Lisa and her brother Charles return penniless from the Far East to drab post-war London in 1948. However, their lives improve when they move to their home town of Stratford. This is a story of interwoven love affairs set agains the colourful thespian background of Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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From Publishers Weekly
The ponderous seventh novel by British author Goodwin ( To Love a Hero ) offers a wealth of background on post-WW II England and on Stratford-upon-Avon's theatrical world, but the slow pace neutralizes the adroitly sketched settings and realistic characters. After the war, Lisa Whitfield and her brother Charles return from Burma and India, where they've spent years at his army post, to find a morally changed and economically impoverished society. Struggling to make ends meet--a difficult task, given Charles's gambling urges--they return to hometown Stratford. Romantic complications form the bulk of the plot as Charles's womanizing leads him to pursue, marry and cheat on the 17-year-old daughter of a family friend. Lisa's long-lost love from Calcutta resurfaces, now married to a prominent Shakespearean actress. Lisa is a strong and admirable heroine--when she isn't subjugating her own wishes to those of others, especially her brother. Comprehensive descriptions of all that occurs in Stratford and in Lisa's mind effectively remove suspense from the plot twists; the predictable happy ending ties up all loose ends.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
When they return to England from Burma in 1948, Lisa Whitfield and her brother Charles hardly recognize the homeland they had left ten years before. An unexpected legacy from their father's estate alleviates their poverty and allows them to settle in their native Stratford, where they are drawn into the city's theatrical society. Lisa tries to forget her wartime love affair through involvement with a journalist. She also intervenes to help those affected by Charles's self-centeredness, notably when he elopes with the only daughter of an old family friend and later drives his wife to attempt suicide because of an affair with an actress. Goodwin's lush writing creates an undertone of sensuality that spices the story, as she deftly handles numerous subplots. Readers who want passion in their historical romances will relish this novel.
- Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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