Gauzy romancer Bradford (Angel, 1993, etc.) offers a middling
grabber in which a woman's great loves and happy life are destroyed
by violence and death, and she begins the long climb back. Mallory
("Mal") Keswick is blissfully married to English Andrew and is the
mother of preschool twins. The family retreat from New York City,
where Andrew is an ad exec, is "Indian Meadows," a classic colonial
house in northwestern Connecticut. In 1988, the Keswicks will have
been married ten years and are much in love; the twins are
adorable; the house and grounds are exquisite - of a "gentle
serenity," Mai thinks. Life is perfect. Then there's a brief trip
to London and Claridges, with their suite sporting a fireplace and
a baby grand. Life is indeed fine. Trying for a baby and wondering
whether Mal's archaeologist father (separated from her mother for
ages) will find another mate, and why lovely, kind Diana, Andrew's
mother, doesn't remarry, is about all there is to ponder
family-wise. From London, the pair visit Diana in her 1563 estate
in Yorkshire, where Mai discovers a Tudor-era diary. Then home for
Christmas. But in that 1988 December, the unthinkable happens: In
one insane instant, Mai's family is gone, shot dead by carjackers.
In her agony, Mai plans suicide, but eventually she will be forced
to fight through her grief and live again. Along the way, there
will be encouragement from Diana - but also the dear ghostly
presences of those she has lost. At the close there is a new career
and the promise of a new relationship. The sunshine half of this
novel is a fun glide through Beautiful Living, and the dark stuff
has a weeper potential for the susceptible. Stronger and simpler
than Bradford's recent others. (Kirkus Reviews)
A gripping story of triumph over tragedy from the author of A Woman
of Substance Mallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet.
Then out of the blue, that world is shattered by violent tragedy
and she loses all that she holds dear. Torn by grief, Mal knows
that she must rebuild her life. She flees to a village on the
Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves of
her spirit. Returning to Connecticut, Mal opens a cafe and shop
selling gourmet food and kitchenware and turns it into a highly
successful venture. But there remains in her life an aching void, a
grief that no individual, nor her new-found business acumen, can
assuage. Then she meets Richard Markson, and once more, Mal's life
has come to a crossroads. It is he who shows her that she has
everything to gain - but only if she has the courage to take it.
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