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Pru and Connie might be sisters but they're as different as chalk and cheese. It's always been like this. Pru is the elder, although not by much and she's a hard-nosed businesswoman who ''always'' gets what she wants. Husband Francis was acquired in much the same way that you might employ staff - and that's his function. He looks after Pru and their son Jeremy. Connie, on the other hand, is a homebody - married to Greg (who runs her parents' family business) and mother to Abigail their sixteen-going-on-seventeen -year -old daughter. There's another difference too. Francis is pure of heart and an honest man, largely unappreciated by his wife, but Greg, although Connie believes differently, is a philandering little sh...
Each summer the families go to Atlantic House on the Cornish coast for the summer holidays and it's where the rivalries between the sisters come to the fore. There's the annual sprint down to Cornwall to get the best bedroom, with Pru inevitably winning by guile if not on time. Their parents live in a nearby bungalow and with three generations of the Carew family in close proximity it should be a wonderful summer, but I'm not giving much away if I tell you that nothing, but nothing is going to be the same come September.
There's a real sense of Cornwall too, not in long, flowery descriptions but in the ''feel'' of the place and the way of life. If you're looking for a good beach read (wherever that beach might be) then this could well be your book - but beware - you'll turn the final page very quickly. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy of the book to the Bookbag.
It's a couple of years since I read Fern's [[New Beginnings by Fern Britton|first book]] and she hasn't lost her knack for a good story. For more of Cornwall, you might enjoy [[Sea Creatures by Val Harris]] and it's sequel, [[The Song the Waves Sing by Val Harris|The Song the Waves Sing]]. You might also enjoy [[Amber Scott is Starting Over by Ruth Saberton]]. We weren't ''overly'' impressed by ''The Holiday Home'' but we feel that it's better than [[Two Weddings and a Baby by Scarlett Bailey]].
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