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The Sea Change by Joanna Rossiter is a haunting and moving novel about a mother and a daughter, caught between a tsunami and a war.

Yesterday was Alice's wedding day. She is thousands of miles away from the home she is so desperate to leave, on the southernmost tip of India, when she wakes in the morning to see a wave on the horizon, taller than the height of her guest house on Kanyakumari beach. Her husband is nowhere to be seen.

On the other side of the world, unhappily estranged from her daughter, is Alice's mother, Violet. Forced to leave the idyllic Wiltshire village, Imber, in which she grew up after it was requisitioned by the army during World War Two, Violet is haunted by the shadow of the man she loved and the wilderness of a home that lies in ruins.

Amid the debris of the wave, Alice recollects the events of the hippie trail that led to her hasty marriage as she struggles to piece together the fate of the husband she barely knows. Meanwhile, Violet must return to Imber in order to let go of the life that is no longer hers - and begin the search for her daughter.

Print length

278 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date

January 1, 2013
Dimensions

5.08 x 0.59 x 7.8 inches
ISBN-10

0241964156
ISBN-13

978-0241964156
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books Ltd (January 1, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 278 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241964156
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241964156
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 0.59 x 7.8 inches

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eva Campbell

A nice book

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2014

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The book was well written and I enjoyed it. However, I found it unclear as to why the daughter was so angry with her mom in first place that she needed to move so far away. That was never clear to my from reading the book. However, the stories of the two generations were beautifully woven together.

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Laraine

I quite enjoyed getting into the story

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014

I'd give this book a 3 1/2 star review. Though it started out slowly, I quite enjoyed getting into the story. I did find that the chapters were at times a bit confusing...trying to keep track of who was the narrator, the mother or the daughter, was at times confusing, but I did manage to keep up with the story and have to say I enjoyed it. The book tells the story of a mother and daughter-Alice the daughter has argued with her Mother Violet and has travelled to a far corner of the world with her boyfriend. On their wedding day, a tsunami hits the remote beach village in India where they are staying and Alice barely survives the onslaught. Searching for her husband James, Alice eventually turns to Violet for help. Violet's story is equally complex. Living in a lovely isolated town in the Downs of England, her family is evacuated from the town as it is requisitioned for war use during WWII. Violet and her mother end up in substandard digs in a nearby town and her sister flees to London. Violet is in love with Pete, a mysterious and nomadic man. The two stories intertwine and are interesting enough to read. This was Rossiter's first novel and I think her books will strengthen as she continues to write. This book came to my attention as it was a Richard and Judy's Book Club selection for Summer 2013 (UK). I have often found new authors and interesting reads using their selections and this was no exception.

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marylyn coney

bit confusing at first but as the story evolved it ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2014

bit confusing at first but as the story evolved it was enjoyable and interesting.

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Jennie Pollock

Utterly Absorbing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2013

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Around 70 pages into The Sea Change, I nearly missed my stop on the train journey to work. One minute I was huddled in the rain with Violet and Annie, cold, wet, muddy and heartbroken, and the next the word `Blackheath' reached across the decades and I found myself plonked unceremoniously back in the present day, scrabbling my belongings together and hurrying off the train.

It's a rare book that can absorb me so completely on such a short train ride that I really do forget where I am. Joanna Rossiter's rich, compelling story, and her intriguing word-choices, her wonderful sense of place and her complex - and often frustrating - characters creep up on you like, well, like the tidal wave she describes. Then, like the wave, they swamp you, taking you captive, and leaving their mark long after you've closed the cover for the last time.

I spent much of the book wanting to bash the main characters' heads together. True to their time, they held so much inside, when actually talking to each other could have solved so many problems, and eased the grief that they carried like a second skin, seething and groaning beneath the surface of their quiet, dutiful lives.

But that is a criticism of the time, not of the book. Their reticence is a significant part of what compels you to keep reading - every snippet they give away is a tasty morsel, awakening your appetite for more.

This is an excellent, and really accomplished debut novel and I can't wait to read more from Joanna, or to visit the places I already feel I know so well.

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jonquil7

A good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2013

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I am full of admiration for the author; she has obviously researched the areas she writes about, and the times in which she is writing, very thoroughly. She has an individual style, creating phrases unique to herself but which express clearly her meaning. I was pleased not to have to endure swearing or explicit sexual scenes.

It did take me some time to be drawn in to the story, but once engaged I was keen to keep reading and find out what happened next.

Something which confused me was that there were two main characters, both written in the first person. In fact, I was quite well into the book before I realised that the two characters were two different people.

If Joanna Rossiter writes another novel, I'd definitely like to read it.

Janie U

Its OK for a holiday read but won't stand out as a memorable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2016

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I loved the idea of this book but the reality didn't quite work for me.
It is very descriptive which I think the author was striving to achieve but I found that that style distracted from the people and the plot to the detriment of the book as a whole.
There are two stories - one focusing on a woman being evacuated from her childhood village during World War 2 and the other about her daughter who is caught up in a tsunami. Both were good stories but I felt that neither was developed to their full potential and there was insufficient threads to link the two.
I found that I really had to persevere to get to the end and wasn't completely convinced that the effort had been worthwhile. The book is OK but I won't be recommending it to anyone.

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rosalie88

Haunting and beautifully written book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2013

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This is one of those books that creates a kind of 'book grief' once you have finished it - I keep wanting to pick it up and delve in further - only to be disappointed that I have read all there is to read about Violet and Alice, and that their existence continues only in my imagination.

Joanna Rossiter's writing is truly stunning. The overlapping of time and stories draws you in immediately and her characters are frustrating yet fascinating. The style reminded me of work I've read by HE Bates - like Fair stood the wind for France and A moment in time - very beautiful and measured, with strong themes of place and home. The style is gentle but compelling - a very rare gift of not making the reader work hard, but keeping them thoroughly engrossed at the same time.

I was torn between wanting to keep reading to find out how the story unfolded, with the past and present gradually getting closer and closer together, and dwelling for longer on each deliciously written chapter.

All in all, a fantastic novel - highly recommended!

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Essex Sim

Something different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2013

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I was recommended this book and was very pleased with it. It is easy to get into and the story is original. I couldn't decide whether I enjoyed the strand set in India or the one set in Wiltshire more, and I think this is a credit to the author and how well she drew her characters and created their worlds. I think this book stands the test of time and coudl easily be re-read, where you will find that you have picked up something different the next time round.

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