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Echoes of the Past
Can a family thrive after the death of a domineering patriarch?
Buckie, Scotland 1912
One year after Weem Lowrie’s death, his wife Jess and children are still living in his shadow, bound by the strict decisions he imposed when he was alive.
Eldest son James and his sister Bethany are trapped in marriages arranged to bolster the value of the family’s fishing business. Youngest son, Innes, struggles with the memory of his father’s disapproval over his failure to become a fisherman.
James longs to take over as skipper of the family fishing boat, The Fidelity, rather than working for his uncle. Bethany dreams of escaping from her role as a wife and stepmother to two young children and Innes longs for acceptance and respect from his siblings and to be seen as a man. But pursuing these aims only seems to invite new conflict into their lives.
And when Jess’s childhood sweetheart returns to Buckie, his attempts to help the family using his wealth and influence seem destined to cause even more chaos.
Storytelling at its best, Evelyn Hood is the original bestselling Scottish saga writer
Previously published as The Shimmer of the Herring
Purchase Link - https://mybook.to/EchoesofthePastBook
Author Bio –
The Sunday Times bestselling author of 28 published novels, Evelyn Hood had a variety of jobs, including being a journalist and a poultry farmer. She was a full time writer, best known for her family sagas, set mainly in her home town of Paisley (Renfrewshire) and on the Clyde coast, where she also lived.
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| My thoughts |
A 'family saga' story set in Scotland in the early 1900s. The characters were all believably portrayed, the setting well done - and the book as a whole an interesting read, with the lives of a fishing community well-portrayed and echoing the culture of the time. I did find all the family squabbling a little tiresome - however followers of the TV soaps (Eastenders and Coronation Street, for instance) will not feel the same. (I actually don't like the soaps either, for the same reason.)
The story very much put me in mind of Catherine Cookson - the favourite of many a reader when I was a library assistant back in the 1970s. Family sagas about fictional people who have to survive the tragedies - and good moments - of life were popular then, and it is good to know that they still are!
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