Sea of Dreams by Susan Sallis
(Bantam Press, £16.99)
Holly and Mark Jepson always go to Uncle Reg for Christmas.
His holiday chalets are always full, and Holly spends her time with Maude cooking lunch for everyone. Not this year however; Holly is determined to have a holiday with Mark, with no cooking and definitely no children around.
Undeterred, Uncle Reg sets about his plans as usual, and is resolute that they will come. And to Holly's dismay they do go, because Uncle Reg breaks his hip, the chalets are full and someone has to be in charge.
Each group brings its own story; an eccentric artist with his daughter, three elderly ladies, some newly-weds and a wife escaping from a violent relationship. Their stories are varied, interesting and familiar.
They will all in their own way play a part in the unexpected and at times shattering events as the millennium dawns.
Susan Sallis writes heart-warming novels of ordinary people, who have ordinary lives, but each story invokes a memory.
Well worth a read.
Annie Dendy
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