Author: Jojo Moyes
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2007 (This Edition 2013)
Pages: 390
Available In: Paperback & Kindle
This is a beautifully evocative tale of three women living
in the idyllic “Silver Bay” on Australia’s coast and how one man’s visit
changes their lives forever. Liza
McCullen lives in the Silver Bay Hotel with her aunt Kathleen and her young
daughter Hannah. The three women live a peaceful and sheltered life in the Bay,
where Kathleen runs one of the only hotels and Liza spends her time conducting “Whale
Watching” tours on her boat. Then Mike Dormer, the mild-mannered smart
Englishman who is set to change everything arrives in the hotel.
This book is told through the eyes of the three women and
Mike Dormer and although at first you are lead to believe they are all happy
with their lives you can soon see they are all missing a little something which
turns them from existing into living. It
is beautifully written and will immerse you totally in the lives of these
characters.
My favourite character in this book is Mike. I love the way
he changed from being very accepting of his circumstances and not really
involving himself with decisions to being someone who decides what he wants and
does everything he can to get it.
I love the way that both Liza and Mike begin to change their
lives after they have been whale watching, it’s as if the whales bring a calm
magic to the lives of people who see them. I think this happened to me also
while reading, at first I couldn’t really get into the story but then about 100
pages in Liza takes Mike out to see the whales and something changed and I could
not put this book down.
Jojo Moyes has once again turned a subject matter I’m not
sure of into something utterly beautiful which will touch your heart as the
story unfolds.
Rating: 4/5
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