The woman in the red car drove into a parking space that the woman in the muddy SUV was preparing to reverse into. All feature an uber-comfy bed, ensuite bathroom, a Nespresso coffee machine, and dedicated working space. Becky/Rebecca, named for Du Maurier's heroine, is struggling with health problems, a 12 year engagement and the recent death of her mother.

The Sea Gate By Jane Johnson |The Works The Sea Gate By Jane Johnson |The Works

I read this book mostly for the plot which I found intriguing, even if it's not original: Rebecca, who just lost her mother, finds a letter from an older cousin, Olivia, begging her mom for help to keep her out of a nursing home.So when she discovers a letter from a distant relative, Rebecca hops at the chance to get a change of scenery.

The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson | Goodreads

Located on Beach 47th Street in Sea Gate is the 75-foot-tall (23m) Coney Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1890, before the area was populated. Olivia Kitto is sixteen years old and finds herself maintaining the large cliff house on her own while also caring for a small girl, their housekeeper’s daughter, who was left behind by her mother. Rebecca, a cancer survivor herself, has just cleared out her mother’s apartment after her recent death. This story takes place during WWII and present day at the mystical and dilapidated old house, Chynalls, in Cornwall. And because it’s that tempting-treats-and-tipples time of year, we’ll make sure there’s a special little something waiting for you on arrival.This cast includes a spirited and cantankerous old woman, a parrot with a penchant for profanity, a few nefarious characters readers will love to hate and a young woman trying to find out who she is without the input of those around her. The chapel in Sea Gate, once used for services and built in 1901, is a historical building now used for social events, yoga classes, and is a polling site at election times. Sea Gate is largely populated by families living in single- and two-family houses, 54 percent being rentals. Our seaside hotel boasts 17 beautifully designed bedrooms, including newly refurbished feature rooms! An old house with a secret history, its owner Olivia with a captivating story to tell and young Rebecca determined to solve the mystery.

The Sea Gate, or Porta Del Mare, famagusta, North Cyprus The Sea Gate, or Porta Del Mare, famagusta, North Cyprus

If a guest is going to be staying overnight, a guest pass must be obtained at the Sea Gate Police Precinct located in the Chapel at the Surf Avenue Entrance.Sea Gate which is in the confines of Community District 10 is patrolled by the 60th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 2951 West 8th Street Brooklyn, NY. I'd like to kindly thank NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Canada for granting me access to this Advanced Reader Copy. The storylines were highly engaging, emotively written, colorfully and effusively detailed, insightfully observant, staggeringly eventful, and cleverly paced while hitting all the feels with a powerful punch and taunting my curiosity with a constant itch. Although the novel was set in Cornwall, I was interested to see that the romantic hero was Moroccan, which made a refreshing change.

The Sea Gate: a sweeping, atmospheric historical novel

I did wonder why she was allowed to stay in a big house, all alone with a refugee kid, during the war, and not one person in the community suggested she was too young (she was in her teens). Catra and the crew get to Salineas before the heroes, and are angry that Shadow Weaver didn't tell them that there was a sea gate blocking the path to the castle.Finding some letters amongst her mothers' things she heads to her elderly cousin in Cornwell who is in hospital and in need of help.