Meanwhile, as the ice in Nicky's father's heart is slowly thawed, his daughter discovers how madly she craves female company in her life. Charlotte is blatantly signposted from the start as being Distraught and Remorseful, and it turns out to not really be her fault that the baby was abandoned. Instead, all that unfurls is roughly what you would expect. I had high hopes for a less-than-obvious drama, for a situation that might turn out more complex than it at first appeared. Charlotte, though, is too ill and - as in all good novels - the snow has come down. But her father is furious, torn between calling the police and demanding that the girl, Charlotte, leave. She's come to thank them - and she wants to see the place where the baby was found. She's frail, emotional and exhausted - because she has recently given birth. The experience is still haunting them when, a fortnight later, a 19-year-old woman arrives on their doorstep in a blizzard.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |