Such Sweet Sorrow

Oct 10, 2024 5:22 PM

Author:Katie Flynn

Such Sweet Sorrow

A family divided by war but united by love.

Marianne seems to have everything. She is married to a handsome naval officer, Neil Sheridan, commander of a corvette. They have a daughter, Libby, and a beautiful home near Prince's Park in Liverpool.

When war comes, Marianne takes war work and moves into Crocus Street with her mother, Mrs Wainwright, and younger sister. Neil disapproves because the Wainwrights live so near the docks, which are bound to be a bombing target, but Marianne is firm.

Meanwhile, Libby is evacuated to the country to stay with Miss Williams, who lives in an ancient house, Tregarth, at the head of a valley in North Wales and Libby, the wheelchair-bound Matthew and Miss Williams assume they can settle down to see out the war in comparative safety.

But Libby is forced to return to the city when her mother suffers an accident and her gran finds herself unable to cope ...

Reviews

One of the best Liverpool writers

—— Liverpool Echo

Here is Ruth Rendell on such fantastic form that you'll want to stay up all night racing through to the end.

—— Val Hennessy , Daily Mail

A powerful and absorbing narrative told with elegance and subtlety

—— Daily Telegraph

Ruth Rendell is surely one of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language. The extraordinary depth and accuracy of her psychological portraits is matched only by the rare inventiveness of her storytelling

—— Scott Turow

Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell’s work is outstanding

—— The Times

Engrossing

—— Choice Magazine

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