"This rather special family and relationship story covering fifty years comes to vivid and vibrant life in the most beautiful and emotional way."
Oh how absolutely gorgeous (and a little bit heart-breaking) this is, ultimately a feel-good novel, I’ve fallen in love with The House That Made Us. A photograph album sits centre stage, with memories, beautiful strong memories, sitting snugly between the pages. Two stories are told, one between two people as they look through the album, while the other is a love story of fifty years moving forward to meet 2019.
The album creates moments in time to wander through, and the house that sits in the photos opens its arms wide to gather you in for the most thought-provoking hug. Getting to know Mac and Marie feels as though you are experiencing their life alongside them. Their differences enhance their relationship, it feels so very very real as ups and downs, laughter and sorrow pepper the pages.
There is an intriguing mystery at the heart of one side of this story, and Alice Cavanagh keeps the suspense lightly and tenderly thrumming through the pages. She covers sorrow and emotion with empathy and consideration and inserts moments of fun with an exquisite touch. In fact the many aspects and themes to this novel sit alongside each other easily, and rather beautifully.
Although I cried, I’ve been left with the most warm and affectionate feeling for this story, for the people within it, and so The House That Made Us has been chosen as a LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month.
One Day meets Up: The House That Made Us is a love story - and a life story - told through a series of photographs and inspired by a true story
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One Day meets Up: The House That Made Us is a love story - and a life story - told through a series of photographs and inspired by a true story When Mac and Marie marry and find a home of their own, Mac takes a snap of them outside their newbuild bungalow, the garden bare and the paint on the front door still wet. It becomes a tradition, this snap, and slowly the photographs build into an album of a fifty-year relationship.
The House That Made Us features in the following genres: Feel-Good Fiction, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Family Drama, Romance / Relationship Stories, Modern and Contemporary romance, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
The House That Made Us was written by Alice Cavanagh and published by Simon & Schuster Ltd
The House That Made Us has 368 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
