March Murray returns with her teenage daughter Gwen to her childhood home in a coastal Massachusetts town after a death in the family. There she runs into Hank Hallet, her first love and a wild boy from a poor family, and old feelings resurface despite the years and the people they have become. Alice Hoffman wrote a modern take on Wuthering Heights, keeping the dark passion and the cruelty, while adding a mother-daughter story. March's obsession threatens everyone around her, and Gwen herself is drawn to Hank.
Readers who like lyrical, emotionally intense novels with a touch of the gothic will find it absorbing. It's a book about obsession, about the people we cannot leave behind, and about the damage that love can do when it won't let go.
Inward-looking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
