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An Unsuitable Marriage
What you need to know before your trail
Olivia had everything – a loving husband in Geoffrey, a thoughtful and intelligent son in Edward and a beautiful home in the Somerset countryside.
But all that changed when Geoffrey’s business went under. Now penniless and homeless, Geoffrey is living with his recently widowed mother, whilst Olivia has been forced to work as a housemistress at her son’s elite boarding school.
With their marriage under intolerable strain, Geoffrey makes a mistake – one that has devastating consequences for the guilty and innocent alike . .
Travel Guide
Somerset
Compton Bishop or “Compton Cross”
Imagine you’ve lived in a small village for years and now your business is in trouble. When it breaks down, it takes your marriage with it and many of your friends and fellow villagers are the victims of job losses. What do you do when your small world gets smaller and smaller and makes you feel more alone than ever?
How do the dynamics of a small village change and what are the changes between the villagers and their friends. This village called Compton Cross is a town of many shadows. Tension and fear over job losses which hang over the village like a dark dark cloud.
From a manor house to a boarding school, where do you go when you have nowhere left to hide?
Booktrailer Review
Susan @thebooktrailer
A story of a marriage breakdown but also that of how living in a small village affects and magnifies everything that happens. It was frightening to read about just how easy and quickly a marriage can not only fall apart but implode. What really interested me was the dynamics of a small cosy village blown apart by a failing business and the man at the manor at the centre of it all. I expected the villagers, especially those who came across him at the pub to be a little more angry but the shadow over the village is clear to see in other ways.
As wife Olivia moves on to working in a school, things get even worse but again it’s the dynamics of the village and the effects of job losses on the village that really fascinated. Maybe as there has been so many stories in the news recently and it was a nice touch to see both the changes for those who live in the manor and the villagers.
This is quite a darker book that you might think – for things get much darker still – that’s when the title really kicked in for me.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: An Unsuitable Marriage
Author/Guide: Colette Dartford Destination: Somerset Departure Time: 2000s
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