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A review by jlasch
Coral Glynn by Peter Cameron
4.0
I can best described this book as an English farce...the dark side.
Coral Glynn is a hired nurse who is placed at an English Manor to nurse an old woman dying of cancer. When the lady dies earlier than expected, Coral finds herself once again alone and without a home. When the lady's estranged son, Major Clement Hart, makes an unexpected marriage proposal to Coral, she accepts. They are both very lonely people, who just seem to be going through the motions of life, and this unconventional marriage seems like a reasonable solution to provide some sort of acceptable companionship. However, when Coral witnesses a very strange event in the woods, she becomes a suspect in a murder, and leaves Major Hart immediately after their wedding.
All of the main characters in this novel seem so incredibly lonely and sad - not only Coral and Clement, but Clement's best friend, Robin (who is not so secretly in love with the Major), his wife Dolly, and even the housekeeper of the Hart home. Each of these characters have their own story to tell about finding happiness in which they can be true to their authentic selves, but some wind up in a better place than others.
Coral Glynn is a hired nurse who is placed at an English Manor to nurse an old woman dying of cancer. When the lady dies earlier than expected, Coral finds herself once again alone and without a home. When the lady's estranged son, Major Clement Hart, makes an unexpected marriage proposal to Coral, she accepts. They are both very lonely people, who just seem to be going through the motions of life, and this unconventional marriage seems like a reasonable solution to provide some sort of acceptable companionship. However, when Coral witnesses a very strange event in the woods, she becomes a suspect in a murder, and leaves Major Hart immediately after their wedding.
All of the main characters in this novel seem so incredibly lonely and sad - not only Coral and Clement, but Clement's best friend, Robin (who is not so secretly in love with the Major), his wife Dolly, and even the housekeeper of the Hart home. Each of these characters have their own story to tell about finding happiness in which they can be true to their authentic selves, but some wind up in a better place than others.