A Keeper: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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This is where the story begins shifting back and forth between present day and the early 1970s, before Elizabeth was born. I tend to wait at least a day after finishing a book to post a review, but I am highly annoyed right now and just want to put this book behind me. I never watch talk shows, however I know who Mr Norton is, and I admit I was intrigued by the fact that he has accomplished two novels, both receiving many positive reviews.Don't even get me started on why we get a separate POV for Rosemary, it wasn't necessary and added nothing to the story. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

As she is sorting through the effects of a lifetime, she discovers a box of letters that reveal her mother as Elizabeth never imagined. IRISH INDEPENDENT 'It's a sad and lovely book, brimful of tenderness and compassion, where the revelations of the past upturn the perceptions of the present. There was a creepy ‘Rebecca’ feel to Patricia’s sections, the isolated house perched alongside a ruined castle on the wild coast – Ireland, not Cornwall, but still – a strange man, a crazed old woman, and secrets galore!

For me it wasn't quite up to the mark of Holding which I loved but this nevertheless was read very quickly. Overall, I liked the story and the plot and felt it was fairly well written, although it did bring to mind shades of "Wuthering Heights" meets "Jane Eyre" meets "Rebecca".