This was such an interesting story, it started slowly, lots of character building, moving between London, Dublin, then Italy. The picture builds of the differing lifestyles and cultures. The main characters are all really hiding big parts of their personal lives. Bella finds the new lifestyle qui...
If my father wants me he lifts his little handbell or passes a message through his day nurse, Yin-lu, who goes by the name of Lynette. Otherwise he waits for me to come into his room. I used to think her name was Wynette. For the first couple of weeks that’s what I called her. One day she took a ...
Through the open kitchen door there’s a back view of Elida still preparing food, most of which will have to be thrown in the bin or hauled up to Sister Assumpta’s orphanage fund. When Bella left earlier to have coffee with Edward, Elida had been squinting at small curls of pasta and stabbing them...