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    The Faerie Tree

    By Jane Cable

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    How can a memory so vivid be wrong? In the summer of 1986 Robin and Izzie hold hands under The Faerie Tree and wish for a future together. Within hours tragedy rips their dreams apart. In the winter of 2006, each carrying their own burden of grief, they stumble back into each other’s lives and try to create a second chance. But why are their memories of 1986 so different? And which one of them is right? With strong themes of paganism, love and grief, The Faerie Tree is a novel as gripping and unputdownable as Jane Cable’s first book, The Cheesemaker’s House, which won the Suspense & Crime category of The Alan Titchmarsh Show’s People’s Novelist competition. It is a story that will resonate with fans of romance, suspense, and folklore.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateOct 18, 2018
    ISBN9781784628918
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    The Faerie Tree
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    Jane Cable

    Jane Cable has been writing for her own amusement all her life, and today freelances as a cricket writer. She also runs her own chartered accountancy and business advisory company. In 2011, when The Cheesemaker’s House became part of the People’s Novelist competition through The Alan Titchmarsh Show, she began taking her writing hobby more seriously.

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    • 4/5
      Not quite what I had expected.Izzy and Robin's first attempt at love is curtailed by tragedy and their paths diverge as a result. It is another twenty years until they meet again in a wonderful scene outside a cafe. Time has changed them both but maybe love can blossom again?They are well drawn characters, along with Izzy's teenage daughter, Claire, who often has more sense than the adults. However I did find it a bit strange that such a brief relationship while they were both quite young, would be expected to be more than just that, a passing fling - to be honest, they hadn't really got to know each other in that time.Although I enjoyed this book, it didn't give quite me as much magic as the title had led me to expect. The Faerie Tree could have been more of a character in the novel, rather than just a meeting place. I loved all the ribbons and gifts left to decorate the tree and the idea of letters from the children, but it wasn't explored enough for me.There was an intrinsic love of nature throughout the book, which was very gratifying, but the reference to paganism was left rather up in the air and didn't quite connect with the story.The other issue I had with the book, was probably just me, but I didn't really understand why Robin and Izzy had such differing memories, which was basically the centre-point of the book.So, an easy read, but I was left feeling a bit short changed.
    • 3/5
      The Faerie Tree begins just as Izzie and her teenage daughter, Claire, have said goodbye to Connor, their husband/father, who died unexpectedly. Whilst out in town one day Izzie literally bumps into a tramp who she believes is Robin, a man she had a brief but strong relationship with 20 years earlier. They find themselves drawn back into each other's lives and for the most part this is great, but there are lots of ups and downs too, particularly considering the way in which their original relationship ended, i.e. rather abruptly. Robin's grief in the past and Izzie's grief in the present make it a bit of a rocky road for this couple.I must admit I expected the faerie tree itself to feature more. It's a place they visited the first time around and where people come and leave letters and wishes for the faeries. But it's a lovely idea to place it in the novel.It's a very romantic book, both in terms of the story and the style, but it also looks at serious issues too. There's definitely a love story at the heart of it though and I was hoping Izzie and Robin could work out their differences and make a go of things, not least because it felt like they were soulmates who got split up by a twist of fate. There's some really interesting stuff about the effects of grief on the mind and how it can possibly change your whole recollection of events too.To be honest, The Faerie Tree wasn't quite what I expected. I thought there would be more of the folklore, some of what I recall of the mystery of The Cheesemaker's House, whereas it's much more of a family story, covering loss, depression, homelessness, moving on and new love. Nevertheless, it's an easy read, and a moving story, and Jane Cable has a very engaging and pleasant writing style.