Clarissa also has her ghosts-those of the children a medical mishap has left her unable to bear.ĭespite these disappointments, they have established a careful emotional equilibrium between themselves and their professional lives. Though he has a secure, loving relationship with his wife, Clarissa, the stillborn specter of the scientific career he might have had still haunts him. Joe Rose is a scientist by training and a science writer by trade. It is only when you have finished the book that you realise the significance of the box of letters and photographs that are fading away - but covers are for attracting you in the first place, not after you have read it.Considered by many critics to be the novel that should have won Ian McEwan the Booker Prize, Enduring Love is an extraordinary exploration of love, faith, and obsession, the story of two delicately ordered lives thrown out of balance by a desperate, deranged passion. I feel that it is let down by the cover, grey and insipid. This is a rare read, one you will tell all your friends about. There is an unexpected love story that surfaces, and the book builds slowly and inexorably, like the tide coming in, to a powerful climax. Then the turns of the plot subtly reveal another scenario - neighbours with Huntington's disease. You really see the way this disgusting illness destroys the sufferer and impacts on the carers. Charity Norman treats the deprivations of Alzheimers very delicately and carefully. Her twin siblings are too busy with families and careers to bother with him. The story features Emily, a single mother, who is called from London to go back to New Zealand where her father is falling to bits with Alzheimers. The plot is a wonderful ravelling of threads, each one has you spell bound and as they cross and seamlessly interact, you are drawn along so well. Too many books are poorly constructed and have "jerky" text. This book is so well written and produced that it is easy on the eye, easy to read.
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