Monday 17 October 2016

The Holiday Home by Fern Britton


This delightful read is perfect for any holiday away from home or even sitting on the sofa with the pouring rain outside on cold winters day.

This tale is full of laughter and drama on every page which with get you hooked from the first page.

We start this book off with an estate agent trying to sell Atlantic House on the Cornish coast, the house has been left for many years after a family loss. When Henry and Dorothy drive down from the city looking for a family holiday home , they instantly fell in love with Atlantic house which need a major makeover which reflected in price. Once the house was ready Henry and Dorothy tame they two daughters Pru and Connie on they first family holiday there . Sisters will be sisters and they fight over everything and anything , with Pru always wanting to win this never changed over the years . Then the book moves to the present day and they are still competing with each other down too who gets to the holiday first ,but deep down both sisters are playing happy families but are they really happy when you look closer the cracks begin to show .

Pru is a hard working, health freak married to Francis who waits her hand and foot and has become a shell of his former self, but Francis hiding a dark secret that he has been flirting with mother on the school board and becomes and scared cat when Belinda turns up out of the blue staying in the cottages near the house.

Connie is a stay at home mum married to Greg who is the managing director of her Fathers company but Greg is playing away from home with Jamie his PA who is getting very clingy and doesn't seem to want to get rid of her and Connie is none the wiser.

The book follows them through the dramas while staying at the family holiday home , and adding more drama to the mix old flames and new family members. Do the sisters remain at war or do they find away to love each other , there are so many twists and turns in this book. so go grab a copy and find out .

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