The Ties That Bind

High Tides And Summer Skies by Jennifer Bohnet is a very charming contemporary novel that will warm your heart.

Whilst being set in present day in the Dartmouth area, there are also ties to the past in the form of World War II and practicing for D-Day. This took place at Slapton Lees leading up to Torcross. The location was familiar to me as I had holidayed there as a teen. This helped to bring the novel to life for me, along with Jennifer Bohnet’s marvellous descriptions.

Tragedies in the past still touch lives in the present. A life has been blighted by guilt over circumstances she could not change as a child. Silence has been kept but lives only heal when mouths open.

The novel shows you are never too old to have a new beginning.

A wool shop for over sixty years is in need of a make-over. This is mirrored in lives too.