"Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother, Edie, is distraught. Her husband, on the other hand, is rather hoping to get his wife back, after decades of family life"

Bought a late evening at Frankfurt Airport. It took me safely through the near 3-hour flight back to Porto. In my opinion not one of Joanna Trollope's best books, but as a good friend of mine says "not one to give you nightmares.

to be read thanks