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A review by faysieh
Other People's Secrets by Louise Candlish
5.0
I do love a Louise Candlish novel and rate this particular one highly.
I listened to an audiobook version in order to travel to Lake Orta with the Sale family and separate holidaymakers Ginny and Adam Trustlove.
My curiosity was piqued from the very beginning wondering who Zach was as the story quickly diverts from mentioning him, into the obvious sadness and melancholy of Ginny who is only going away with Adam as an attempt to heal. It is clear she doesn't think for one moment that is going to happen and you can't help but feel sorrow for a woman, stuck in a beautiful place with only the internal horror show she can see in her mind. Louise Candlish paints picture after picture, seemingly effortlessly, with the minute details of person, place, thought and action which is what so captivates me as a reader. You can feel the emotions the characters experience and I felt bowed down by Ginny's despondency and lethargy.
The Sales are very different. Exuberant, excitable, and effusive, Marty is well-known for being a king of the fashion trade. His wife Bea has stood by him and helped build the clothing business as well as look after Esther, Dom and Pippi, their 3 children. But as the title implies, relationships within this family are not all they seem and the holiday has a way of bringing simmering emotions to the fore. The children are older teenagers, either at the start of or end of university years and it is Dom who is struggling the most to be in the luxuriousItalian villa.
Beautiful Bea has an agenda too and as temperatures soar and love interests develop we see how secrets, those long held and others more recent, combine to create an immensely enjoyable, immersive read.
I love it when I don't quite know what is going on. I love it when there is joy after huge loss and sadness, and I love it when people can find a way to begin again. Other People's Secrets has all these ingredients and as a Candlish fan I wolfed the lot down!
Help yourself to a hearty sized portion and discover how the two families are connected.
I listened to an audiobook version in order to travel to Lake Orta with the Sale family and separate holidaymakers Ginny and Adam Trustlove.
My curiosity was piqued from the very beginning wondering who Zach was as the story quickly diverts from mentioning him, into the obvious sadness and melancholy of Ginny who is only going away with Adam as an attempt to heal. It is clear she doesn't think for one moment that is going to happen and you can't help but feel sorrow for a woman, stuck in a beautiful place with only the internal horror show she can see in her mind. Louise Candlish paints picture after picture, seemingly effortlessly, with the minute details of person, place, thought and action which is what so captivates me as a reader. You can feel the emotions the characters experience and I felt bowed down by Ginny's despondency and lethargy.
The Sales are very different. Exuberant, excitable, and effusive, Marty is well-known for being a king of the fashion trade. His wife Bea has stood by him and helped build the clothing business as well as look after Esther, Dom and Pippi, their 3 children. But as the title implies, relationships within this family are not all they seem and the holiday has a way of bringing simmering emotions to the fore. The children are older teenagers, either at the start of or end of university years and it is Dom who is struggling the most to be in the luxuriousItalian villa.
Beautiful Bea has an agenda too and as temperatures soar and love interests develop we see how secrets, those long held and others more recent, combine to create an immensely enjoyable, immersive read.
I love it when I don't quite know what is going on. I love it when there is joy after huge loss and sadness, and I love it when people can find a way to begin again. Other People's Secrets has all these ingredients and as a Candlish fan I wolfed the lot down!
Help yourself to a hearty sized portion and discover how the two families are connected.