I much preferred Hicks's first book. A Separate Country was long: 400+ pp that I felt could easily have been condensed to 3/4's of that. Specifically, for about 50-75 pp in the "300's", it was as though the editor or proofreader had either skipped them entirely or delegated the job to a summer in...
I'm not sure what I expected with this novel. It wasn't what I got, that much I know.I had to listen to the prologue about three times before I got into the swing of the story. Once that was achieved, I had no further problems in that regards. The book is based on the true story of Carrie McGavo...