Turning a
hobby into a profession sounds like a dream! Kate was so good at exploring her
own family history that she found herself doing the same for friends – mind
you, locating her best friend’s mystery grandmother caused a few ripples…
Anyway, word spread and now it seems that people are really prepared to pay her
to dig into their family legends and find the truth; now she has all the work
she can manage to fit in around two moody, rebellious teenagers.
Then a seemingly
simple challenge to record a family tree took a curious turn, and Kate
discovers a talent she didn’t know she had would change her way of working
dramatically.
Kate’s life might look like
a familiar story – a failed marriage, truculent teenagers and a couple of great
friends who are there when they’re needed. A glass of wine with Vicky is an
opportunity to relax and bounce ideas around, when the family stories she’s
investigating cross from the interesting to the unexpected. There’s a
responsibility when you’re revealing the secrets hidden in other people’s history.
What you’ll like (or at least what I did): An entertaining story with enough mystery and plot twists to keep the reader interested. There are well-drawn, believable characters, some of whom I liked and some I liked less. Some of the events had me giggling uncontrollably, and some had me reflecting on how easily things can go wrong.
I even
learnt a bit about researching family history too.
It’s a short
novel, and a comfortable read – at 63 pages it wouldn’t keep me occupied for a long
flight, but it was a perfect bedtime choice – entertaining and not too stressful
Why
you might not like:
Kate and Vicky do like a
glass of wine (or more).
You might
find yourself learning more about genealogy that you expected.
Format:
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e-pub
Kindle
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Publisher
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Year:
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Price:
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tba
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Pages:
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63
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ISBN-10:
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1906302162
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ISBN-13:
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978-1906302160
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ASIN:
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B00JYKH301
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Reviewed:
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28th January 2016
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Prices correct at date of posting 2015-01-28
Review copy free from Amazon
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