The Family Upstairs by Lisa JewellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I have stepped outside my typical non-fiction and old literature genres (once again) and chose this Lisa Jewell title for a much needed covid-intermission. It totally worked. 100% diverting.
The characters are real - the drama and the tragedy, very real. It all begins when sweet Libby Jones inherits a house. She decides she will dig into her own history to learn who her real parents were and how she came to be found, as a baby, in a dilapidated mansion that had once been grand.
Excellent pace, and, oh, the domestic noir! This twisted up mess of a family! There is love, betrayal, colossal stupidity, innocence, and evil. It is a story of survival more than anything else. Lots of twists and turns~
I recommend Earl Grey tea with lemon cookies to go with this!
Storytelling at its best. Jewell has a gift.
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