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Good book enjoyable read, Think there could be a sequel easily would thoroughly recommend to family and friends, Easy summer read. Enjoy her books. Marcia Willett creates such beautiful stories with the warmest characters, This one is particularly lovely, filled with developing friendships and gentle family dynamics, Loved this book with its collection of believable and lovable characters, Really enjoyed reeconnecting with Fliss, Hal and young Sam again, The Chadwick trilogy was my introduction to Marcia Willett books and I love how she brings back old friends in subsequent books, Very enjoyable, Marcia Willet always makes me feel part of the story, Love this part of the country and have visited many places she mentions A pleasant, characterbased novel, as I expect with Marcia Willett, featuring some new characters who meet in a small seaside town.
Some have secrets, and the interactions are all quite believable,

I was particularly pleased to discover that the Chadwick family reappear, albeit mostly in a supporting role, with some scenes set at 'The Keep', This is because Sam, who hadn't had much of a part in earlier novels, is one of the main characters in this he visits his godfather

Max as he has a difficult decision to work through.


Definitely better to read after the four 'Chadwick' books Looking Forward, Holding On, Winning Through and The Prodigal Wife but as with all Willett's books, it stands alone.


Recommended if you like gentle characterbased women's fiction,

Longer review here: sitelink blogspot. com/ Such a sweet, comforting read, I loved the writing and lovable characters, It certainly not great literature but just what I needed,
.This is only the second book Ive read from this author but it wont be the last, She has a gentle way of writing as she weaves her story around the delightful and interesting characters, A lovely read. Very good, as always excellent descriptions of places, characters and behaviour, very good storyline with believable characters, Writing style takes a bit to get into, but soon engrossed in the story and don't notice it, Great author, I will read all of her books, Endearing, welldeveloped characters in beautifully described English settings, Fluid, balanced character descriptions and interactions, detailed backstories with realistic story arc, Recommended comfort reading. After her husband dies, Cara no longer wishes to live in their London home, On impulse, she sells it and goes to stay with her brother in Salcombe, Devon, while she plans her next move, There, she begins to look back at her life and reflect on the choices that have led her to this moment,

Cosmo has also escaped temporarily from his life in the city, finding the southwest a relaxing and appealing fit, especially when he meets local girl, Amy.
But is he being entirely truthful about what hes left behind

Just out of uni, Sam has passed the Admiralty Interview Board and is set to follow in his naval fathers footsteps.
His future is secure but he feels cast adrift, With doubts and loosening family connections worrying him, an impartial new friend could be just the thing he needs, Forging a bond across the generations, can he and Cara help each other find the way to a new, happy chapter

Reflections ebb and flow as the estuary meets the sea.
. . and Cara, Cosmo and Sam learn that for everything lost, there is something to be gained, As always a really enjoyable read, I have been reading her books for aboutyears and it was lovely to see characters from that first trilogy pop up in this story, I enjoyed this delightful book, so descriptive I could visualise the location easily, This book has characters with believable flaws, and a satisfying conclusion, Sweet read. Comfort read. Believable and loveable characters. I want to belong to the people in this story as they seemed to belong to me, I have read all of her wonderful books, I love them and this one is really a great one the title is so accurate, Love how the author brings characters from previous books into this story as memories of the current characters, Family is so important in her stories and I really enjoy how varied they all are, I hope Ms Willett has many more to share, Well written, lives, their secrets and dealing with their own demons, an enjoyable read A good three and a half, but maybe not a four, I enjoyed this comfort read set in Salcombe, a harbor town on an estuary in Devon, England, Google it to see lovely photos of this idyllic spot, Cara, who has recently lost her husband and sold her home in London without knowing where she wants to resettle, comes to stay with her brother Max.
Fortunately her disagreeable sisterinlaw Judith is away, so Max and Cara, who have been close since their difficult childhoods, can enjoy each other's company, Cara's grief is still fresh, but she also harbors secrets that have shadowed her entire adult life, Max was also a close friend of Cara's late husband and both had served as officers in the Navy, Max's godson Sam, who was orphaned as a child and raised by his aunt and uncle, also comes to visit, He is about to embark on a naval career as well, Sam and Cara strike up a friendship and he ferries her around the area to house hunt, Cosmo, a young, handsome, and successful Londoner, takes a sabbatical from work to house and dog sit in Salcombe, and is entranced by the natural beauty and the friendliness of the locals.
He meets Amy, a young painter/decorator, and they are each charmed by the other, but Cosmo has neglected to mention he's involved with a woman in London.


Cara enjoys the camaraderie of Max's local friends, including Jack, Amy's father, but she is not any closer on deciding whether to settle in Salcombe or not.
Sam takes her to visit his large family home, where his aunt and uncle, Fliss and Hal, reside and love to welcome family and visitors, Cara immediately warms to Fliss, who is kind and sympathetic, Hal is another retired naval officer, and they all understand the life in the service often spent abroad,

This is a gentle, romantic story about families and relationships, There is the secret of Cara's past and the questions about her future, as well as some incipient romances, but not a lot of drama, The characters all seem to be closely tuned in to each other in a rather extraordinary way, reading the others' emotions and knowing things are being left unsaid, and so on.
They are all very perspicacious! The characters of Fliss and Hal will be familiar to readers of Willett's trilogy about the Chadwick family, which was only published in the U.
K. but which I had special ordered and read, Willett's worldview is rather centered on the officer class of the British Royal Navy, one which she knows personally, and it would be more appealing if her range of characters was a bit broader.
The character of Jack, a former teacher but now a house painter along with his daughter Amy, is viewed almost as another class, though he enjoys opera and so perhaps highbrow enough to fit in.
The characters, except for Max's wife Judith, do not behave snobbishly, but the inherent prejudices are there because a point is made about Max and Jack being friends.
It's those understated British assumptions about class that can be jarring, This is a pleasant read for those who enjoy lovely English settings and a romantic atmosphere in the vein of Rosamunde Pilcher, .