“Supremely sure of her material and purpose, compassionate but never sentimental”
“Infallibly elegant... All this lies beneath the sparkling, well groomed surface of a novel which could quite easily be read as a light diversion for an idle afternoon. But look more closely and something as grim as Greek tragedy is played out around the cosy family dinner table”
- Jane Shilling - DAILY TELEGRAPH
“As ever, Trollope writes about family life with wit, intelligence and verve”
- GUARDIAN
“A poignant tale about a mother watching her children grow up and marry, and her sadness as they drift further away. Joanna's descriptive writing expresses true wrought emotion and hurt”
- HEAT REVIEW
“The author's psychology, as always, is sound, the plotting secure and the pacing brisk and page-turning. Another winner”
- DAILY MAIL
“Sociologically and psychologically as observant as ever”
- SPECTATOR
“Book of the Month: An intuitive and sympathetically observed piece of writing”
- GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
“Trollope writes with customary compassion and humanity in this heartwarming and engaging novel”
- DAILY EXPRESS
“A very superior work of women's fiction... an exceedingly skilled analysis of the relationship between different generations of women and how the power shifts as the old, as they must, get old and the young move on... it is a story told beautifully”
- SUNDAY EXPRESS
“The legendary Ms Trollope triumphs yet again, with her latest slick of classy chick-lit”
- HEAT
“This thoroughly engaging, intelligent, literate novel”
- WASHINGTON POST
“The brilliantly observed portrayal of family life is wonderfully compelling - and a story many will be able to identify with. ****”
- CLOSER
