Eloise is a confident, highly successful career woman. Her eighty year old mother, June, is becoming increasingly frail and the only sensible solution seems to be to move her into a residential home. Partly to assuage her guilt, Eloise takes June on a “holiday of a lifetime” to South Africa but then things begin to unravel.
Following a chat with an ex-lover Eloise has invested millions of Derby Capital’s funds in osmium but it now appears that there is a major problem with it’s development. Eloise is called back to London and has to deal with the worst crisis of her career. As Eloise faces financial ruin, June tries to settle into her new home but is haunted by visions of her family’s experiences during the Boer War and memories of her own past.
I absolutely loved this book; Richard Mason is certainly a very talented storyteller. The two threads of this touching and moving story were equally gripping.
Following a chat with an ex-lover Eloise has invested millions of Derby Capital’s funds in osmium but it now appears that there is a major problem with it’s development. Eloise is called back to London and has to deal with the worst crisis of her career. As Eloise faces financial ruin, June tries to settle into her new home but is haunted by visions of her family’s experiences during the Boer War and memories of her own past.
I absolutely loved this book; Richard Mason is certainly a very talented storyteller. The two threads of this touching and moving story were equally gripping.
Fiona Ashley, Community Library Manager
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