The Last Piece
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The Last Piece
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Laura Kirman
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Imogen Clark
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A sudden departure. A story decades in the making.
The chaotic but happy equilibrium of the Nightingale family is thrown into disarray when Cecily - whose children can't remember her ever being remotely spontaneous - disappears to a Greek island with no warning or explanation.
Her reasons for doing something so out of character are a total mystery to her three daughters, high-powered executive Felicity, unfulfilled GP Julia and organised mother-of-five Lily. What connection could she possibly have with Kefalonia?
But Cecily has gone to continue a story she thought ended decades ago - one that could have a huge impact on her family. And when she returns, she'll have to tell them the truth.
Will Cecily be able to hold her family together once she reveals her big secret? And might she discover that she's not the only one with a story to tell?
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“This is a wonderful novel about the secrets we keep from the ones we love the most. Imogen Clark has a real talent for shining a light on the idiosyncrasies of family life and revealing past traumas, present hurts, and future hopes.”—Victoria Connelly, author of The Rose Girls and Love in an English Garden
“The Last Piece is a beautifully crafted, insightful tale about family and the cracks below the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Clark’s characters, with their various secrets and flaws, leap off the page. A most enjoyable and riveting read.”—S.D. Robertson, author of My Sister’s Lies and Time to Say Goodbye
“I couldn’t resist going on this journey with the Nightingale family. With emotion on every page and mystery swirling around each character, The Last Piece explores how the past can be as unpredictable as the future. I raced through this life-affirming book, which left me buoyed with the promise of second chances.”—Jo Furniss, author of The Last to Know
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The boyfriend is, of course, worth nothing, the home where she gets the child is, of course, terrible and the conditions are devastating - but the conditions are not really addressed here.
The parents who adopt the child are also bad, of course, Cecily doesn't tell anyone, except her wpnderful husband, of course. Their children are the stereotypes par excellence: the eldest is an overexcited career woman and of course a cuckolded wife and helicopter mother, the second can't find a husband and is artificially inseminated, the last - born prematurely and therefore of course not as intelligent as the others, but a perfect mother and dougther, has numerous children with an Italian who - of course - owns a pizza shop. And the adopted child: of course nothing good could come of her, a bitter dyke, with gnawed nails and bad manners. My goodness. That was unbearable.
And Cecily herself? On the one hand, she is old and dependent, can't use a mobile phone, runs around like an old granny - but at the same time, she is fit and cunning enough to spontaneously go to Greece on her own - but then again, she is completely dumbfounded in her actions. And the husband who wants to tidy up a shed in her absence and then can't manage it on his owen. My godness! What was that story about??? That was simply unbearable.
Uninterestingly written, the characters described like in primary school, the story weak, the ending..... Well, what kind of ending was that? Forget the book!
BUT: The speaker was good!
Incoherent characters full of cliches
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