Woman’s Weekly UK – 23 July 2019

SylviaBrownlow

• I’mthoroughly
  enjoyingWhen
  theSingingStops
  byDiMorrissey
  at themoment.

NiloferHussain

• AliceMunro’s
  shortstories, suchas
  TooMuchHappiness,
  arebrilliant.

LindaUrquhart

• GreatExpectations
  is an absolute classic.

Theonlynovelfrom

middleBrontësister,

Emily,theatmospheric

masterpiecethatis

WutheringHeightsspans

twogenerationsbutit’sthe

volatileandunshakeable

relationshipbetweenthe

haughtyCathyEarnshaw

andfoundlingHeathcliff

thatstayswitheveryone

whoreadsit.Classbarriers,

hostilerelativesand

their own self-destructive

personalitiesdoom

thepair,andasthenovel

progresses,thesecond

generationmustfight

toescapethebitterness

oftheirflawedparents.

Our verdict

Awonderfullyevocative

read,witha castof

brooding,complexand

savagecharactersthat

blendseamlesslywiththe

bleakyetbeautifulsetting

on the Yorkshire Moors.

WHAT YOU’RE READING

BOOK CLUB CLASSICS

TheSecretHours

bySantaMontefiore(£14.99,

HB, Simon& Schuster)

The influenceof CastleDeverill

castsitsshadowacrossthe

Atlanticin SantaMontefiore’s

new novel– the fourthin the

Deverillchronicles.It’s 1960,

and wealthybut downtrodden

wife,Faye,is shockedby her

late mother’srequestthat her

ashesbe buriedin Ireland.It’s

a battleto escapedomineering

husband,Wyatt,but Faye

makesthe journeyto unravel

the secretsof her mother’s

past. Passionate and intriguing.

TheWhisper

Network

byChandlerBaker

(£14.99,HB, Sphere)

Ina timelynovel

reflectingthe

#MeToomovement,

wemeetAmes,a

complicatedmantippedtobethe

next CEOat his law firm.He may be

charismaticandpowerful,buthe’s

alwaysbeensurroundedbywhispers.

Whenfourwomenwhoworkforhim

learnabouthispossiblepromotion,will

theydecideenoughis enough?Ina

compellingstoryofwomenjoining

forces, this is a smart, thoughtful read.

SweetSorrow

byDavidNicholls

(£20,HB,

Hodder& Stoughton)

A tragi-comedyfollowing

CharlieLewis’turbulentpath

to adulthood.At a time when

he’s dealingwith his mother

leavingand caringfor his

father,Fran Fisherentershis

life and Charlieis smitten.

Theonly problemis, he must

join a theatrecompanyto gain

her attention– and they’re

doingShakespeare.Cue much

hilarityas Charlienavigates

his way throughlineshe

doesn’tevenunderstand.

Asweetdepictionof first love

and a youngman making his

way in the world.

Adventuresof

theYorkshire

Shepherdess

byAmandaOwen

(£16.99,HB,

PanMacmillan)

AmandaOwen’slifeat

RavenseatFarm,high

ontheYorkshireDales,is an

exhilaratingmixof ruralidylland

familylife. Her storiesof dealingwith

1,000sheepandotheranimals,plus

husbandCliveandtheirninechildren,

area delight.Shewriteswithwarmth

and charm. A fabulous read.

OurpickofthebestreadsaroundÉ

BOOK club

WORDS: ZOE WEST AND EMMA SHACKLOCK

BOOK

OFTHE

WEEK

Wuthering

Heights

byEmilyBrontë,

(£4.99, PB, Penguin)