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The Glass House
by Eve Chase
I love a book that begins with a body. You are catapulted into the story head first with a newspaper article, informing you of the discovery of a body at Foxcote Manor belonging to the Harrington family. Having moved in just one month prior due to a fire at their London home.
Narrated by Rita, Hera and Sylvia and told both in 1971 and the present day we have more than one plot running parallel. We have broken marriages, affairs, loss, grief and murder but throughout it all the author has deftly highlighted the treatment of women and the expectations that are placed upon them.
Minor characters and the setting normally take second place but here the author uses them to her advantage making them equally as important. The descriptive writing style makes this a book to get lost in and savour rather than rush through and this is more of a teapot than just a one cup of tea read.
I will be honest when I read the blurb and saw the cover I expected a Victorian Gothic mystery so to find this was set in the 70’s was a complete surprise. Although while reading I got so swept away by the author’s writing that it could have been timeless.
Like a tapestry this is richly woven with multiple threads that all come together to paint an exquisite picture.
Narrated by Rita, Hera and Sylvia and told both in 1971 and the present day we have more than one plot running parallel. We have broken marriages, affairs, loss, grief and murder but throughout it all the author has deftly highlighted the treatment of women and the expectations that are placed upon them.
Minor characters and the setting normally take second place but here the author uses them to her advantage making them equally as important. The descriptive writing style makes this a book to get lost in and savour rather than rush through and this is more of a teapot than just a one cup of tea read.
I will be honest when I read the blurb and saw the cover I expected a Victorian Gothic mystery so to find this was set in the 70’s was a complete surprise. Although while reading I got so swept away by the author’s writing that it could have been timeless.
Like a tapestry this is richly woven with multiple threads that all come together to paint an exquisite picture.