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The past casts its shadow over a quest to find a family's roots.
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For Amelia and her brothers and sisters, the grim past endured by their mother Emily seems very far away. A striking and independent young woman studying to be a teacher in York, Amelia is looking for a purpose in life, and hopes especially to become acquainted with the two young gentlemen who have travelled all the way from Australia to meet her family. Ralph Hawkins has come to Yorkshire looking for his roots - and he finds Amelia, whose tangled family history is inextricably bound up with his own.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although it is not strictly necessary, it is advisable to read "Emily" the predecessor to this book.
Going home is a reveting and compelling read, telling the story of an extended family living the opposite sides of the world in the 19th Century. The past is relevant to the future and the future relevant to the past. One young man searching for his roots and a sense of belonging, his path crosses with the dark grim and cruel past to discover his identiy and destiny.
The characters are portrayed vividly, and the breathtaking scenery described enabling you to be there, to feel the sun beating down on you, and to smell and taste the sea upon your face.
Valerie Wood rarely disappoints her readers. She describes the local countryside and towns as though she were alive during the era. You can easily be caught up in the novel as though you were yourself walking in the windswept countryside, or along the busy and depressing streets of Hull. She catches the essence of the time and portrays it into one novel that weaves a web of mystery, intrigue, depths of despair, hope, romance and happiness.
I was unable to put the book down and read from cover to cover in one evening, and I now await impateiently the follow on book
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I have read the first three books in this saga and was delighted to find the sequel, this book brought the characters up to date.
A really good read, i hope the saga continues.
A really good read, i hope the saga continues.
Format:Paperback
The book came very fast and it didnt cost much as it was a used book .My Ma in Law had lost her book that she was reading on a bus trip I suggested replacing it using Amazon.
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