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A Dark And Distant Shore (2014)

by Reay Tannahill(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1781859035 (ISBN13: 9781781859032)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Head of Zeus

review 1: A family saga with a very convoluted and twisted plot. Follows one woman from childhood in the highlands to her passing at old age back in the highlands. Successful in business but far from successful in her personal life. As for her sons and other family members, the author covers the full spectrum of possible characters with to my mind, little happiness for any of them. To my mind a very morbid and unsettling story from incest to weird sexual proclivities. Not your ordinary run of the mill family epic at all.
review 2: Beware, mild spoilers ahead..........i rated this book 5 stars because of Reay Tannahill's excellent writng, the lead character's story and for the lesson in history it gave me. To say the truth i didn't care much for the other characters,... more including the love interest who got what he deserved for being weak and breaking her heart many times. But it was Vilia's journey that captivated me from beginning to end(i particularly enjoyed the final showdown between Vilia and her sons) and as one of her great-grandchildren said at the end of the book "what a woman!". less

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