In 1946, members of the Sheridan family--David, a pilot scarred by Japanese torture in Sumatra; his mother, Marion, widowed by the war; and his sister, Vesta, a noted war artist--struggle to rebuild their lives in the wake of the devastation of war.
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From Publishers Weekly
Darrell delivers another well-crafted novel of love and war in the Sheridan Family saga (after And in the Morning), this one set in Dorset, England, in 1946. David Sheridan, a former RAF fighter pilot, suffers emotional scars from internment by the Japanese and subsequent indignities. He returns home to assume his place as landowner and squire of Tarrant Hall, and to set a wedding date with Pat Chandler. Before he is free to wed, however, he must travel to Singapore to learn the fate of a Chinese nurse he married in 1941. Meanwhile, David's mother, Marion, who ran the estate during the war, falls in love with a man whose motives her artist daughter, Vesta, mistrusts. For her part, Vesta plans to marry her sometime professional partner, the charismatic American war correspondent Brad Holland. Circumstances, including burgeoning Cold War tensions, conspire to change everyone's relationships, as the Sheridans and those they love deal with human frailties and discover new truths. At times, the narrative reads more like a history lesson than a novel, but it's a memorable, full-blooded historical.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In the continuation of her Sheridan family saga, Darrell infuses the lives of the surviving Sheridans with the same hope for a brighter future felt by the rest of the world in the aftermath of World War II. David, now head of the family, plans to divorce the war bride he left behind in Sumatra and marry his new love, Pat. David's mother, Marion, plans to retire from managing the family estate, and his sister Vesta, an acclaimed artist, pursues a future doing paintings about the war with her fiance. But David's inability to locate his wife leads him to return to Sumatra to face the demons haunting his nightmares; Marion is forced to change her plans when David's world crashes in on him; and Vesta's fianceabandons her for a rising career in journalism. The Sheridan family's struggle to recapture brighter days and fleeting moments of happiness parallels the rebirth of the once warring nations. The skillful blend of history and fiction captures the intensity and drama of the new world order and paves the way for the next novel in the series. Melanie Duncan
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