Emma Litton, una chica de diecinueve años que ha estudiado en diversos colegios europeos, decide volver al sur de Inglaterra para esclarecer la extraña relación afectiva que le une a su padre, un pintor bohemio que ha llevado una errática vida sentimental. Ambos conviven en un ambiente tenso y enrarecido hasta que él, repentinamente, se marcha a Estados Unidos. Desesperada, Emma acude a su hermanastro, un joven actor de teatro. Sin embargo, nada puede evitar que su vida se precipite en un callejón sin salida...

Finally I’ve taken this long owned book off my shelf and read it. It was interesting to read one of her earlier works. The characters as usual are what make her narratives. This is a dysfunctional father daughter relationship. Ben Litton, a working artist on his way up, couldn’t fit his very young daughter into his life so sent her away to school in France. Now an artist at the height of his career he still has little time for her. Trying to find her own place in world now she’s working and independent, Emma would like to get to know Ben the man, not the icon but making their lives fit together isn’t easy. ( )

easy read. ( )

Read during Winter 2004/2005 and Summer 2005 (and many others)

Why must all the men be at least a decade older than the women? Besides the slightly bizarre relationship of Emma and Christo, very enjoyable.

A short novella about a young woman who has a crap dad who happens to be a genius artist. When he hies off to another woman in another country, she then takes up with a crap boyfriend who is a genius actor. There is also an emotionally remote man who is supposed to be a decent fellow, I guess. I have never been so disappointed in a happy ending in my life. All these broken people suddenly become loving, understanding, caring and decent. Nope, this was not an interesting story, and the end was like having your nose twisted. ( )