Twenty-Six Letters
Charlotte Nash
Reviewed by Helen
This is a beautiful story about Wilhelmina Mann, who goes by the name of Wil, Willy although not happily and Mina, she has a sister Kate and two half- brothers Colin and Tony. Wil lost her mother when she was four years old and sadly doesn’t have a lot of memories of her, but when the family solicitor hands her an envelope when she is thirty one that contains letters that she should have been given on her birthday each year till she was eighteen, Wil starts an adventure to find out some truths.
Wil lives on the Gold Coast of Queensland with her father and two half- brothers she works as a tradie’s assistant for her father’s building company but life has been very up and down for Wil over the years and her father is sick of bailing her out of trouble. But with these letters Wil makes her way to the small village of South Bandinby in England to where her mother Ann grew up and with the help of the letters she knows a bit about the people who live there and is doing her best to fulfill the request that her mother has asked of her.
The secrets these letters uncover are big ones and Wil struggles with what to do with them, will she keep them or turn a lot of people’s lives upside down, meeting handsome TV presenter and ex footballer David Hunter in the village allows her to have someone to confide some of the things that happened in the past but poor Wil is struggling but also the bond between her mother and her seems to be growing even without her there.
I loved this story it is so well written with so many emotions throughout Wil is the best character, I felt her pain and felt her growing with each letter and seeing her find herself was so moving, Wil seemed to have a few problems with relationships but perhaps now with the truth and the love she knew her mother had for her Wil will find the happiness that she deserves. I do highly recommend this story it is moving and wonderful, Charlotte Nash is a wonderful author.
My thanks to Allen & Unwin for my copy to read and review.
Wil lives on the Gold Coast of Queensland with her father and two half- brothers she works as a tradie’s assistant for her father’s building company but life has been very up and down for Wil over the years and her father is sick of bailing her out of trouble. But with these letters Wil makes her way to the small village of South Bandinby in England to where her mother Ann grew up and with the help of the letters she knows a bit about the people who live there and is doing her best to fulfill the request that her mother has asked of her.
The secrets these letters uncover are big ones and Wil struggles with what to do with them, will she keep them or turn a lot of people’s lives upside down, meeting handsome TV presenter and ex footballer David Hunter in the village allows her to have someone to confide some of the things that happened in the past but poor Wil is struggling but also the bond between her mother and her seems to be growing even without her there.
I loved this story it is so well written with so many emotions throughout Wil is the best character, I felt her pain and felt her growing with each letter and seeing her find herself was so moving, Wil seemed to have a few problems with relationships but perhaps now with the truth and the love she knew her mother had for her Wil will find the happiness that she deserves. I do highly recommend this story it is moving and wonderful, Charlotte Nash is a wonderful author.
My thanks to Allen & Unwin for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
August 2, 2022 by Allen & Unwin AU
