| Title | : | Echoes in the Square |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1989 |
But the two families - on the surface separated by a gulf of birth, wealth and breeding - were deeply involved and reliant on each other. Old secrets, old emotions, seethed beneath the respectable facade they preserved between them. And then the war came.
As the barriers between the Marchants and the Rowlands began to crumble, so Jane - quiet, beautiful, and with a great capacity for love - began to become more and more the hub of the wealthy Marchant family, the one on whom they all depended, the one who had to unravel and solve the emotional disasters left over from the past.
Echoes in the Square Reviews
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Nice book and a good read.
Story of two families in wartime England, one rich, the other poor, but they were both intertwined in more ways than appears on the surface
Jos (Joseph) Rowland and his Welsh wife Ano have two children, a son, Brian who is a socialist and likes to 'bend others' out of their comfort zones with his beliefs in the socialist system; and Jane a young schoolgirl of 13 years.
Both Jos and Ano work for the wealthy Marchant family of William, Agnes, Duncan, Cecily and James, and have done for more than 20 years. Jos is the family chauffeur and Ano is the cook general, and the children of both families have grown up together. James, the youngest Marchant, and Janey have always been the best of friends and Brian and Cecily have always been arch enemies.
The Marchants live in upmarket Linden Square and the Rowlands live in a flat above the garage around the corner in Linden Mews.
When war knocks at the doors of both families their lives become a whirwind of change, something Agnes isn't willing to bend to, but has to accept. The war changes everyone and where once there was great trust and friendship between James and Jane, there comes a change of mistrust and avoidance, once long covered family secrets start seeping out of the fabric of both families.
When tragedy strikes, no-one is prepared for it and it forces both families in different directions and although still intertwined, there is a separation none saw coming.
