Home Fires spans the years between the
1920s in London to the present, and tells the story of Elsa and her parents and
Elsa’s son and his family. Elsa’s father
returns from WWII a troubled man and this changes the fabric of her
childhood. Her escape and marriage are
her salvation and she manages to make herself into an elegant woman who is
impatient with Caroline, the “common” wife of her son, Andrew.
Andrew and Caroline’s son Max is the
apple of everyone’s eye and decides to forego college and enter the
military. In addition, Elsa soon becomes
infirm and moves into Andrew and Caroline’s guest room.
Anyone with elderly parents will relate
to the complications that this type of arrangement will produce. Anyone with any kind of reality check will
relate to what happens to the elderly when they can no longer recognize their own
family members or remember what day or year it is or where they are.
This was an interesting book and
focused mainly on the two women and their relationship. I would recommend it and I think it would be
a good book club book.
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