The holiday home
By: by Fern Britton
Publisher: HarperCollins; Harper; HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007468539; 9780007468553; 9780007468546
Subjects: Sisters; Family secrets; Cornwall (England County) Fiction; Fiction
Description: Set on a Cornish cliff, Atlantic House has been the jewel in the Carew family crown for centuries. Each year, the Carew sisters embark on their summer holiday, but they are as different as vinegar and honey. Prudence, hard-nosed businesswoman married to the meek and mild Francis, is about to get a shock reminder that you should never take anything for granted. Constance, loving wife to philandering husband Greg, has always been out-witted by her manipulative sibling. Suspecting that Pru wants to get her hands on Atlantic House, Connie won't take things lying down. When an old face reappears on the scene, years of simmering resentment reach boiling point. Little do the women know that a long-buried secret is about to bite them on the bottom ...
Table of contents: title: Hardback -Two sisters, one house and a lifetime of secrets...Set on a Cornish cliff, buffeted by centuries of Atlantic storms, the Carew family's holiday house has housed smugglers and redcoats, clergyman and whores. For over one hundred years this prestigious home has been the jewel in the family crown and been paid for by the family business; title: Carew Classic Board Games. Each generation has taken its job of caretaking seriously. Passed from father to son until the male line died out and two daughters were left to inherit. Ally; title: petite, kittenish and a marriage wrecker. She is unafraid to use her arsenal of sexual tricks to get what she wants. Dede; title: tall and willowy, shy and unassuming. Men long to protect and possess her. The two sisters are as different as vinegar and honey and their years of simmering resentments and sibling rivalry are about to reach boiling point. Both women want the house for themselves and both are determined that nothing, nothing will stand in their way...