The Sun Road

by Hannah MacDonald

Readers of Charming Billy and Crow Lake will identify the landscape of quiet pain and years-held secrets that informs the lives our narrator, Beth Standing, and her mother, Lizzie, a woman who seems to have never been happy. As a child, Beth escaped across the busy London road to her best friend's house, finding solace in the energetic Frederick the perfect antidote to the stifling atmosphere of her own home. There, the question of why Beth's family was "different" never really needed an answer.

But as an adult embarking upon an affair with this childhood friend, Beth finds herself confronting memories she had long repressed as she faces the possible consequences of giving in to passion, and of losing one's future to the irrevocable choices of the past.

The Sun Road marks a promising debut for Hannah MacDonald, a novel perfect for discussing, for sharing, and for probing the questions of love, loss, and finally, hope.

Genres: Contemporary

320 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2003

Reviews

[Sue Corbett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starting with a shocking tragedy and ending with a funeral, both episodes are well-written but with no punches pulled. Whole book beautifully written but with some wonderful passages, one-word descriptions of some characters, childhood thoughts, an embarrassing revelation around Dan's dog's name to mention just a few of the delights. With a gentle humour, moving and unputdownable

[Mia · Rating 2 out of 5]

De kleur van licht

[Gerdav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautifully written non-story

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful. Stopped reading after the first few chapters.