Suzanna ha regresado a la casa familiar en el campo. Su vida se ha vuelto monocorde y sólo desea regresar al bullicio de Londres, hasta que inaugure un curioso bazar en donde se darán cita diversos personajes que le cambiarán su modo de ver la vida. Además, sabrá qué clase de arrebatada y trágica historia de amor marcó el destino de sus padres. y dejará que el verdadero amor entre en su vida.

Exquisite character work. Moyes has a gift of juggling many complex characters and making all their actions/words make perfect sense for them. I thoroughly enjoyed diving into them all through their stories. ( )

Contrary to Moyes usual likeable heroines , the main character is as deliberately unlikeable* as possible . I suspect Moyes was trying to write a successful romance with an unlikeable heroine since romance heroines are always so perfect. Unfortunately , I did not find the theme of the book romantic and didn't like the heroine enough to wish her a HEA. As always Moyes writing style and language are lovely and it was a well laid plot. I read till the end but I hope she returns to her intensely likeable characters.

Edit: Mystery solved, apparently this is actually an early book from her released in the U.K. in 2004 but just recently released in the U.S.






*I found her childish, selfish, and dishonest. ( )

After several more (nearly) sleepless nights I finished this book.
Like I wrote earlier, it's a good read for the middle of the night.

To be honest, I was happy it didn't turn out to be a real romance book. It had too much of family trouble and violence in it (imho). At times I was confused about who was the I that was talking to me, but all in all it was a nice read. I think Athena could have had a bigger role, and I'm not happy being left with not knowing who Susanna's father really is.

Unfortunately I had a bad night's sleep, so I ended up grabbing my e-reader to settle my thoughts and maybe, just maybe fall asleep again.

This book is perfect to read in the middle of the night. ( )

This was an unmitigated delight in every possible way. The story is lovely. The readers were perfection. The writing was just lyrical. This will be the book I recommend (along with The Heft) whenever someone wants something good to read. ( )