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Then picked up in moments then dragged!
Found Sabrina and Annabelle to be way over the top. May 27, Iv rated it liked it. I felt sorry for Annabelle and possibly the only person that interested me was Robert but his role in the book was nothing but a peacemaker when I believe he was much more complex with emotions and deserved an individual storyline for himself. To make mistake once is somehow understandable but the same mistake twice is a serious question whether this time he really had his head cleared.
The book was also too long. At times I skipped pages without even loosing the plot. This is a real issue for me with authors willing to write big,fat books. It requires really strong and profound storyline and also I would say rather masterpiece ability to fill in so many pages and not bore readers. Susan Lewis is a holiday read for me anyway,this is definitely not a chedeuvre.
Livros de bolso e viagens rimam bem. Contudo, conta como os jovens adolescentes podem levar longe as "raves" e os relacionamentos. Portugal vai em segundo. Feb 08, Sue rated it really liked it. Some parts of this were incredibly slow, I skimmed through them without loosing anything from the story, so they could have been omitted making the book about three quarters it's length.
Therefore I feel it was full of padding, working towards a page count perhaps. But the story part of the book was really good and once I was into reading that I was totally absorbed. Sep 12, Lou rated it really liked it. Oct 03, Dulce rated it liked it. Jul 20, Anne rated it it was ok. Bit far fetched but I wanted to get to the end so kept reading!! Jul 05, Kate De Goede rated it it was amazing. Very good book that makes you think through out the whole story.
But the ending was a bit expected. Oct 03, John Marsh rated it it was amazing. Sep 13, Debbie rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Oh wow what a book, it starts slowly with that subject that I am not comfortable with Craig is a barrister married to Alicia and they have two children Nathan and Darcie. Robert is Alicia's older brother and he marries Sabrina who already has a daughter Annabelle but was previously married.
Alicia finds Craig and Sabrina in the guest room of their home boinking whilst the house is filling with guest Spoilers Alicia finds Craig and Sabrina in the guest room of their home boinking whilst the house is filling with guests for Craig's 40th birthday party - was he stupid to shag his mistress in the marital home or did he want to get caught??? Sabrina milks this one smirking at Alicia over his shoulder whilst telling Craig to go faster and harder. Alicia demands "the slut" leave her house and that the party is cancelled.
Craig is devastated and says it was all a mistake but Sabrina lets slip they have been at it for a year. Alicia walks away telling him he can explain to his guests that they must leave. I think she goes after Craig because she cannot bear to be ignored and go she does whilst on a shared family holiday in Italy. It's not clear how long she has been dangling her assets but its enough that Craig finds himself in lust.
Equally his 14 year old son Nat is exploring things with his 12 year old cousin!! Craig gives her up but cracks after two weeks, they continue to meet until Alicia catches sight of his mobile and credit card bill and tells him give her up or their marriage is over. He dumps Sabrina who fools herself that he will come back as he did before. Time goes by and she realises that its over but she cannot let go and stalks, harasses and drunkenly contacts him saying she will kill herself.
It's not until Robert threatens to end their marriage that she stops. But she drops into a deep depression, squawking her life is over and for two years openly pushes her daughter and husband away. She drove me nuts with her constant self obsessed internal monologues on how heart broken she is and how Alicia stole him back and ruined her life She cannot understand or see what she did wrong or the harm she caused!
So during all this a huge flaming row between Sabrina and Alicia takes place when Alicia and Robert's mother decides to try and bring peace to the family. It all goes horribly wrong with both women receiving bruises and bloody noses, the bald patches made me grin! Her mother also gets a little bruised trying break this up, but in the end she asks Alicia to not come home anymore as its too upsetting for Sabrina and Robert! She gets steadily sicker and once she ends up in a hospice it is easier for Alicia, Nat and Darcie to spend time with her until she dies.
She leaves the Coach House the family home to Alicia which becomes essential as Craig has a bleed on the brain and dies instantly. Alicia and the children loose everything as there is no insurance, Returning to the family home in Holly Wood, Sabrina starts a campaign to get her sister in law out of the village as she views this as her territory and her jealousy is out of control. Annabelle meanwhile is completely off the rails with no respect for either her mother or herself which gets worse when she eavesdrops on a row between her mother and Robert where she hears about her mother's affair with Craig.
She realises now what had been happening. Because she and Nate had been close once she goes out of her way to catch his eye, with the flirting, "I'm easy" flag flying but all she does is annoy him and make him angry. I am going to leave it there, go and read it I confess to thoroughly enjoying it, especially the rock throwing tantrum abandonment issues my arse!! A frase da capa: Desta forma, Alicia decide vender a sua casa em Londres e respetivo recheio, de forma a conseguir iniciar uma vida em conjunto com os seus dois filhos, Nat de 17 anos e Darcie de 12 anos, na sua aldeia natal.
