Jumping to Conclusions
Registered by LindyLouMac of Tywyn, Wales United Kingdom on 11/7/2008
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A couple of books bought secondhand from a village jumble sale; in the front, a name - Johnnie Bearsden - scrawled in a childish hand. This is all it takes for old wounds to open and rumours to begin swirling again. Who is the father of seven-year-old Izzy Haddon? - her mother, Jess, has never revealed the secret. Now Johnnie is coming back to the village with his American wife and children. Everyone has always assumed that he is Izzy's father, but Jess maintains her resolute silence and gets on with what she does best - riding racehorses in point-to-points. Jess's mother, who looks after her little granddaughter Izzy, and loves her with a passion, rightly suspects that things cannot long go on as they are. And when the story breaks, there will surely be terrible consequences.
A couple of books bought secondhand from a village jumble sale; in the front, a name - Johnnie Bearsden - scrawled in a childish hand. This is all it takes for old wounds to open and rumours to begin swirling again. Who is the father of seven-year-old Izzy Haddon? - her mother, Jess, has never revealed the secret. Now Johnnie is coming back to the village with his American wife and children. Everyone has always assumed that he is Izzy's father, but Jess maintains her resolute silence and gets on with what she does best - riding racehorses in point-to-points. Jess's mother, who looks after her little granddaughter Izzy, and loves her with a passion, rightly suspects that things cannot long go on as they are. And when the story breaks, there will surely be terrible consequences.
A heart warming and romantic story set in a rural setting with realistic and strong characters, immerse yourself in village life, horses and rumours. An evocative read that transported me to the English countryside where we spent many happy years before moving to Italy.
Jess Haddon is a point to point jockey and she lives with her mother Belinda and daughter Izzy in the Dorset village where she grew up and developed her passion for horses. Jess has always kept the identity of her daughter's father strictly to herself but of course this did not stop the rumours when she was born, when locals suspected that she had been having an affair with a local married man. Seven years later those old wounds are reopened when the name 'Johnnie Bearsden' appears in some books purchased at a local village jumble sale, it seems he and his family are back. On seeing his name again Jess is unsettled but will neither confirm or deny that he is Izzy's father not even to her Mother. Belinda feels that the secret cannot be kept for ever and that when it does come out everything will change, especially for her granddaughter.
Will Jess manage to keep her secret or will all be revealed?
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Jess Haddon is a point to point jockey and she lives with her mother Belinda and daughter Izzy in the Dorset village where she grew up and developed her passion for horses. Jess has always kept the identity of her daughter's father strictly to herself but of course this did not stop the rumours when she was born, when locals suspected that she had been having an affair with a local married man. Seven years later those old wounds are reopened when the name 'Johnnie Bearsden' appears in some books purchased at a local village jumble sale, it seems he and his family are back. On seeing his name again Jess is unsettled but will neither confirm or deny that he is Izzy's father not even to her Mother. Belinda feels that the secret cannot be kept for ever and that when it does come out everything will change, especially for her granddaughter.
Will Jess manage to keep her secret or will all be revealed?
http://lindyloumacbookreviews.blogspot.it/2012/07/jumping-to-conclusions-by-sarah-challis.html
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