- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New Ed edition (3 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007184867
- ISBN-13: 978-0007184866
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 405,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 Wetmoreland 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 and savour.
About the Author
Elizabeth Edmondson has recently settled in Italy, having lived for many years in Dorset while she raised her family. 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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It took me a long while to get into this book, because initially a lot of characters are introduced from two different families. However once into it, and at around 2/3rd through the book it picks up pace and is full of surprises that will have you gasping in shock. Well worth a read.
34 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I just finished reading "The Frozen Lake" and am still stunned by the twists I didn't see coming at the end of this amazing story! The author gives the reader very interesting + descriptive insight into all of the characters(and there are quite a few!)as the story progresses. Then the characters backgrounds and lives start to intertwine, and now you can't put the book down! This is the first book I've read by this author, but you can be certain I will be ordering more from Ms. Edmondson! Thank you so much for a super read!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Confusing characters
I have struggled with this book for a number of weeks, partly because I became v confused about which (stereotypical) character belonged to which family. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. Hughes
Enjoyable but a little predicable
I chose this book because I had previously read The Villa in Italyby the same author, and although I enjoyed this book it did not measure up to the Villa in Italy. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Lauralovesreading
Confusing before it gets interesting
I'd read the author's two other books and thoroughly enjoyed them so felt confident this one would be the same. Read more
Published on 19 April 2009 by The Reader
Drawn out
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. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2007 by kehs
Two dimensional characters
Ok perhaps I did not give this a fighting chance....200 pages and two dimensional characters still being introduced just induced massive yawns in me and I gave up. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2007 by Ruftikins
Frozen Lake
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. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005
a great read
I really loved this book. I got quite caught up in the scene the author was setting. Her way of telling the story enables the reader to actually feel like they are part of the... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2005
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