Waiting For Kintsugi
The House Of Light And Shadows by Lauren Westwood is a powerful contemporary novel that consumed me from the start.
The novel is set in two time periods – present day and the late nineteenth century as we ‘hear’ via a voice in the past what has happened.
An old house links the two time periods, as does a character trapped in time and space. The past is gone but lives on in hearts full of guilt and regret.
In both time periods there are estranged sisters. Words spoken in hurt and anger have done irreparable damage. Characters need to put aside their differences and unite in love before it is too late.
A character is re-living the past, preventing her from living in the present. “The past can’t be recovered… But don’t lose any more time. Stop hurting and start living.”
A phone call out of the blue offers a second chance – but is it too little, too late?
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