Thursday 30 March 2023

Book Review: The Way from Here by Jane Cockram

The Way from Here

by

Jane Cockram

 
Publisher: Harlequin Australia
 
Publication date: 2nd March 2022
 
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
 
Pages: 320
 
RRP: $29.99AU (Paperback)
 
Source: Courtesy of the publisher
 

My review of The Way from Here

The Way from Here is a twisty family saga that had me captivated from start to finish.
 
When Susie dies suddenly from a fall from a ladder her older sister Mills is grief-stricken. Then Mills receives a bundle of letters written by Susie to be opened after her death. Each states a place she would like Mills to spread her ashes.
 
I've read a few books with posthumous letters and I like that they have all had a different style to them and different connections between the letter writer and the recipient
 
The Way from Here is narrated through a dual time-line with present day Mills on her quest to retrace Susie's holiday and sprinkle her ashes in the places that somehow changed Susie's life forever and 1998 with 19 year old Susie on her summer holiday.
 
Jane Cockram's writing flows well and the story is easy to read I enjoyed both timelines with the evocative descriptions of the French coastal town of Ile de Clair and the mystery of Mills revisiting these areas and slowly uncovering deep and heart-breaking secrets. 

There were lots of red herrings which sent me running off at tangents and never guessing the real story until the very end.

If you enjoy twisty family sagas you will love The Way from Here.

My rating 4 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

About the author

Jane Cockram studied journalism at RMIT, majoring in Literature. After completing post-graduate studies in Publishing and Communication at Melbourne University, she worked in sales for Pan Macmillan Publishers and then as fiction buyer at Borders, fulfilling a childhood dream of reading for a living. Cockram spent a year living in the West Country of England, where the House of Brides is set, and still daydreams about returning. In the meantime, she resides in Melbourne with her husband and two children.


2 comments:

  1. I gave this a 5/5 rating myself. I thoroughly enjoyed the red herrings which kept me guessing until the end. This was the first of Jane's books that I have read. I've just picked up The House of Brides but have a TBR pile a mile high!

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    1. Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment and letting my readers know that you also enjoyed the book. I have The House of Brides on my TBR as well!

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