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'A haunting and heartbreaking story that stayed with me long
after I'd finished' – Fern Britton
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'A haunting and heartbreaking story that stayed with me long after I'd finished' -- Fern Britton
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This book caught my attention as it was being recommended by Richard and Judy's Book Club, which has provided me with some brilliant reads in the past. This was no exception. I warmed to the characters very quickly and in doing so, couldn't wait to find out all about them and to see where the story would take me. I love books with an element of magic in them, eg The Time Travellers Wife and obviously Yesterday's Sun has this element in with the moon dial, as Holly can see into the future.......a future which is heartbreaking, to her and to us readers!
Looking forward to Amanda Brooke's next novel.
Looking forward to Amanda Brooke's next novel.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a lovely story, beautifully written, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It is about a young woman named Holly who moves to a new village with her husband Tom. Tom is a tv journalist who works away a lot, leaving Holly alone in their new home. She discovers an old moondial in the garden but has no idea of the heartbreak it will bring.
The moondial brings visions of the future, and for Holly it is a terrible one. She finds a future with Tom widowed and struggling to bring up his baby daughter alone following her own death in childbirth.
For Holly this means dreadful choices ahead, does she stop herself from conceiving the beautiful baby she has already seen and fallen in love with, or go ahead and face the fact that she will more than likely die?
A totally original idea I thought, I have never read any other book like it, and what a terrible situation to find yourself in. The characters are warmly and lovingly portrayed, Holly is tremendously likeable, as is her husband Tom, her new friend, elderly Jocelyn, and even the delightful baby inb her visions. It is a story in which to lose yourself, and emerge later regretfully as it is a lovely warm place to be, in spite of the harrowing situation Holly finds herself in. Do not be put off this book by thinking it will be too sad, although it is based around potentially heartbreaking choices, it is a lovely almost uplifting book just by the way it is written and the warmth of the characters. Very enjoyable.
It is about a young woman named Holly who moves to a new village with her husband Tom. Tom is a tv journalist who works away a lot, leaving Holly alone in their new home. She discovers an old moondial in the garden but has no idea of the heartbreak it will bring.
The moondial brings visions of the future, and for Holly it is a terrible one. She finds a future with Tom widowed and struggling to bring up his baby daughter alone following her own death in childbirth.
For Holly this means dreadful choices ahead, does she stop herself from conceiving the beautiful baby she has already seen and fallen in love with, or go ahead and face the fact that she will more than likely die?
A totally original idea I thought, I have never read any other book like it, and what a terrible situation to find yourself in. The characters are warmly and lovingly portrayed, Holly is tremendously likeable, as is her husband Tom, her new friend, elderly Jocelyn, and even the delightful baby inb her visions. It is a story in which to lose yourself, and emerge later regretfully as it is a lovely warm place to be, in spite of the harrowing situation Holly finds herself in. Do not be put off this book by thinking it will be too sad, although it is based around potentially heartbreaking choices, it is a lovely almost uplifting book just by the way it is written and the warmth of the characters. Very enjoyable.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I bought this book on the strength of the positive reviews and also because the subject matter sounded intriguing and unusual. What a mistake. leaving aside the ridiculous plot, the wooden and stereotyped characters, and the plodding dialogue, what really got me was the dreadful style. No character ever simply speaks - the writer employs a positive gallery of unlikely verbs to describe the way the characters communicate.'growl' 'smirk' 'concur' etc. Also, the writing should be able to convey the sense of the verb without the constant embellishment of adverbs. 'she declared hotly' 'she concurred flatly'.The pronoun appears to be a dead species in this book. Even when Holly (who I loathed) is alone in the house pondering the ridiculous moonstone the writer reminds us about every third line that she is talking about Holly. eg. 'Holly made a cup of tea and walked to the window. She was drawn by the moonstone outside. Holly put her cup down and made a decision.' Also it's full of clichés. There doesn't seem to be an original turn of phrase in the whole book. People jump out of their skin, collapse in fits of giggles, nurse their aching joints - even Holly who is barely thirty can't get out of bed without screaming in pain at her joints.The back story is tedious and impenetrable and could be reduced to couple of pages. Jocelyn is irritating beyond belief - kind old Miss Marple type but vile to the gent in the cafe. When Holly is not frolicking with Tom, she's wandering round the garden barely clad making suggestive remarks at Billy,the only other villager she appears to know despite the massive turnout at the party where everyone seems to know her. Could go on but no more space. Awful. Hated it.
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a little disappointed
After reading reviews that this book had been likend to The Time Travellers Wife and was one of Richard & Judy's book club books I felt I was on a winner. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Deb L
Implausible chick lit.
I thought the premise of this novel was something new and could be an interesting read. The problem is though that you are told in the novel description here on Amazon or on the... Read more
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I'd give it a B at GCSE...
Packed to the rafters with every cliche imaginable, this absurd novel reads like a (relatively good) piece of GCSE level creative writing. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Mrs P.
Such a disapointment!
Soon after starting to read this book I thought of Dorothy Parker's words: "This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly - it should be thrown with great force"! Read more
Published 12 days ago by Patricia Lysaght
Disappointing
I found this novel disappointing. The story was not believeable and the ending totally predicable, in addition, I did not find the characters to have any depth and could not wait... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Diane Bulloch
Light Entertainment
This is quite a light read. It centres around Holly and her discovery of a moondial that enables her to have visions of the future. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Swirlygirly30
Yuck - pass the sick bucket!
The Richard and Judy selections usually come up with some real winners - but occasionally a dud slips in. This is one of them. Read more
Published 26 days ago by LynneF
yesterdays sun
this book contains all the elements i require in an entertaining and facinating read. it is fiull of new concepts,touches subjects as yet uncovered,and was certainly a page turner. Read more
Published 28 days ago by janwadd
Disturbing but very readable.
I don't normally read books of this type but after reading a few reviews I thought why not. Being a mother myself, I found it a very thought-provoking story and gave me a good... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Isabella Orrock
Amazing book!
You know how every so often you read a book that renews your love of reading, this is one of those books, can't recommend it enough,simply amazing
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