Blog written by Sharon
This is Anna Romer's second novel and is about Ruby's memory loss as a result of her sister's death and how she slowly recovers this missing block of time and unravels the mystery surrounding her death. There is also a parallel story about Ruby's ancestor Brenna.
I find the writing style captivating and Anna jumps easily between the 2 stories set in the 1800's and modern day Australia. We are given insights into what life must have been like in a land as harsh but beautiful as 19th century Australia although one reader felt the author's treatment of the Aboriginal characters was stereotypical and "embarrassing".
Without giving away spoilers to the story, our general comments on the novel were that it is a good read and we couldn't wait to finish it and that all the ends tied up neatly. I was intrigued by the 2 main characters and their stories although I find it difficult to believe the midnight trysts between Brenna and Lucien would have happened during the 1800's. I greatly enjoyed the childhood relationship between Roo and Wolf though. We think this book will work well as a movie !
Our rating for the book averaged a 6.8 out of 10.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday April 28th at Jane's and the book selection is The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks.
