I like her style, her wit and her pace. The ending was a bit of a cop-out (see what you think) but it was certainly worth getting there. Arizona, illegal immigrants, an English family in the middle of nowhere, lots of emotional entanglements and full of the unexpected. I enjoyed it a lot. Her Hunting Unicorns was one of the early Richard and Judy Book Club choices, also highly recommended.
Similar this month: None but try Adrienne Dines.
Comparison: Leif Enger, Nicholas Evans, Joshilyn Jackson.
'To the south lies Mexico. To the North you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains . . . and in between is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe.'
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'To the south lies Mexico. To the North you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains . . . and in between is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe.' On the run from her claustrophobic marriage in London, Alice Coleman moves her two small children to a ghost town in the Arizona desert – and there finds an escape she hadn't thought possible. But the mythic southwest has room for more than one fugitive.
Midnight Cactus features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Family Drama, General Fiction, Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Recommendations
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Midnight Cactus was written by Bella Pollen and published by Pan Macmillan
Midnight Cactus has 448 pages
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