The Last Pier, by Roma Tearne
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The Last Pier, by Roma Tearne
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The summer of 1939 broke the Maudsley family. Cecily was only 13 years old and desperate to grow up, desperate to be as desired and reckless as her older sister, Rose.
Now in her 40s, the family resemblance is uncanny, but Cecily is a shadow of her former self. A part of her died that fateful summer. Returning to the deserted family farm, Cecily recalls the light before the storm, before the war came and before the terrible family tragedy. She remembers how everyone was guarding a secret. None more so than the beautiful Rose.
And in her childhood innocence, between snatches of misunderstood conversations, Cecily helped set in motion a chain of devastating events.
The Last Pier, by Roma Tearne- Published on: 2015-10-29
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 680 minutes
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Poignant and lyrical family saga on the eve of World War II By digsblues This is a rich family saga that begins on a farm in Suffolk, England, during the eve of World War II. It's the story of two sisters. Rose, the older one is 17 and beautiful, capturing the eye and attention of the local boys. Cecily is 3 years younger, still awkward and coltish, living in the shadow of her older sister. It's partly a coming of age story as Cecily tries to piece together the truth of her fractured family. "A piece of jigsaw floated in the air above their heads and did a jig. If she could just catch it, Cecily thought, she might complete the puzzle."The description of life in the small backwater town is lovely, but there is a constant feeling of a coming doom. "How deep the summer had bitten into the land that last August, how cruelly it had burnt into earth and grass and air. What had started out as a pastel and water-faded spring became unexpectedly a splintering, shimmering thing. All it took was a spark to cause the fire. Why had no one noticed?"It is not only the war that is threatening, but a family tragedy is in the making. There are many narratives, interwoven seamlessly, then dropped and picked up again. The structure of the story isn't in chronological order, but starts with an awful event that changes everything and remains a mystery until Cecily returns home, 29 years later. If you are the type of reader who wants to be told everything upfront, you may not enjoy this. I loved it because it kept me speculating and wondering until the end of the book.There is a huge cast of characters which usually confuses me, but these came to life and it was like watching a movie. I was very interested in being shown who was important, and who was just a walk on character.There were flashbacks throughout the narration, but they were well-done and I always followed easily.One fascinating plot line was the politics in England at the time when war broke out. There were dangerous consequences for previous decisions made by good people. While reading, I realized that certain actions were wrong, but didn't understand why until later.Those who enjoy historical fiction will find this an absorbing book, too, especially in reference to the departure of the Arandora Star. That was a sobering snippet that I'd never heard.As an avid reader, I found this book one of the more engrossing that I've found in years. Highly recommended. Read the "Look Inside" to see if it's your cup of tea. I knew it was mine immediately.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Confusing, but interesting By Ely @ Tea & Titles A copy of The Last Pier was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.This is a hard book for me to review mostly because I don’t really know how I feel about it. When I first looked it up on Goodreads I was excited—1939, England, family secrets—it all sounded very Atonement to me. Atonement is one of my favourite books, so how could I possibly turn this down?It has a very similar plot to Atonement—an annoying little girl who doesn’t understand the way her older (but still annoying) sister behaves, which then leads into a whole lot of secrets and issues. In other ways it’s very different—The Last Pier looks at both a British family and Italian family. It was really interesting to see the contrast between how the families operated. I won’t lie, I didn’t like any of the Maudsleys (apart from Joe) at any point but I did like all of the Molinellos the whole way through, but I didn’t enjoy the parts about the Molinellos as much.It does jump between the two families in kind of a strange way. You’ll be reading about Cecily Maudsley one second, then suddenly you’re reading about Lucio Molinello and then you’re reading about what the cook thinks. It was incredibly jarring. It just kept jumping back and forth between characters and past and present. Usually I don’t mind that, but I found this one particularly hard to follow as sometimes you only had a few lines of one character before it switched. I like the whole trying to work out the secrets backwards thing, and the unreliable narrator but there were times where I thought the mystery was dragging on too much. There were things that just didn’t need to happen for the story to move forward and I found myself getting a little bored at times.The writing was really nice, but sometimes I had no idea what was going on. Sometimes it felt like the writing was trying too hard to mysterious that it just sort of lost the impact for me. That being said, I really did like how everything came together, and I especially liked the ending—I felt that it really suited the characters and the story.Could I sum up how I feel about The Last Pier? No, I don’t think I could in plain terms. I know I liked it, but I don’t know to what degree.Thank you to the people of Gallic Books who were kind enough to send me a copy of this book for review.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Just okay for me. By deb 3.5 starsFor me, this book was very slow and VERY confusing at the beginning and then I realized that I wasn't supposed to know how Rose was killed. That was the story and the mystery of the whole book. However, I do have to say that this book felt as though it was translated from another language and not done very well. There were many parts of it that I did not understand. I did get the gist of it, but there were many times I wasn't sure if it was just filler, if I should be getting something out of it or if it was just over my head. A lot of it didn't relate to anything.There was also the fact that the story would jump around a whole lot. I would be reading thirty years ahead and all of a sudden it would jump thirty years back or vice versa without any warning or heads up. That was confusing at times. While all the questions to the mysteries were answered, I'm going to say the stuff that I did not understand was fluff meaning this book could have been told in a much shorter version and would have made for a much better book.I would like to thank Gallic Books and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this entertaining e-galley in exchange for an honest review.
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