Craig is devastated and says it was all a mistake but Sabrina lets slip they have been at it for a year.
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Alicia walks away telling him he can explain to his guests that they must leave. I think she goes after Craig because she cannot bear to be ignored and go she does whilst on a shared family holiday in Italy. It's not clear how long she has been dangling her assets but its enough that Craig finds himself in lust. Equally his 14 year old son Nat is exploring things with his 12 year old cousin!!
Craig gives her up but cracks after two weeks, they continue to meet until Alicia catches sight of his mobile and credit card bill and tells him give her up or their marriage is over. He dumps Sabrina who fools herself that he will come back as he did before. Time goes by and she realises that its over but she cannot let go and stalks, harasses and drunkenly contacts him saying she will kill herself. It's not until Robert threatens to end their marriage that she stops.
But she drops into a deep depression, squawking her life is over and for two years openly pushes her daughter and husband away. She drove me nuts with her constant self obsessed internal monologues on how heart broken she is and how Alicia stole him back and ruined her life She cannot understand or see what she did wrong or the harm she caused! So during all this a huge flaming row between Sabrina and Alicia takes place when Alicia and Robert's mother decides to try and bring peace to the family.
It all goes horribly wrong with both women receiving bruises and bloody noses, the bald patches made me grin! Her mother also gets a little bruised trying break this up, but in the end she asks Alicia to not come home anymore as its too upsetting for Sabrina and Robert! She gets steadily sicker and once she ends up in a hospice it is easier for Alicia, Nat and Darcie to spend time with her until she dies. She leaves the Coach House the family home to Alicia which becomes essential as Craig has a bleed on the brain and dies instantly.
Alicia and the children loose everything as there is no insurance, Returning to the family home in Holly Wood, Sabrina starts a campaign to get her sister in law out of the village as she views this as her territory and her jealousy is out of control. Annabelle meanwhile is completely off the rails with no respect for either her mother or herself which gets worse when she eavesdrops on a row between her mother and Robert where she hears about her mother's affair with Craig.
She realises now what had been happening. Because she and Nate had been close once she goes out of her way to catch his eye, with the flirting, "I'm easy" flag flying but all she does is annoy him and make him angry. I am going to leave it there, go and read it I confess to thoroughly enjoying it, especially the rock throwing tantrum abandonment issues my arse!! A frase da capa: Desta forma, Alicia decide vender a sua casa em Londres e respetivo recheio, de forma a conseguir iniciar uma vida em conjunto com os seus dois filhos, Nat de 17 anos e Darcie de 12 anos, na sua aldeia natal.
This book started out very slow! I actually had to skip about the first to pages before I got to the good part of the book! Sabrina's betrayal with Alicia's her sister in-law husband was disgusting and horrible!! I have no ideal how Alicia didn't beat the crap out of Sabrina every time she saw her!! Sabrina's silly antics over Craig Alicia's husband were just This book started out very slow! The woman was psychic over him! There are so many reasons why Sabrina is trashy but, the worst of them all is when she found out that her daughter and her step cousin, Nat were kissing cousins at the age of 12 and instead of putting a stop to it, She encouraged the behavior!
Sabrina's daughter, Annabelle, is just like Sabrina, trashy!!!! As the story goes on we see Annabelle acting out more and more to the point of alleging a serious crime against Nate. Sabrina has no ideal why Annabelle has been acting out. Robert Sabrina's loyal husband steps up to the plate and becomes Annabel's and eventually Sabrina's saving grace.
This story is really passionate and draws you in to the dysfunctional family dynamic that the characters are dealing with. Which highlights how a situation that started with the adults, trickled down to their children. Cheers to good reading! Aug 19, Tracey rated it it was amazing Shelves: A unbelievably raw story told sensitively and with compassion for all parties.
Alicia, Nat and Darcie are a strong family unit shocked by tragedy and a upheaval of moving at a time they are still grieving. Robert, Sabrina and Annabelle are a tormented family struggling to survive a affair between Sabrina and Alicia's husband Craig in the past. A serious and upsetting accusation of rape causes distress for both families as emotions go haywire between Alicia and Sabrina. The most impressive charact A unbelievably raw story told sensitively and with compassion for all parties. I couldn't help feeling sorry for Sabrina , as her past still tormented her and also caused so many problems in her present life.
Susan Lewis has written an incredibly touching, yet serious story. The letter scene alone had me crying actual tears as I felt Alicia and Nat's pain and yet relief at the same time! I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys books by Diane Chamberlain or Jodi Picoult! I've actually stayed up till nearly 2 am to finish this book even though I'm working in a few hours time. It was just impossible to put down! Jul 09, Nurshafiqa rated it liked it. Aug 21, Ayesha rated it really liked it. Honestly, i thought this book was great!
