Art Hout at the Duchess Hotel
Sophie Green
WOW what a beautiful story, I am not sure where to start, I absolutely loved this one from start to finish, Sophie Green has never disappointed me and this one is I think her best yet, I loved the woman in this story, getting to know them and feeling all of the emotions, this one is about friendship, love, marriage and life and in my opinion is a must read, come along back to 1999 and get to know Joan, Frances, Kirrily and Alison.
Joan is middle age married mother and grandmother, after a phone call from her husband Isaac one day she decides that it is time that she thought about herself instead of everyone else, it has been too long since she has picked up a paint brush, thirty five years of being there for them it is now time for herself and she packs her things and takes off to Victoria to the Duchess Hotel on the Mornington Peninsula to the place that holds many memories from her childhood, will this trip see her find herself?
Frances, is seventy five and is doing her best to avoid getting older she lives very close to the Duchess Hotel and visits every day, here she feels real and alive, she has made friends with many of the staff mainly the barman Shane, she has a son Keith and daughter Alison.
Alison is married with two children her home has been turned upside down with the arrival of her husband’s first son and she is spending as much time with her mother, Frances looking for love that she feels always went to her terrible brother.
Kirrily, is married to Connor with two young children one who needs constant medical attention, life is hard, she works at the Duchess Hotel and is struggling with life at the moment will there be something that turns her life around?
Joan is soon becoming close friends with Frances and is soon painting and drawing again her life is opening up and when soon she seems to be holding art classes that bring these woman together, life is opening for them all, life is not easy but together can they help each other? Will Joan stay or will she move back to Sydney?
These woman of different generations open up to each other the drawing and painting help them express their feelings and the friendships grow and soon Art Hour at the Duchess hotel is what they all look forward to each week, come along and meet them I am sure you will love them and this story as much as I did.
I do highly recommend this one, it was one that was hard to put down.
Joan is middle age married mother and grandmother, after a phone call from her husband Isaac one day she decides that it is time that she thought about herself instead of everyone else, it has been too long since she has picked up a paint brush, thirty five years of being there for them it is now time for herself and she packs her things and takes off to Victoria to the Duchess Hotel on the Mornington Peninsula to the place that holds many memories from her childhood, will this trip see her find herself?
Frances, is seventy five and is doing her best to avoid getting older she lives very close to the Duchess Hotel and visits every day, here she feels real and alive, she has made friends with many of the staff mainly the barman Shane, she has a son Keith and daughter Alison.
Alison is married with two children her home has been turned upside down with the arrival of her husband’s first son and she is spending as much time with her mother, Frances looking for love that she feels always went to her terrible brother.
Kirrily, is married to Connor with two young children one who needs constant medical attention, life is hard, she works at the Duchess Hotel and is struggling with life at the moment will there be something that turns her life around?
Joan is soon becoming close friends with Frances and is soon painting and drawing again her life is opening up and when soon she seems to be holding art classes that bring these woman together, life is opening for them all, life is not easy but together can they help each other? Will Joan stay or will she move back to Sydney?
These woman of different generations open up to each other the drawing and painting help them express their feelings and the friendships grow and soon Art Hour at the Duchess hotel is what they all look forward to each week, come along and meet them I am sure you will love them and this story as much as I did.
I do highly recommend this one, it was one that was hard to put down.
5 stars
July 31, 2024 by Hachette Australia
