is looking carefully through his papers and memorabilia for anything which might give her a better idea of her family origins
Relief at finally locating the file where he kept certificates of births, marriages and deaths is replaced by surprise when she finds an additional marriage certificate: Gina had never been aware that her father had been married to another woman before meeting her mother.
Before long Gina has decided to go to Lancashire and look up her father's other family ...
Meanwhile, one of Gina's fellow residents of Western Australia also learns of a family connection in Lancashire: Widower Brad Rosenbury gets a letter from a girl in England who says she is his daughter from a long-forgotten relationship. He too decides to visit the UK.
And in England, Peggy Wilkes is wondering how to cope with an unhappy marriage, while her brother, Jake Everett, is plunged into a family row when his grand-daughter wants to look up her great-grandfather in Australia ...
A tale of the trials and tribulations of family life among normal fallible human beings, most with their strengths and all with their weaknesses. It's well written with some very moving sections, both happy and sad, and several bits of excellent humour in the story, such as the snappy dialogue, e.g.
"Other people put down roots: Mel puts down a mine shaft."
If you like stories of human relations and family life, you will probably enjoy this.
Still vigorous and active at 51, Gina is trying to find a new purpose to her life having recently lost both her husband (killed by a drunk driver) and father (to old age.) Gina has always regretting knowing so little of the background of her father's family, so she is looking carefully through his papers and memorabilia for anything which might give her a better idea of her family origins
Relief at finally locating the file where he kept certificates of births, marriages and deaths is replaced by surprise when she finds an additional marriage certificate: Gina had never been aware that her father had been married to another woman before meeting her mother.
Before long Gina has decided to go to Lancashire and look up her father's other family ...
Meanwhile, one of Gina's fellow residents of Western Australia also learns of a family connection in Lancashire: Widower Brad Rosenbury gets a letter from a girl in England who says she is his daughter from a long-forgotten relationship. He too decides to visit the UK.
And in England, Peggy Wilkes is wondering how to cope with an unhappy marriage, while her brother, Jake Everett, is plunged into a family row when his grand-daughter wants to look up her great-grandfather in Australia ...
A tale of the trials and tribulations of family life among normal fallible human beings, most with their strengths and all with their weaknesses. It's well written with some very moving sections, both happy and sad, and several bits of excellent humour in the story, such as the snappy dialogue, e.g.
"Other people put down roots: Mel puts down a mine shaft."
If you like stories of human relations and family life, you will probably enjoy this.
Family Connections by Anna Jacobs
11 April 2012
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I enjoyed this wonderfully tangled tale of dislocation. Of people seeking to correct wrongs that separation, distance and time impose upon comfort and normality.
I'm accustomed to Anna Jacobs moving her characters from England to Australia but Family Connections shifted in the other direction. Made for an interesting take on modern living. Five stars.
I'm accustomed to Anna Jacobs moving her characters from England to Australia but Family Connections shifted in the other direction. Made for an interesting take on modern living. Five stars.
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