The Carousel (by Rosamunde Pilcher)

I do enjoy reading and re-reading the novels by the late Rosamunde Pilcher. She had such a talent for creating warm, believable people that I feel as if I’m saying goodbye to friends as I finish her books. I’ve been re-reading them for the third or fourth time over the past few years, and have just completed ‘The Carousel’. It’s a short book, less than 200 pages, but has always been one of my favourites.

It’s only nine years since I last read this book. I recalled the general storyline,...