Luke is devastated by the sudden loss of his wife in a tragic train accident. In retrospect he feels he never acknowledged Helen's intrinsic goodness, her needs and her desires and only on her death he discovers little at a time that she had interests which she did not share with him purely because he did not give any indication he was interested.
Orla lives alone and isolated by choice on a remote castle in Suffolk. She has been disfigured in a revenge attack and has since then hidden from society, surviving alone but fearful for her life.
When Luke decides to visit Orla he did not know what was in store for him, he was following one of Helen's last wishes to deliver a birthday present for Orla and to help Orla in her distress, even though she did not know what Orla's situation was.
The story takes off from that point when the two eventually meet and how Luke persuades Orla to step back into the real world and meet and interact with people. Both begin to heal only when they help each other to come to terms with their past.
The story is an emotional one, descriptive of the Suffolk region as well and a gentle and quiet read.
Sent by Amazon Publishing UK for an unbiased review, via Netgalley.
This sounds like another good book to add to my wishlist. It sounds emotional.
ReplyDeleteYour first paragraph hooked me. It's so true so often. I like the sound of this book so going to ear mark it for reading.
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