Dark moonlight sonata2/20/2023 ![]() The waters quickly become murky and details are slowly revealed…. The pōhutukawa trees are in flower, there is late night swims, BBQ dinners and card games whilst surrounded by your aunties, uncles, and cousins. ![]() The scene is set at Nana’s house, near the beach during summertime in New Zealand during a typical (or maybe not so typical on second thoughts) family holiday. Suddenly the secrets are spilling out at rapid pace and an unexpected Moonlight Sonata - Eileen Merriman Sounds awesome right?! The waters quickly become murky and details are slowly revealed…. Moonlight Sonata - Eileen Merriman The scene is set at Nana’s house, near the beach during summertime in New Zealand during a typical (or maybe not so typical on second thoughts) family holiday. Like the storm, you can see something building in the distance. However, as the storm clouds roll it, you are not prepared for the eventual outcomes. ![]() You know that something is lurking under the surface and you begin to guess just what it will be as the narrative unfolds. Molly and Joe get to spend time together, much to the displeasure of Molly’s husband Richard. That they are always running out of bread and bacon with so many teenagers in the house, is a lovely touch of realism. I like the realism of this book – it feels just like a normal New Year at the beach for a large family fun and games with the underlying tension that always develops when everyone is bunched together. There is lots of furtive behaviour from the two cousins, trying to hide their increasing fascination with each other from a household of at least ten others. Molly’s son Noah is not coping well with being moved to Australia, but now he is home he develops a crush on his younger cousin Lola. The twins are very close and have that sixth sense about each other that twins sometimes have. Now both of them live at a distance from their mother, Molly in Australia and Joe in the Middle-East. In a series of flash backs we see some of their past life, the times when they were together once more as teenagers and the different way that they were treated. Hazel’s husband was an alcoholic and as a result she left home with her daughter, separating Molly and her twin brother for six years of their childhood. Scratch the surface and some more troubling events will emerge. They are not exactly one big happy family, but they do laugh and banter well together. There are lots of kids, all cousins, who have grown up with this New Year ritual of visits to grandma at the beach. Molly and her husband Richard have brought their teenage son, while Molly’s older brothers have brought their wives and families too. Most of all this is a story about twins, Molly and Joe. And being a New Zealand novel, New Year comes in mid-summer when it is the best time to be on the beach, outdoors and sitting in a deck chair with food and drink. It is the story of a big family who gather at the beach-front home of the matriarch, Hazel, for New Year. Molly and her husband Richard have brought their teenage son, while Molly’s older brothers This is a great modern day family saga with a dark twist lurking beneath the surface. ![]() This is a great modern day family saga with a dark twist lurking beneath the surface. ![]()
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