Book Review:- "Coming up
Roses" by Rachel Lucas
Review written by L Trollope.
RACHEL Lucas has 'grown' a delightful new novel. Passionate, professional gardener, Daisy, newly homeless and still bruised by a broken romance returns to the family home, but her parents go off on an adventure abroad leaving Daisy house sitting. Gardening is not her parents' forte, presenting Daisy with a huge challenge to restore the grounds to their historic glory. Inevitably, Daisy makes friends within the community and begins to get involved in village life. These friends soon find themselves supporting each other through the various crises and traumas which arise. Of course there are the romantic encounters one expects which develop in time.
'Coming up Roses' is easy reading, and everything is satisfactorily resolved by the end of the tale. However, the book is thoughtfully written, the characters and themes are plausible without too many amazing coincidences, so there is no need for undue suspension of credulity.
Central also to the plot are the problems of changing modern day aspirations and values, including the buying of prime sites for building, even though many see these practices as detrimental to the community. Threading these issues into the characters' daily lives, as the villagers seek a solution, gives an added dimension, which made this book a really good read.
Book Information:-
Paperback:- 300 pages
Publisher:- Pan; Main Market Ed. Edition (21 May 2015)
Language:- English
ISBN-10:- 1447265483
ISBN-13: 978-144726548-1
