This is Maggie Christensen’s latest book and it’s her best yet. It’s romantic, heart-warming and completely charming. I loved spending time with this novel’s engaging characters and, even although the story was brought to a satisfying conclusion, I was also left wanting to know what would happen next in the lives of these lovely people.
The Good Sister is similar to this author’s earlier novels in that it’s romantic fiction and it features a couple who are no longer young when they fall in love. However it differs from the others in that it’s set in Scotland – as opposed to Australia.
This is a multi-generation story with three vividly drawn and credible main characters and a well-judged supporting cast.
There’s romance, mystery and a little bit of history. I particularly like that this a romantic story where the contemporary couple who fall in love are in their sixties – and who – the young may want to turn away now – enjoy a full sexual relationship. How life-affirming is that! It was a nice touch too that the character who is in her nineties refers to the couple in their sixties as young. Age really shouldn’t be a barrier to a full life and this is a theme Maggie Christensen is an expert at weaving into her romantic but realistic stories.
All in all a great and absorbing read.
Back Cover Blurb:
Two Isobels. A lifetime of regret. A love that spans the years
In 1938, as the world hurtled towards war, twenty-year-old Isobel MacDonald fell madly in love. But fate and her own actions conspired to deny her the happiness she yearned for. Many years later, plagued with regrets and with a shrill voice from the past ringing in her ears, she documents the events that shaped her life.
In 2015, sixty-five-year-old Bel Davison returns from Australia to her native Scotland to visit her terminally ill aunt. Reading Isobel’s memoir, she is beset with memories of her own childhood and overcome with guilt. When she meets her aunt’s solicitor, events seem to spiral out of control and, almost against her will, she finds herself drawn to this enigmatic Scotsman.
What is it that links these two women across the generations? Can the past influence the future?
Set in Scotland and moving from the nineteen-thirties to the present day, The Good Sister is a women’s fiction book featuring compelling real-life characters, fascinating plot twists and a strong mid-life heroine. If you like feel-good stories of second chances, you’ll love this new book from Maggie Christensen.
The Good Sister is due to be published on 23rd November and is available to pre-order now.
I have pre-ordered my own copy but I also received a free pre-publication copy from the author in return for an honest review.
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