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Title: The Secret of Summerhayes
Author: Merryn Allingham
Narrator: Lara J. West
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-27-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A war-torn summer
A house fallen into ruin
A family broken apart by scandal...
Summer 1944: Bombed out by the Blitz, Bethany Merston takes up a post as companion to elderly Alice Summer, last remaining inhabitant of the dilapidated and crumbling Summerhayes estate. Now a shadow of its former glory, most of the rooms have been shut up, the garden is overgrown and the whole place feels as unwelcoming as the family themselves.
Struggling with the realities of war, Alice is plagued by anonymous letters and haunting visions of her old household. At first Beth tries to convince her it's all in her mind but soon starts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the aristocratic family's past.
An evocative and captivating tale, The Secret of Summerhayes tells of dark secrets, almost-forgotten scandals and a household teetering on the edge of ruin.
Members Reviews:
An engaging historical story that will hold you captive from start to finish!
Firstly, I just have to mention the stunning cover of THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham. While the image above is lovely it does not do justice to this richly coloured and atmospheric cover that made me pick it up straight away and dive into its pages.
Now onto the novel itself.
It is the summer of 1944 and the army has arrived in force at Summerhayes estate, which is nothing new as the crumbling manor has been the home to soldiers for a while now. In a small section of the house lives Alice Summer, the owner of the estate, and her last remaining helpers, Mr. Ripley, and Bethany Merston. Bethany, who acts as a companion to Alice, is trained as a school teacher but when her school was destroyed by the war, she was lucky to find the job in Summerhayes, even if Alice can be a handful at times. When strange letters begin to arrive that haunt Alice, it soon becomes apparent that somebody wants to scare her or worse.
Can Bethany with the help of a certain soldier, uncover the truth? And as they delve into the past history of Summerhayes will the truth destroy Alice?
THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham is a richly layered historical story that paints a picture for you as you get lost in the drama. There are so many in-depth and likeable characters in this story and you immediately become connected to what is happening and need to know how it ends. That's not to say that all of the characters have that effect - I won't name the one that made my skin crawl from the very beginning, I'll let you find that out for yourselves.
âThe harsh reality of the war is depicted expertly throughout, and Summerhayes comes alive as we begin to imagine what it used to look like in its former glory and then in its shambling ruins. There is a dark and mysterious undercurrent that runs throughout this story and as Bethany makes it her mission to protect Alice from the past, she soon realises that to keep Alice safe she has to dig up old memories and many secrets and betrayals will come to light.
THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham is everything I hoped it would be and so much more, and I am now going on a shopping spree to treat myself to some of the author's other titles - The Buttonmaker's Daughter, The Girl from Cobb Street, The Nurse's War, and Daisy's Long Road Home.
THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham is an excellent book with an excellent plot and excellent characters.
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Title: The Secret of Summerhayes
Author: Merryn Allingham
Narrator: Lara J. West
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-27-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A war-torn summer
A house fallen into ruin
A family broken apart by scandal...
Summer 1944: Bombed out by the Blitz, Bethany Merston takes up a post as companion to elderly Alice Summer, last remaining inhabitant of the dilapidated and crumbling Summerhayes estate. Now a shadow of its former glory, most of the rooms have been shut up, the garden is overgrown and the whole place feels as unwelcoming as the family themselves.
Struggling with the realities of war, Alice is plagued by anonymous letters and haunting visions of her old household. At first Beth tries to convince her it's all in her mind but soon starts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the aristocratic family's past.
An evocative and captivating tale, The Secret of Summerhayes tells of dark secrets, almost-forgotten scandals and a household teetering on the edge of ruin.
Members Reviews:
An engaging historical story that will hold you captive from start to finish!
Firstly, I just have to mention the stunning cover of THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham. While the image above is lovely it does not do justice to this richly coloured and atmospheric cover that made me pick it up straight away and dive into its pages.
Now onto the novel itself.
It is the summer of 1944 and the army has arrived in force at Summerhayes estate, which is nothing new as the crumbling manor has been the home to soldiers for a while now. In a small section of the house lives Alice Summer, the owner of the estate, and her last remaining helpers, Mr. Ripley, and Bethany Merston. Bethany, who acts as a companion to Alice, is trained as a school teacher but when her school was destroyed by the war, she was lucky to find the job in Summerhayes, even if Alice can be a handful at times. When strange letters begin to arrive that haunt Alice, it soon becomes apparent that somebody wants to scare her or worse.
Can Bethany with the help of a certain soldier, uncover the truth? And as they delve into the past history of Summerhayes will the truth destroy Alice?
THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham is a richly layered historical story that paints a picture for you as you get lost in the drama. There are so many in-depth and likeable characters in this story and you immediately become connected to what is happening and need to know how it ends. That's not to say that all of the characters have that effect - I won't name the one that made my skin crawl from the very beginning, I'll let you find that out for yourselves.
âThe harsh reality of the war is depicted expertly throughout, and Summerhayes comes alive as we begin to imagine what it used to look like in its former glory and then in its shambling ruins. There is a dark and mysterious undercurrent that runs throughout this story and as Bethany makes it her mission to protect Alice from the past, she soon realises that to keep Alice safe she has to dig up old memories and many secrets and betrayals will come to light.
THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham is everything I hoped it would be and so much more, and I am now going on a shopping spree to treat myself to some of the author's other titles - The Buttonmaker's Daughter, The Girl from Cobb Street, The Nurse's War, and Daisy's Long Road Home.
THE SECRET OF SUMMERHAYES by Merryn Allingham is an excellent book with an excellent plot and excellent characters.