Bad Relations by Cressida Connolly
A TALE OF A TRAGEDY SEEPING THROUGH GENERATIONS, AND A FAMILY FRACTURED BY HISTORY AND DESIRE 'The characters in Bad Relations are so brilliantly real, so wonderfully compelling at their best, and at their worst, that I can't get them out of my head. A wonderful novel' Nina StibbeOn the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William's experience of war will bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries.
In the 1970s, William's descendants invite Stephen, a distant relation, to stay in their house in the English countryside - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a shocking fall from grace. Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family will culminate in a terrible reckoning. 'This is an Atonement-like novel about the messy stuff that is family life' Spectator'A writer who seems able to peer directly into the human heart' John Preston'A gripping story of love, loss and tragic betrayal' Country & Townhouse
In the 1970s, William's descendants invite Stephen, a distant relation, to stay in their house in the English countryside - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a shocking fall from grace. Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family will culminate in a terrible reckoning. 'This is an Atonement-like novel about the messy stuff that is family life' Spectator'A writer who seems able to peer directly into the human heart' John Preston'A gripping story of love, loss and tragic betrayal' Country & Townhouse