Still Waters - Softcover

Judith Saxton; Katie Flynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099435284 ISBN 13: 9780099435280

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

A love story about a woman who is desperately trying to remember her past--and a man who is just as determined to forget his. World War I has just begun and Tess Delamere's life will soon change. Long isolated, she meets Australian adventurer Mal Chandler and the two have more in common than they know .

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

A family's mysterious past returns to haunt an English girl between the world wars in this enjoyable but facile effort from the popular Saxton (Harvest Moon). Little Tess Delamere lives in the Norfolk countryside with her doting, widowed dad and their friendly neighbors. The only dark spot on her childhood is Tess's recurring dream about a dimly remembered dreadful experience at the seaside. After she is sent to boarding school at the behest of her father's French fiancee, Marianne, Tess meets handsome, self-centered Ashley Knox, who falls in love with her and reveals secrets about the mother she can't remember. Meanwhile, a world away in Australia, young Mal Chandler is having his own growing pains, trying to lose his shadowy past as assiduously as Tess is trying to regain hers. When WWII intrudes, the two are thrown together and solve each other's mysteries?though their future is thrown into doubt when Mal is taken prisoner and Ashley dances attendance on Tess. Lyrical descriptions of England and convincing detail of cattle-station life in Australia add charm to the tale of this vibrant protagonist.
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From Booklist:

Tess and Mal meet at a dance during World War II. They immediately fall in love and plan to get married, but before the wedding can take place, Mal's plane disappears over France. During the long wait, Tess continues with her own war efforts, working on a farm and coping with family demands. When Mal finally returns at the end of the war, they pick up their relationship where they left off, only to discover that they seem to have nothing in common. But both suffer from nightmares, and this affliction binds them together as Mal tries to forget his dreams and Tess wonders about the cause of hers. Together they find the source of her bad dreams and solidify their marriage, an opportunity for Saxton, a master of historical fiction, to describe their very different childhoods--Tess' life of relative comfort in a small town near Norwich, England, and Cal's more difficult childhood in Melbourne, Australia--in detail. Life may have been simpler during this time, but it was definitely not simplistic. Pat Engelmann

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0099435284
• ISBN 13: 9780099435280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672