Fiction

I already do not like this book (but am the "have to finish it anyway" type. Like you said, there is no central character, except the man who dies on the first page. I do not like ANY of the people in the book, the children are all nasty, and the adults are maladjusted. I'm glad someone else finds it difficult to keep up with the many characters, and their children, and their spouses, and their story. it is so grubby, is that the way rural England really is?

I think Rowland is a terrific writer, in general, but this book is too off-putting. I do not recommend it.