Joanna Trollope - DAUGHTERS IN LAW

review by Maggie Perkovic on show 5th May 2011
THIS IS A VERY WELL WRITTEN BOOK ABOUT FAMILIES, WHICH THIS AUTHOR DOES VERY WELL!!!!
RACHEL LOVES BEING AT THE CENTRE OF HER
LARGE FAMILY.
SHE HAS DEVOTED HERSELF TO BRINGING UP HER
THREE SONS, TWO OF WHOM ARE MARRIED, AND
THE YOUNGEST IS ABOUT TO DO TH SAME.
SHE LOVES TO ENTERTAIN THEM IN THEIR
CHILDHOOD HOME ON THE WIDE, BIRD HAUNTED
COAST OF SUFFOLK.
HER HUSBAND ANTHONY A SKILLED ARTIST OF
WILD LIFE, IN PARTICULAR BIRDS IS HAPPY TO
WELCOME THEM HOME, BUT HE UNDERSTANDS
THAT THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES TO LIVE,
AND NEED TO BREAK THE MATERNAL BONDS.
EDWARD THE ELDEST SON HAS A SWEDISH WIFE
WHO WORKS IN A LABORATORY, AND A SEVEN
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND HE RESENTS HIS
MOTHER EXPECTING HIM TO DROP EVERYTHING TO
HELP WITH SOME PROBLEMS HIS MIDDLE BROTHER
HAS.
RALPH, THIS BROTHER, IS FINDING HE NEEDS TO
MOVE ON TO BETTER EMPLOYMENT TO SUPPORT
HIS RATHER FEY WIFE, AND HIS ADORABLE SONS,
TODDLERS STILL.
LUKE WHO IS ABOUT TO GET MARRIED IS SO IN
LOVE WITH HIS FIANCE THAT HE ALLOWS HER TO
OVERRULE HIS MOTHER, WHICH HAS NEVER
HAPPENED BEFORE. THE STORY UNFOLDS IN A GRIPPING AND REALISTIC WAY AS THEY ALL QUESTION OLD ASSUMPTIONS AND RACHEL REALISES THAT THE WIVES ARE BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT TO HER SONS THAN SHE IS.
ALL MOTHERS IN LAW AND ALL DAUGHTERS IN LAW WILL RECOGNISE THEMSELVES IN THIS BOOK.
I LOVED IT AND HEARTILY RECOMMEND IT!!!
by Mags