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The Frozen Lake (Hardcover)

by Elizabeth Edmondson (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 487 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (6 Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007184859
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007184859
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,758 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Description
Fabulous family saga of secrets held through two generations, set against the atmospheric background of the Lake District at Christmas The year of 1936 is drawing to a close. Winter grips Westmoreland and causes a rare phenonmenon: the lakes freeze. For two local families, the Richardsons and the Grindleys, this will bring unexpected upheaval, as the frozen lake entices long-estranged siblings and children to return home for the holiday season. Some are aware of what is happening in Europe; others don't want to know. Everyone's keen to put aside their troubles -- money worries, love tangles, career problems, domestic rifts -- and enjoy themselves skating while they can. But one visitor carries the seed of violence and not even the redoubtable matriarch of the Richardson clan can prevent the carefully buried secrets of the past from reappearing and transforming everything. A compelling blend of family closeness and strife, dazzling passion and the dark influence of history, this is an enthralling read to curl up with and savour.

About the Author
Elizabeth Edmondson has recently settled in Italy. Her grandparents once had a house on the lake shore in Westmoreland, and it was their stories and photographs which inspired her to write 'The Frozen Lake'.

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28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars frozen lake, 25 April 2005
By vicky blake (london, london United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Frozen Lake (Paperback)
This is a rollocking good read. It is nostaligic but without being in any way cute about it and dispenses its historical knowledge with a very light touch. It also has a fantastically malign matriarch. I enjoyed the way a large cast of characters is gathered together at the beginning and then they all come together in the Lake District so we can see how they interact. As it progressed it exerted a vice-like grip and by the end I was reading this way into the night. Truly unputdownable.
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Frozen Lake, 26 Feb 2005
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This review is from: The Frozen Lake (Paperback)
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. The opening chapters took a little piecing together as so many characters were drawn into the plot, but it all made sense quite quickly. Eager to read any future novels by this author.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Drawn out, 11 Dec 2007
By kehs (Hertfordshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Frozen Lake (Paperback)
I didn't find this luring enough to keep my attention. I did enjoy the first 60 or so pages, but then I struggled to finish this book. Maybe it was a case of too many characters and a drawn out build up for me, because the actual story content seemed so promising.
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