The Glass House: The spellbinding Richard and Judy pick and Sunday Times bestseller

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Absolutely breathtaking was this book where the genius of an author Eve Chase took me through the circle of life. I came to where I started, but I breathed a lifetime of a journey. I saw the characters as they were, but I felt their emotions deep within. I read the story as told to me, but I lived through the nuances of them all. Dream House: An Intimate Portrait of the Philip Johnson Glass House by Adele Tutter, 2016, University of Virginia PressNow, I must confess to something. I knew I didn't like the way this book was written. I knew I didn't like any of the characters (most especially, well, never mind, that would be a spoiler). And I could easily deduce how each plot and subplot would be resolved. When built on lies and omissions, the family’s well-being and happiness can be easily broken like fragile glass.

Chapters are divided between three narrators: Rita, Sylvie, and Hera Harrington. It’s not clear for some time how these stories relate, but once they all come together, they make for a compelling narrative. And then two terrible blows strike the Harrington household, one almost immediately after the other… But even amidst the general gloom of Rita’s years living in Torquay, there were a few things she like and appreciated, very much the same sentiment as the American musician Johnny Rivers must have felt when he penned the famous lyrics, “It’s hard to find nice things on the poor side of town.” Not impossible, as Rivers indirectly points out, but difficult. Terry tells Erin they have to get rid of Ruby and he makes plans to administer an overdose and make it look like an accident. Erin reluctantly plans to help, but after Erin's drug abuse and theft is discovered by her employer, she is permanently stripped of her medical license. Overcome by guilt and grief, Erin uses the remaining drugs on herself and commits suicide by overdose.What goes on in that house and in the forest over the years is interesting. Add to that a mix of characters who have many problems with their mental health that weren’t recognised at the time, real trauma, and you have a fascinating story on all sides. The novel contains a few ‘domestic noir’ images here and it was easy to feel for the well-developed characters with their various dramas. Together with the world of that dark forest and you have a wonderful multilayered read.