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The Blurb
Rose Leonard is on the run from her life.
Taking refuge in a remote island community, she cocoons herself in work, silence and solitude in a house by the sea. But she is haunted by her past, by memories an desires she'd hoped were long dead.
Rose must decide whether she has in fact chosen a new life or a different kind of death. Life and love are offered by new friends, her lonely daughter, and most of all Calum, a fragile man who has his own demons to exorcise.
But does Rose, with her tenuous hold on life and sanity, have the courage to say yes to life and put her past behind her?
Rose, has moved to a Scottish Island that has no mountains. Gavin climbed mountains.
Rose tries to convince those around her that she is over Gavin, but moving on with her life is proving a challenge.
A Bi-polar sufferer, Rose believes that the remoteness of her new home and her textile therapy and work is helping her to heal emotional scars of her past.
Enter, Calum, another one of the author's gorgeous leading men. Calum is the distraction Rose had not counted on. Calum is strong, handsome and attentive, but he has some healing of his own to do.
This is the second novel I have read by Linda Gillard and, although very different to Star Gazing, the author's amazing story telling woven through the Scottish landscape delivered a page turner I could not put down.
I did not find this an easy read as it deals with mental illness and the effect on those close by, but the subject was approached sensitively. There is plenty of romance and passion on an emotional journey to a happy ending.
Linda Gillard is one of my favourite authors and House of Silence is next for me.
5 out of 5!
I received copy of this novel from the author for my honest review. This did not influence my review in any way.
I have been enjoying LG's writing for a number of years now, so delighted to read that you are also doing so.
ReplyDeleteThis really does sound like a gorgeous read. Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteI really must read soemthing else by her, although a good read, I wasn't in love with House of Silence but so many people rave about her.
ReplyDeleteHi LindyLouMac,
ReplyDeleteI do love Linda's writing style
Julie,
It is a great read.
Ellie,
I lost my copy of House of Silence in my laptop crash but will be buying another copy :)
I know that Stargazing is another good read from Linda and I understand from Linda that it is very different from House of Silence.
carol
Thanks for the great review, Carol. :-)
ReplyDeleteEllie, there are excerpts from all my books on my website if you'd like to try before you buy and if you have a Kindle, you can download a long extract for free of EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY and STAR GAZING.
You are welcome, Linda. Thanks for another great read.
ReplyDeleteAs you know I had hard drive failure on my laptop. A dear blogger has advised that I should not have lost my copy of House of Silence as it will be with my Amazon account. :)
Just waiting for laptop return to reload :)
carol