The Long Weekend
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A short break can become the holiday of a lifetime . . . A perfect summer read from the brilliant Veronica Henry, author of The Forever House. In a gorgeous quayside hotel in Cornwall, the long weekend is just beginning . . . Claire Marlowe owns 'The Townhouse by the Sea' with Luca, the hotel's charismatic chef. She ensures that everything runs smoothly - until an unexpected arrival checks in and turns her whole world upside-down. The rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. There's a couple looking for distraction from a family tragedy; a man trying to make amends for an affair he bitterly regrets . . .and the young woman who thinks the Cornish village might hold the key to her past. Here are affairs of the heart, secrets, lies and scandal - all wrapped up in one long, hot weekend.
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It's become Veronica Henry's trademark writing books about beautiful picturesque little villages and intertwining lots of small stories together until they are all connected.
The Long Weekend follows the same formula with the story The Townhouse hotel in Peenfleet, a little seaside village. The story upon which all the others are built is that of Claire, part owner of the hotel and her boyfriend and chef Luca. Her world is turned upside down when a stag party arrives at the hotel containing an old flame and bringing back old difficult memories. Alongside Claire's story is that of a girl searching for her long lost father, the co-owners of the hotel who on the surface appears to have it all and a man trying to build a relationship with his illegitimate daughter.
As with Henry's other books the stories a forged around the location, like a sense that escaping from home and being somewhere serene and calm can change your world just by being there. Henry is a master at painting a wonderful picture of the little seaside towns and their easy way of life for visitors whilst tempering this with the often harsh realities of what it means to reside there year round.
The stories contained in The Long Weekend were good, I would have liked to have read more about the story of Chelsey and her father's attempts to build a relationship with each other. I'd also have liked an epilogue at the end to conclude a the book more as it felt like it ended a little abruptly.
It was a good read, there was nothing different about the stories within and I knew where each story would lead but I loved the setting and the summer feel of this book.
