Bradford's (Love in Another Town, 1995, etc.) latest romantic
heroine swans through her 40's having it all - great kids, a
promising relationship simmering, and a tidy business. But gnawing
at her psychic innards is a lost childhood. Her journey takes her
from shrink to sleuthing before the final celebration. An
introductory flash reveals the tot "Mari" and her beset but adoring
mother in their English cottage - a scene that concludes with Marl
screaming, "Me mam's dead!" Back in the present there are the
generally serene travels of lovely Meredith Stratton (tall, blond,
eyes deep green), mother of Catherine and Jon, amicably divorced
from Jon's father, and immensely successful in creating upscale
hostelries at home and abroad. (Classy Meredith supplies her inns
with such elegant touches as hot-water bottles in silk cases!) Her
favorite inn is at Silver Lake in Vermont, where as a teenager she
worked with the late innkeepers Jack and Amelia. They adored her
baby, Catherine, conceived at Silver Lake. Meredith remembers
nothing of her early childhood before the misery of an Australian
orphanage and nasty adoptive "parents." Now, however, when she
visits monastic ruins in northern England, heartstrings to her
buried past begin to ping. She suffers "weak" spells - in spite of
an exciting tendre for the French designer Lue, and the happy news
of Catherine's engagement. Then, thanks to sessions with a
psychiatrist, some thunderclap recalls, and the help of a friend,
Meredith's past begins to unroll. The conclusion swells with joyful
noises and mega-happiness. This time out, Bradford taps an old
scandal involving the transporting of English children, but, still,
Meredith's childhood tragedy does seem implausible, and it's not
until the hunt for "Mari" is underway that the tale moves at all.
Fans may be assured, though, of lush digs and a Big Tear reunion.
Lukewarm romance in one of those silk cases - and always saleable.
(Kirkus Reviews)
From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance
A forgotten past hides the key to the future. Meredith Stratton, at
forty-four the owner of six elegant international inns, is about to
celebrate her daughter's engagement. At this seemingly happy time
in her life she begins to suffer from a strange illness that
baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her
debilitating symptoms, and, desperate for answers, she seeks the
help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy Meredith peels back the
layers of her life to discover the truth behind her most careful
creation - herself. Determined to get well, Meredith traces her
roots back to another country where she learns about childhood
experiences that dramatically changed her life. What she discovers
is not only the key to the past but to her future happiness and
fulfilment as a woman. Moving from the Connecticut countryside, the
busy streets and suites of London, Paris and New York, to the
pastoral beauty of a chateau in the Loire, Her Own Rules is an
exciting and suspenseful novel about secrets, survival, redemption
and love.
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