Ebook: 384 pages
Genre: Family Drama, Romance
Publisher: 11 April 2024 - Harper Collins
Source: NetGalley - My Kindle
First Sentence: This is, without a doubt, a crazy thing to do.
Review Quote: 'I could not put this book down. It had me hooked from start to finish with a great storyline and many twists and turns along the way. What a rollercoaster!’ Amazon reader review,
Setting: Sicily, Italy
My Opinion:
Susan Lewis is the best selling author of over fifty novels that span the genres of romance, crime, thrillers, suspense and family drama. I have to confess that I have only read a tiny percentage of them. This needs to be rectified!
The main character Catie Mac at the age of sixty three has come to a difficult time a crossroads in fact. She decides to travel to Sicily to take some private alone time to reevaluate her life. It turns out to be a perfect place for Catie to recuperate and come to terms with her past and maybe her future. The author tells us her story within a story set over forty years with a wonderful cast of characters and beautiful locations. Both of which come alive on the pages of this gripping read.
A Sicilian Affair really hit the spot for me, as I found it a captivating read. Recommended to readers that not only love Italy but like a novel with depth that will warm the heart with plenty of conflicting emotions along the way.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
Précis Courtesy of Goodreads:
Catie returns home from a stint in prison desperate for a fresh start. But her empty house, the secrets within its walls, and the family no longer there are a reminder of everything she has lost. Buried lies always find a way out… and when a visit to Sicily begins to stir up painful memories, Catie knows she can’t outrun them forever…
Author Profile:
Courtesy of Official Author Website
I was born in 1956, in Bristol. My father was a Welsh miner, a poet, an engineer and a thinker. My mother was one of 13 children who, at 20, persuaded my father to spend his bonus on an engagement ring instead of a motorbike. We were a normal, happy, nuclear family, living in a spanking new council house on the outskirts of town – my mother’s pride and joy. But we were going to do better, my mother had made up her mind about that. My father, an unabashed communist, was writing a book, I was signed up for ballet, elocution, piano and eventually a private boarding school, and my brother, (the real great love of my mother’s life) was going to succeed at everything he set his mind to.
The rest of this fascinating biography can be read on the authors Official Author Website
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