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The fifth tome from the Lloyd/Rees writing duo opens with pretty Laurie Vale enjoying her very own private view in a chic London gallery. Within two pages we learn the key facts: Laurie is on the slow road to recovery from an emotionally crippling holiday romance; this is her last stab at making her living from her painting; and she feels guilty that she doesn't see more of her recently widowed father. And then a chance phone call blows her life apart when an Aunt she didn¹t know existed informs her that her Uncle has just died.
But before we can discover more, the scene shifts. It is half a century ago in a small coastal village somewhere in North Devon. Laurie's father and sister are living with their disabled mother above the family run shop. A family feud of monumental proportions has torn the Vale and Glover families apart so that when Laurie's Aunt begins stepping out with handsome young Tony Glover, you just know that no good will come of it.
Presumably, Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees have taken one half of the story each--regular readers may even be able to work out whose is the 1950s drama and whose the modern day denouement. While there is as much action, surprise twists and skeletons in cupboards packed into We are Family as a month of bumper edition episodes of Eastenders, it is to the authors' credit that they manage to sustain a powerful storyline with hard-edged realism.
The surprises are (mostly) genuinely unexpected: Lloyd/Rees do not shirk from tragedies and unhappy turn of events. We are Family is not a jolly holiday with neatly tied storylines. For fans and those looking for a cracking, fast-paced read, this will hit the right buttons.--Carey Green --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Woman's Own, 3 April 2004
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is fab. I couldn't put it down no matter how many family protest I got, "when's the tea ready", or "aren't we going out today". Even though it races between to different times, the 1950's and present day, it doesn't loose you by trying to be too clever. I loved the charactors even the one's where there was not too much to like. I was gutted when I finished it as I hadn't enjoyed a read like that for ages. Well done to the authors!!!!!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
On picking up this book, I assumed it would be quite a light hearted easy going read, which was what I was looking for. So I was surprised to find that it was not only that, but a very deep, engrossing story.
The story is based around a family living in a small village in the 1950's, and with each chapter it goes to and from then and the present day. You find out different aspects of the family's life from both sides of the story, and I found myself rushing through each chapter just so I could get to the next one.
The story is based around a family living in a small village in the 1950's, and with each chapter it goes to and from then and the present day. You find out different aspects of the family's life from both sides of the story, and I found myself rushing through each chapter just so I could get to the next one.
With each chapter you get a deeper look into the secrets hidden by the past, which in turn shows the main characters to be more real and complex than imagined.
The story is both happy and sad, and you really feel for the characters with the things they are going through. With so many twists and blows its hard to imagine that this can all happen within one story, but it does and it works.
I really loved this book, and am very glad that it turned out to be alot more than I had expected. I would recommend it to anyone.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This really blew my mind. I was expecting a moving, funny story from these two. But this is that and lots more as well. It is half set now and half set in the 1950s and tells the different love stories of the members of one family. I totally fell in love with the characters...especially Rachel and Tony. I dont want ot give it away but the ending is amazing and will take your breath away and I defy anyone not to read the last hundred pages of the book in one sitting. Its that exciting!
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We are Family
Absolutely fabulous book! I love these authors.. Every book of theirs that I have read has been fantastic. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Vicki
Surprisingly Good
I read We Are Family for some light-hearted escapism, but instead found myself engrossed by a story that flits back and forth between present day and a village in the 1950s. Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. L. Rutter
Easy read.
An easy read chick lit book. I like the way these authors work together and come up with funny and sentimental books.
Published 14 months ago by Twink
The Best Book Ever
This is by far the best book I have ever read, I have read all of the other books by the authors, but this one had me totally gripped, I couldn't put it down and didn't want it to... Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2007 by H. Winn
Okay.
I've read most of the books written by these authors, but don't feel that this was their best. The story jumped between the past and present, and at times it did get slightly... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2006 by Mandy
Every family has its skeletons...
Flashing between past and present, this is the story of three generations of a family torn apart by both prejudice and natural disaster. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2006 by maria1971
Fantastic book!
I have read all of the books by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, but this is now far and away my favourite! I loved both storylines - the 1950s and the present day. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2006
A good read
I thouroughly enjoyed reading this book. I like the way it is written, split into the 1950's part of the familys story and the modern part of it, but both are written alongside... Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2005 by M. Todd
fantastic
I am still reading this book but have to say how fantastic it is. Lloyd & Rees write brilliantly together, He knows the male mind so well and she knows us girls to a t! Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2005 by M. Tindale
We are SLOW family
The storyline was amazing. However the authors seem to have forgotten the cardinal rule of storytelling: "show, don't tell. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2004
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