This story introduces us with a family, Craig and Alicia as the parents and Nat and Darcie as the children. When Craig's sudden death occurs, Alicia has to back to her childhood home where her brother Robert and his wife Sabrina, along with Sabrina's daughter, Annabelle.
When Alicia goes back to her childhood home, she realises that this isn't going to as easy as she thought it would be because she has to face her sister-in-law who practically wrecked her m Honestly, i thought this book was great! When Alicia goes back to her childhood home, she realises that this isn't going to as easy as she thought it would be because she has to face her sister-in-law who practically wrecked her marriage.
Overall, this book was a fantastic pleasure to read. And if you are the type to read a bit of drama, then 'Lost Innocence' is for you! Jan 06, Bookread2day rated it it was amazing. Susan Lewis has written an outstanding twenty two novels and yet published another enjoyable novel. I liked the fact that this story has pages packed with family drama with secrets and betrayal.
Alicia Carlyle comes back to the home of her childhood with her two children Nathan and Darcie after the tragic death of her husband. Alicia wants to mend her relationship with brother and she has to come face to face with her sister-in-law Sabrina that destroyed her marriage and tore her family apar Susan Lewis has written an outstanding twenty two novels and yet published another enjoyable novel. Alicia wants to mend her relationship with brother and she has to come face to face with her sister-in-law Sabrina that destroyed her marriage and tore her family apart.
Sabrina's fifteen-year-old daughter Annabelle, accuses seventeen-year-old Nathan of a crime he insists that he did not commit. So much happens in the story that it would spoil it to mention more. I recommend Lost Innocence because it is expertly written with interesting characters. I hope that many more readers will sit back and enjoy this breathtaking novel as much as I have. Jan 23, Karyn Mitchell rated it it was amazing.
I loved this book. It follows characters alic, sabrina, annabella and nat in the aftermath of nats father and alica's husband criag's death. May 09, Jo Barton rated it really liked it. Alicia Carlyle returns to the village of her childhood in an attempt to come to terms with the devastating loss of her husband, Craig.
For her children, Nat and Darcie, village life will prove difficult, and fraught with hidden dangers. A violent and vitriolic family feud between Alicia and her sister - in - law, Sabrina threatens the very fabric of their family life. I read this book quickly over a couple of evenings, the dialogue is a bit slow at times, but about halfway through the book, the p Alicia Carlyle returns to the village of her childhood in an attempt to come to terms with the devastating loss of her husband, Craig.
I read this book quickly over a couple of evenings, the dialogue is a bit slow at times, but about halfway through the book, the pace really picks up and becomes an engrossing read with some interesting characterisation. This was a slow starter and to begin with I couldn't see where it would become interesting. I briefly thought about abandoning it but hate to do this once I have started a book so stuckk with it and I'm happy to say that I'm glad I did.
This is the first book that I have read by this author and I thought it was very good. Some of the characters were deplorable but I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The tale itself had several different strands to it and while it might not be exciting like some crime This was a slow starter and to begin with I couldn't see where it would become interesting. The tale itself had several different strands to it and while it might not be exciting like some crime novels or thrillers, it was definately entertaining and I would recommend it to anyone.
Mar 05, Julie rated it really liked it. I really enjoyed this book, and couldn't put it down towards the end. Without giving too much away, it's the story of Alicia and her family who move from London back to the village where Alicia grew up, which is also where her brother Robert and his family live. Whilst Alicia and Robert are very close, the other family members have 'history', and various events trigger arguments and worse Oct 04, Kath rated it it was ok. Was lent this with a glowing review.
Got bored with it pretty quickly so just scanned it. Plot was unoriginal, teenagers' conversations embarrassing in their attempt to sound credible, much too long and a ridiculous ending.
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Plus some unnecessarily crude passages that didn't do anything for the plot or the characters. Jul 23, Emma rated it it was ok Shelves: I got half way through this book then I had to give up. It wasn't that the book was nessacerily bad, it was just so slow. Every conversation between the characters was drawn out in order to move the plot along, the characters reactions didn't seem realistic.
Maybe I'll give it another go some day, maybe not. Sister-in-law and niece move back to town, protagonist remembers past drama, meanwhile There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Born in , in Bristol, my father was a Welsh miner, a poet, an engineer and a thinker. My mother was one of 13 children who, at 20, persuaded my father to spend his bonus on an engagement ring instead of a motorbike.
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