![]() I liked both the chapters about Caitlin and the chapters about Eva. Dillon then explores both women's journey's as they come to terms with their relationships, needs, wishes and pasts, interweaving their narratives as they each start to realise what parenting, marriage, love and families means to them. ![]() ![]() But Eva has never had children and even though they are her niece and nephew, she is inexperienced in looking after them, particularly as they are all trying to come to terms with such huge life changing situations. Eva's house is to become the neutral space where the children can see their father. The second story line is about Patrick's sister Eva who is recently widowed. Joel, more extroverted, struggles as he tries to help Nancy survive without her own voice. Nancy, a bubbly four year old, suddenly stops speaking. Caitlin tries to hold the family together. Caitlin and Patrick, parents of Nancy and Joel, find their marriage has come to an end. This novel has two story lines centred around one family. ![]() I was happy to settle into a story where I knew, despite the ups and downs that would inevitably test the characters, Dillon would deliver a satisfying read in which to escape for a few hours. So this week on a wet, dark, cold morning when I was not feeling my brightest or my best, this book really was 'all I ever wanted' and actually 'all I ever needed' to unwind with. Lucy Dillon is one of my 'go to' books for when I need a 'comfort read'. ![]()
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