At Home With The Templetons (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
This book tells the story of two families who live in Victoria, Australia. The Templetons have moved from England to open their ancestral home to tourists and they pull into their orbit a widow and her young son. The author moves between several points of view. Her portrait of the youngest Templeton daughter was especially good. I enjoyed the naivete of the young girl's perception. The author did a good job holding my interest in a variety of personalities. The first Monica McInerney book I read, Greetings from Somewhere Else, I adored. As such, I keep reading her books, but none of them have been quite up to par. **Slight, vague references to spoilers**At Home with the Templetons was probably my least favorite. The themes and "morals" seemed cliche, and the book seemed to drag on quite a bit. I kept thinking, isn't it over yet? I guessed the climax's resolution long before it happened and was disappointed in the characters' reactions to that. Why couldn't they figure it out when that character had done that before?
What do You think about At Home With The Templetons (2010)?
Really enjoyed it first book I've read of hers will definitely read her others.
—nikitanana
Good story. Solid characters but the story went on too much
—Kenkirr
