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The three of them are great additions to this fantastic fictional village and they constantly put a smile on my face. However, if you persevere like I did, you’ll discover just why she behaves as she does and my feelings towards her did change towards the end of the story. I loved the characterisation, and can see that some of her books continue the story of the different people in the village. I felt frustrated when people didn't listen to her and wanted to scream sometimes, I love it when I feel so many strong emotions when I'm reading a story.

For years she’s kept her family secrets locked away in her heart, but they’ve been quietly eating away at her. My thanks to the publishers Harper Collins for my copy of this book which I won in a Summer Reading competition on Facebook.It isn't like she's a brand new author either, I mean, at least five years of novels, and I still didn't pick one up? For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). While i really did enjoy the story, I found the character Penny and her negative behaviour put me off reading.

Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. Fern Britton then moved to work for TVS in Southampton, where she hosted the South edition of the news programme, Coast to Coast, together with Fred Dinenage.It seems a little mis-matched having a high-flying career woman like Penny married to Simon who in all honesty is a bit of a weed! Through Penny’s childhood memories we see how the two girls were treated very differently, especially by their mother, and Suzie was clearly the favourite. I won't say any more and give spoilers, but I'll just say that I really felt the ending let the book down. Apart from television presentations, Fern Britton has also featured in advertisements for Ryvita Minis. All the threads of the tale come together and tie in nicely but there is an abrupt ending which leads on very nicely to another instalment covering Ella’s story.

And a postcard, tucked away in a long-hidden case, holds the truth that could change everything… Young Ella has come back to the place where she spent a happy childhood with her grandmother. The character Ella didn’t feature in it as much as I hoped and felt she was in it to set up her own story in another book which is perfectly fine but I feel the synopsis on the back of the book is a little misleading. Thankfully there will be another book but when I had closed the book, I had no idea of that, so I have to admit that I was rather annoyed. Information is fed to the reader steadily as we gradually build up a picture of the family dynamic over the years and we understand that there is a lot of resentment between the sisters. Since then, Fern Britton has hosted several programmes, which include Carlton Television's After Five, BBC's Breakfast Time, London News Network's London Tonight and BBC 1’s Holiday.Britton may have background in journalism, which does give her a bit of a head start but nevertheless I found this book quite pleasing. Ella though is in Pendruggan for another reason, she has come to speak to her grandmother's solicitor about her legacy - trouble is Ella is not the recipient that is Ella's mother who walked out and left Ella and her brother a very long time ago.

They also made me realise how fragile our hearts are, and how the smallest things can fix them in minutes. Fern Britton is yet another author whose back catalogue of books I will need to check out and add to my ever growing to read list. Looking at other books by Fern Britton, I would imagine it's a high possibility we will get to visit Pendruggan and its residents another time. I would love to get to know some of the other characters in more depth, or get to discover what eventually happened to some of the other threads in this book - such as the storylines about Ella and Henry, Adam and Kit etc. If you have read any of Fern's previous books then you will immediately recognise the characters and the setting.

Fern Britton has painted a very convincing portrait of a mother struggling to cope with a new baby and not wanting to admit it. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.