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Fiona Palmer had done a fabulous job with this writing in this book. The way she captures emotions and makes you feel like you know the characters and places she is writing about is utterly phenomenal. With so many different sub-plots taking place in this book it would be easy to expect problems with pacing and fluidity but Fiona Palmer has woven the various storylines together seamlessly with her lyrical and cinematic writing. Likewise, the ending wasn't one of those "everyone lived happily ever after" types that are pretty common and very unrealistic. This ending was a fairly accurate depiction of people dealing with the fallout and aftermath of horrible and life-altering events. This would have been eliminated in the physical format, and the many twists and turns that Gilly Macmillan concocted would have been more enjoyable. Mark– ex-army and now a property developer who is married to Jayne, (also ex-army) who is now a physiotherapist. Jayne is suffering from PTSD and has low self-esteem. It isn't about life in these beautiful old stately homes, it's about parties, who was invited where, who they were, what they did (eat, shoot, change clothes a lot) but mostly who they were and often what they thought of each other and the sort of effortlessly upper-class manners expected of them. (Don't call on weekdays to respond to invitations, dreadfully lower class) This is (most of) the third paragraph of the book:
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Gilly Macmillan is the Edgar nominated and New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew, The Perfect Girl, Odd Child Out, I Know You Know, and The Nanny. She grew up in Swindon, Wiltshire and lived in Northern California in her late teens. She worked at The Burlington Magazine and the Hayward Gallery before starting a family. Since then she’s worked as a part-time lecturer in photography, and now writes full-time. She resides in Bristol, England. Folklore on shapeshifters is incorporated into the story, and it's such a perfect allegory for Dementia. It's inclusion was brilliant!The deeply layered, flawed, broken characters she’s developed catch you unguarded. Most of them are not likable but you still feel empathy for them after learning more about their problematic pasts. However, things turn sinister when they arrive and find a gift with a suspicious note claiming that one of their husbands will be murdered. A great showcase for Fiona Palmer's character driven writing. So if you love a character driven narrative which discusses contemporary social issues, set in the beautiful south west, then this book is for you. Find sources: "The Long Week-End"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) In the contemporary new release from Fiona Palmer, The Long Weekend, four strangers attend a writing workshop retreat run by a bestselling author.
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Jan Goldstein best- selling author who runs these workshops to help aspiring writers or is that the real reason she runs them? The killer was Mark. He planned to make it look like Edie and Paul ran away together, but he had killed Paul too. When John and Maggie, the proprietors of Dark Fell Barn receive a beautifully wrapped gift, and note for their next weekend guests, they are assuming it will be a pleasant surprise for them. After all, the instructions attached ask them to place the gift prominently on the kitchen table, facing the door, with letter leaning against it, so it will be the first thing they see when they enter the room, and stressed the importance of their attention to detail.
Weekend breaks are a great way to satisfy your wanderlust in just two to four days. Whether you want to get out and explore a new culture or have a long weekend in the sun, it feels spontaneous and exciting. You could book an outdoorsy escape to the Lake District, a balmy beach trip to Majorca, or an urban adventure in Dublin. Historian Adrian Tinniswood named his 2016 book, The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918–1939, after it. [2] Reception [ edit ] Be aware that this book is more lesfic than lesrom - no vanilla romance or romantic comedy here. This would have been fine except - nothing much happen. The friends come together, reflect (ish) on their lives, drink a lot but... there's no takeaway. I'm unclear what was learned or what the reader is meant to have walked away with having read the book. None of the main characters are particularly likeable. We initially meet only the women: Ruth, a doctor, alcoholic, increasingly paranoid new mother, married to Toby, and whose life is rapidly unraveling; Jayne, ex-army, suffering from PTSD, married to Mark, also ex-army; Emily, the newbie in the group, younger than the others, and married to Paul. The women are together because of their husbands longstanding friendship. These are not women who would ever have been friends otherwise. They are not particularly close and now find themselves in a remote and hostile environment without the buffer of their husbands, recipients of a strange and threatening letter, signed 'E'. What happens when four strangers come together for a weekend writer workshop? A lot, this is a story that brings out a few truths between these strangers and was a thoroughly enjoyable read, I loved getting to know Jamie, Beth, Alice and Simone and Jan who ran the workshop, come along for the journey it is well worth it.
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Thank you to Better Reading and the author, for an ARC of this novel by Australian author, Fiona Palmer. Clare Lydon is a great author. She writes very well and I normally enjoy her storys. But I had trouble with this one.
Four perfect strangers. Three days. Can one weekend away change your life? The unputdownable new drama by one of Australia’s most beloved storytellers. Really enjoyed this book. It was a feel good book which was easy to read and the writing just flowed. It is a book about secrets, past baggage in your life and letting go of it. Some love scenes thrown in. Its also about relationships and friendships. It is a book about chasing your dreams and doing what makes you happy.
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