This book started out very slow!
I actually had to skip about the first to pages before I got to the good part of the book! Sabrina's betrayal with Alicia's her sister in-law husband was disgusting and horrible!! I have no ideal how Alicia didn't beat the crap out of Sabrina every time she saw her!! Sabrina's silly antics over Craig Alicia's husband were just This book started out very slow! The woman was psychic over him! There are so many reasons why Sabrina is trashy but, the worst of them all is when she found out that her daughter and her step cousin, Nat were kissing cousins at the age of 12 and instead of putting a stop to it, She encouraged the behavior!
Sabrina's daughter, Annabelle, is just like Sabrina, trashy!!!! As the story goes on we see Annabelle acting out more and more to the point of alleging a serious crime against Nate. Sabrina has no ideal why Annabelle has been acting out. Robert Sabrina's loyal husband steps up to the plate and becomes Annabel's and eventually Sabrina's saving grace.
This story is really passionate and draws you in to the dysfunctional family dynamic that the characters are dealing with. Which highlights how a situation that started with the adults, trickled down to their children. Cheers to good reading! Aug 19, Tracey rated it it was amazing Shelves: A unbelievably raw story told sensitively and with compassion for all parties. Alicia, Nat and Darcie are a strong family unit shocked by tragedy and a upheaval of moving at a time they are still grieving. Robert, Sabrina and Annabelle are a tormented family struggling to survive a affair between Sabrina and Alicia's husband Craig in the past.
A serious and upsetting accusation of rape causes distress for both families as emotions go haywire between Alicia and Sabrina. The most impressive charact A unbelievably raw story told sensitively and with compassion for all parties. I couldn't help feeling sorry for Sabrina , as her past still tormented her and also caused so many problems in her present life.
Susan Lewis has written an incredibly touching, yet serious story. The letter scene alone had me crying actual tears as I felt Alicia and Nat's pain and yet relief at the same time! I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys books by Diane Chamberlain or Jodi Picoult! I've actually stayed up till nearly 2 am to finish this book even though I'm working in a few hours time. It was just impossible to put down! Jul 09, Nurshafiqa rated it liked it. Aug 21, Ayesha rated it really liked it. Honestly, i thought this book was great!
This story introduces us with a family, Craig and Alicia as the parents and Nat and Darcie as the children. When Craig's sudden death occurs, Alicia has to back to her childhood home where her brother Robert and his wife Sabrina, along with Sabrina's daughter, Annabelle. When Alicia goes back to her childhood home, she realises that this isn't going to as easy as she thought it would be because she has to face her sister-in-law who practically wrecked her m Honestly, i thought this book was great!
When Alicia goes back to her childhood home, she realises that this isn't going to as easy as she thought it would be because she has to face her sister-in-law who practically wrecked her marriage. Overall, this book was a fantastic pleasure to read. And if you are the type to read a bit of drama, then 'Lost Innocence' is for you! Jan 06, Bookread2day rated it it was amazing. Susan Lewis has written an outstanding twenty two novels and yet published another enjoyable novel.
I liked the fact that this story has pages packed with family drama with secrets and betrayal. Alicia Carlyle comes back to the home of her childhood with her two children Nathan and Darcie after the tragic death of her husband. Alicia wants to mend her relationship with brother and she has to come face to face with her sister-in-law Sabrina that destroyed her marriage and tore her family apar Susan Lewis has written an outstanding twenty two novels and yet published another enjoyable novel. Alicia wants to mend her relationship with brother and she has to come face to face with her sister-in-law Sabrina that destroyed her marriage and tore her family apart.
Sabrina's fifteen-year-old daughter Annabelle, accuses seventeen-year-old Nathan of a crime he insists that he did not commit. So much happens in the story that it would spoil it to mention more. I recommend Lost Innocence because it is expertly written with interesting characters. I hope that many more readers will sit back and enjoy this breathtaking novel as much as I have.
Jan 23, Karyn Mitchell rated it it was amazing. I loved this book. It follows characters alic, sabrina, annabella and nat in the aftermath of nats father and alica's husband criag's death. May 09, Jo Barton rated it really liked it. Alicia Carlyle returns to the village of her childhood in an attempt to come to terms with the devastating loss of her husband, Craig. Her family came back to Portugal in along with half a million other retornados as Portugal's overseas colonies gained independence.
She studied law at the University of Lisbon and worked as a lawyer before taking up writing on a full-time basis. Her fiction includes novels as well as short stories. Her fourth novel O Retorno was also published to wide acclaim. Works Campo de Sangue; novel; Ed.
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