Searching for Amber by David Smith is a work of literary fiction. I have to declare an interest in that I read and reviewed this as a Goodreads Giveaway.
Searching for Amber by David Smith is a work of literary fiction. I have to declare an interest in that I read and reviewed this as a Goodreads Giveaway.
A very beautifully written story. There is depth to this book that has you thinking about it even after you set it down.
I found this novel beautiful, dreamlike and beguiling as it relates the tale of a search for a lost family member, shifting the action back and forth through a number of time periods between the early 1950's and the present day. The search for the truth of Jade's parentage has a haunting quality, as the author progressively opens up the lives of the people most closely involved; Crow and Sarah, Thomas and Ralph, Martin and Peter, and Sam.
This book has had such great reviews that I am definitely in a minority in not liking it. The one plus for me was the setting as I know and love the Suffolk coast.
I received a copy of this book through Goodreads, and I'm so pleased I did. It was a fabulous read and had me totally engrossed.
A beautifully written tale of interwoven lives searching for family. The story spans a number of decades, but I never felt lost when reading it.
