I really enjoyed this book. It was different to what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it anyway.
We go back and forth between different time periods in Alexa's life - from her as a young girl, to her as a young woman, and finally ending with her later on in life. After rejecting the proposal of her childhood best friend, Harvey, on her eighteenth birthday, Alexa runs away to become a companion to an older lady. She is searching for love and family, but does not realise exactly what that means until it is almost too late, when her search for both of these things brings her back to her home of Porthdeen, Cornwall.
I loved the three generations ideal that was woven throughout this story, and I also liked how we were able to follow Alexa as she travelled from Cornwall to Venice in order to find her grandmother and learn more about herself. I liked the ending of this book too, since it went full-circle and we end up almost where we started. There's something quite pleasing about that. I would definitely recommend this book - it was a really lovely read.
We go back and forth between different time periods in Alexa's life - from her as a young girl, to her as a young woman, and finally ending with her later on in life. After rejecting the proposal of her childhood best friend, Harvey, on her eighteenth birthday, Alexa runs away to become a companion to an older lady. She is searching for love and family, but does not realise exactly what that means until it is almost too late, when her search for both of these things brings her back to her home of Porthdeen, Cornwall.
I loved the three generations ideal that was woven throughout this story, and I also liked how we were able to follow Alexa as she travelled from Cornwall to Venice in order to find her grandmother and learn more about herself. I liked the ending of this book too, since it went full-circle and we end up almost where we started. There's something quite pleasing about that. I would definitely recommend this book - it was a really lovely read.