An absolute joy of a book. Full of deceit, lust, family dynamics, jealousy, love, romance, art and friendship - well, all the emotions really! The Pink House and its inhabitants take us on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride which had me reading late into the night. Perfect. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Find out if the grass is always greener in this tale of familial drama from Catherine Alliott. This author has a knack of creating perfectly credible characters and this tale is no exception as the reader becomes embroiled in this new group and their fluctuating dynamics. A mishmash of secrets and lies, differing emotions both high and low and, of course, the delightful Pink House providing a nigh on perfect setting. Delicious.

Catherine Alliott has to be one of my all time favourite authors, she does chick lit that manages to be fun while touching on the darker side of life and this book is no exception.

This book tells the story of love: lost and found. Not just romantic live but love between parents and children, siblings and friends. Some characters are quite unpleasant which makes the book more realistic I think. It should provoke considerable discussion at book groups.

I usually love all Catherines books and usually find them gripping and moving. But this one didn't work for me. It all felt a bit disjointed. I couldn't find a connection with the characters. I felt like it rambled in some places and I couldn't connect with the story. I'm sure others will love it.

This is a gentle read about families and lost loves told from the perspective of Emma who, along with her husband Hugh, has just bought her parents in law’s former home when they sold it due to divorce. There’s some interesting family dynamics here with Emma having a strained relationship with her mum and relationships with her in-laws altered since the divorce, then there’s the issue of her sister in law living in a cottage in the garden. Emma’s own differences with Hugh become more apparent after they move and then to add to that she meets a man from her past that she’s never managed to forget.

This is very much a case of how getting what you wish for isn’t always a good thing and as a character read this has a lot going for it with several of the characters turning out to be not what you expected. The setting sounds wonderful and the story certainly tells of how being older middle aged still offers its own challenges. I didn’t especially take to any of the characters but I found this to be a very thoughtful and emotional read.