Joanna Trollope is different. What I mean by that is that her novels don't whisk you away to another world like those of many contemporary women's authors do. She creates "everyday," but with different people. I can't think of another writer who is able to so expertly capture life and human foibles the way she does, without much hoopla and definitely no car chases!
Gina and Laurrence have always loved each other, but never been "in love." Gina is married to antiques dealer Fergus and has a daughter, Sophy, and a mother, VI, who lives nearby. Laurence and Hilary run the Bee House, a historic estate inherited by Laurence, which they have turned into a successful hotel and restaurant where they also live with their 3 sons. When Fergus decides to leave Gina and Sophy and move to London, Gina initially turns to Laurence and Hilary for comfort, but Sophy is somehow left to work out her own life with the help of Vi, who has finally found her own true love.
I know this doesn't sound to exciting, but, then, Joanna Trollope never does. She is, however, insightful and sympathetic to the predicaments in which ordinary people tend to find themselves. I always enjoy her books, but I;m never completely sure why, or at least I can't articulate it!
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