Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... The Peacock Emporium: A Novel (edition 2019)by Jojo Moyes (Author)
Work InformationThe Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Exquisite character work. Moyes has a gift of juggling many complex characters and making all their actions/words make perfect sense for them. I thoroughly enjoyed diving into them all through their stories. ( ) Contrary to Moyes usual likeable heroines , the main character is as deliberately unlikeable* as possible . I suspect Moyes was trying to write a successful romance with an unlikeable heroine since romance heroines are always so perfect. Unfortunately , I did not find the theme of the book romantic and didn't like the heroine enough to wish her a HEA. As always Moyes writing style and language are lovely and it was a well laid plot. I read till the end but I hope she returns to her intensely likeable characters. Edit: Mystery solved, apparently this is actually an early book from her released in the U.K. in 2004 but just recently released in the U.S. *I found her childish, selfish, and dishonest. After several more (nearly) sleepless nights I finished this book. Like I wrote earlier, it's a good read for the middle of the night. To be honest, I was happy it didn't turn out to be a real romance book. It had too much of family trouble and violence in it (imho). At times I was confused about who was the I that was talking to me, but all in all it was a nice read. I think Athena could have had a bigger role, and I'm not happy being left with not knowing who Susanna's father really is. Unfortunately I had a bad night's sleep, so I ended up grabbing my e-reader to settle my thoughts and maybe, just maybe fall asleep again. This book is perfect to read in the middle of the night. This is the Jojo Moyes that got away from me, meaning sat on my TBR shelf and I only discovered it there after her new book had been published.I don't know why I hadn't seen anything on my book social media pages about it? I thoroughly enjoyed it, as I have all her other books, and I think everyone will see that this plot differed from so many books written around this era. Now on to an ARC from LibraryThing, then the new Jojo Moyes, surrounded by some controversy, but, having read the other book first, I will withhold my opinion until I read it. no reviews | add a review
In the sixties, Athene Forster was the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was also beautiful, spoiled, and out of control. When she agreed to marry the gorgeous young heir Douglas Fairley-Hulme, her parents breathed a sigh of relief. But within two years, rumors had begun to circulate about Athene's affair with a young salesman. Thirty-five years later, Suzanna Peacock is struggling with her notorious mother's legacy. The only place Suzanna finds comfort is in The Peacock Emporium, the beautiful coffee bar and shop she opens that soon enchants her little town. There she makes perhaps the first real friends of her life, including Alejandro, a male midwife, escaping his own ghosts in Argentina. The specter of her mother still haunts Suzanna. But only by confronting both her family and her innermost self will she finally reckon with the past--and discover that the key to her history, and her happiness, may have been in front of her all along. No library descriptions found.
|
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |