She had zero common sense, it was remarkable how a woman of her age with two kids could willingly know so little about finances and parenting and the world in general. At night Isabel plays her beloved violin whilst accepting that she can’t jet off round the world performing as she used to. No podemos hacer caso a la sinopsis, porque es un despiste total, y eso me tenía confundida al principio, de hecho pensaba "a ver cómo arreglas esto". Matt is an awful character and has cheated on his wife multiple times yet she continues to stay with him.

Moyes even creates a scene where our boy Firth emerges from swimming in a lake with his muscular torso gleaming and his hair slicked back - sending our widow's heart racing!

She's also obsessed with the memory of her recently deceased husband Laurent, whom she loved with an abiding passion. However Matt isn't about to let his dream go and soon puts his plan into action, with consequences that change the lives of everyone. Her novels have been translated into forty-four languages, have hit the number one spot in twelve countries and have sold over thirty-eight million copies worldwide. The book follows the families as they struggle with their ideas of love and marriage, revenge, family life, and what it takes to make a house a home.

Diesem Buch merkt man an, dass es 2008, also früher als die letzten Bücher von Jojo Moyes, geschrieben wurde. All the drama came busting out and all of a sudden you have all the people cheating each other and fighting over a house. It's an old and derelict house, in need of a lot of repairs, but it is in a wonderful location by the lake.She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. Her neighbours, Laura and Matt, do nothing in the slightest to make her feel welcome to the village; on the contrary Matt is out for revenge and Laura is lost in her ever crumbling world. As it is a country book there is some animal hunting which, whilst it doesn't go into minute detail it did still make me uneasy to read it.

She finally makes her mother pull her head from the sand and face facts in that they cannot afford the lifestyle that Isabel has become accustomed to. It took me over a week of reading in evenings to finish it, not because it was over long or particularly heavy, but because there was a fair bit of emotional upheaval and background information, and I can only take a certain amount at a time. Isabel Delancey finds herself in dire straits when she realizes that her money is running out, and with two children to support, she has to face some harsh realities.Dar când soțul ei moare într-un accident, Isabel trebuie să învețe să fie mamă și să se descurce fără niciun sprijin, într-un fiasco financiar. Matt and his wife Laura are obsessed with the idea of owning Spanish House when its cantankerous and demanding owner Mr Pottisworth dies.

I have to be honest and say this isn’t my favourite from Jojo Moyes work but it’s definitely worth the read. Premise: When Isabel Delancey’s husband dies suddenly, she is forced to take her two children and move to a crumbling home in the country. The Spanish House is known to locals as an architectural folly, and it is now nearly derelict to boot. Byron was a fantastic character and his vast knowledge of how to live off the land was crucial to Isabel initially.Although some of the characters were hard to like and I was quite astounded that Isabel was quite slow to know what was going on around her.