I much preferred Hicks's first book. A Separate Country was long: 400+ pp that I felt could easily have been condensed to 3/4's of that. Specifically, for about 50-75 pp in the "300's", it was as though the editor or proofreader had either skipped them entirely or delegated the job to a summer in...
I'm not sure what I expected with this novel. It wasn't what I got, that much I know.I had to listen to the prologue about three times before I got into the swing of the story. Once that was achieved, I had no further problems in that regards. The book is based on the true story of Carrie McGavo...
It was just after dusk when she arrived at Carnton on foot, walked around back and down the hill to Mariah’s cottage, and knocked so timidly on the door, so gently, that Mariah thought at first it was the scuttle of a mouse at the door, and then a wren, perhaps, pecking. She opened the door to fi...