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FACING THE LIGHT by ADELE GERAS
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SummaryAn extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the
seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch,
Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian
painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family
home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party
will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised
alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's
stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children
with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the
group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a
documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh.
All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no
exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all
the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past
events have come to light, to rock complacency and change
for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters.
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