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bananatricky's review against another edition
4.0
The book opens in Malta. Judith is a divorcee waiting for her Maltese lover Giorgio to return from his diving trip. Tragedy strikes and Judith finds how difficult it can be in a traditional Catholic community to be the other woman.
I don't know how much more of the plot I can tell without spoiling the unfolding of the story. Suffice it to say Judith has to deal with some issues which are familiar to many women of a certain age - step-children, ex-spouses, ageing parents, irritating siblings with whom you have little but blood in common, dealing with tenants and changing career late in life.
I am a great admirer of Sue Moorcroft's books, she writes believable, likeable flawed characters, characters that aren't physically perfect and this was no exception, but ... I felt that the story was a bit perfunctory. Some of the issues were just skimmed over and I thought there was a longer deeper story struggling to get out.
Still one of my favourite authors.
I don't know how much more of the plot I can tell without spoiling the unfolding of the story. Suffice it to say Judith has to deal with some issues which are familiar to many women of a certain age - step-children, ex-spouses, ageing parents, irritating siblings with whom you have little but blood in common, dealing with tenants and changing career late in life.
I am a great admirer of Sue Moorcroft's books, she writes believable, likeable flawed characters, characters that aren't physically perfect and this was no exception, but ... I felt that the story was a bit perfunctory. Some of the issues were just skimmed over and I thought there was a longer deeper story struggling to get out.
Still one of my favourite authors.
caterinaanna's review
4.0
Judith's grief at the death of Giorgio is exacerbated not only by guilt but by the reactions of his family and her own on her return to England. And there's a lodger with problems of his own for her to deal with. OK, so you can see what's coming, and characters sometimes a little overwrought, but it's fun nonetheless. And, by the way, it's not really anything to do with hills at all: you're thinking of [b:Coast to Coast|1842287|Coast to Coast|Jan Minshull|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348314434s/1842287.jpg|1842530]!
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