The House of Light and Shadows

 The House of Light and Shadows

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       February 18, 2025

 

Author  Lauren Westwood

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 9781836569688
Publisher:         Boldwood Books
Release Date:   February 2025  

   Website:   https://www.amazon.com/House-Light-Shadows-captivating-historical-ebook/dp/B0DK8291B6

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Sisters, ghosts, love and forgiveness come together in a charming and entertaining new work from Lauren Westwood, The House of Light and Shadow as she explores the deep and lasting bond that forms between sisters and the consequences when that bond becomes broken.

Katherine Goodman is career driven woman who is focused on getting a partnership in the Law firm she has worked diligently with as a Solicitor for many years. She is thirty-five years old and success is almost with her grasp.

A phone call from the headmaster at the prestigious school attended by her niece and nephew advises her that her sister Emma is in hospital, has been so for a number of weeks; the children have been on their own and this is in no longer acceptable. What is she going to do about it? She has not seen or spoken to Emma for ten years.

Adaline and Camille Havelock were sisters who exploited and excelled at the daguerreotype photography, creating illusions from glass plates. Their father taught Ada the skills as a young girl, a craft which she made her life’s work. The sisters were the closest of friends known locally as the Weird Sisters for their style of photography.

Rookswood Manor was their home, now a dilapidated mansion owned by Emma Reynolds, which is also inhabited by Ada, now since her death a ghostly form, who is still seeking her sister so she can pass into the afterlife.

Their stories come together as the women seek to right past wrongs, all the while remembering and re discovering the love between sisters is the glue that holds together through life ups and often , downs.

The House of Light and Shadow is the perfect book for those cold winters days or long lazy summer days, when serious down time is required.

Fiction, General