![]() Still wrapped up in the grief of losing her husband, her children have clearly suffered, she makes poor choices that impacts them and seems to take an age to come together. Whilst Matt is deplorable and his wife a willing accomplice, Isabel isn't a great character either. I normally take to one or more of her characters, especially the main players, however, I didn't find this the case in this story. I love Jojo Moyes, her books are always really different from each other and her style is so easy to follow, it is like getting into your comfy slippers. However Matt isn't about to let his dream go and soon puts his plan into action, with consequences that change the lives of everyone. As it is, it passes to his niece and children, Isabel, Kitty, and Thierry, struggling with the death of her husband and their new financial issues they move to the country and learn a new way of life. All for the deeds of his house when he passes on, which should be soon they think, as he has no family. Matt McCarthy and his wife, Laura, have pampered to their neighbour, taking him meals, cleaning his sheets, looking after him and putting up with his crude comments. For her neighbour Matt McCarthy, the house is revenge. ![]() For the recently-widowed Isabel, the house is a potential lifeline. When its reclusive owner dies intestate the Spanish House is left to his city-dwelling niece. ![]() ![]() The Spanish House is known to locals as an architectural folly, and it is now nearly derelict to boot. ![]()
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