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See You in September Paperback
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- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Dimensions5.08 x 1.02 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-101743318774
- ISBN-13978-1743318775
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- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1743318774
- ISBN-13 : 978-1743318775
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.08 x 1.02 x 7.8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,647,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,437 in Cultural Heritage Fiction
- #10,602 in Holiday Fiction (Books)
- #23,682 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction
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About the author
Charity is the author of six novels. She was born in Uganda, brought up in draughty vicarages in the North of England and met her husband under a truck in the Sahara desert. She worked for some years as a family and criminal barrister in York Chambers, until, realising that her three children barely knew her, she moved with her family to New Zealand where she began to write.
After the Fall was a Richard & Judy and World Book Night title, The New Woman a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice. See You in September (2017) was shortlisted for best crime novel in the Ngaio Marsh Awards. Her sixth, The Secrets of Strangers, was released on 7th May 2020 and is also a Radio 2 Book Club choice.
Charity loves hearing from readers. Please visit her on facebook.com/charitynormanauthor or Twitter: @charitynorman1
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The reader lives through two worlds unfolding: Cassy's 'new' life, one of order and safety,companionship and love juxtaposed with the growing worry felt by her parents and sister over the lack of communication with Cassy.
Short-listed for the 2018 prestigious NZ Ngaio Marsh Award, this proved to be a page-turning, un-put-downable novel. I've not read any other Charity Norman novels, but I can see I will pick up another of her's before long.
Highly recommended.
Set in New Zealand, on the shores of remote and ruggedly beautiful Lake Tarawera, this is the story of British backpacker, Cassy, who meets some friendly locals and goes to stay at their sustainable farming collective for a few days. She's a bright, educated, independent, modern girl, so does she realise it's a cult? Well...
At first she understands that this community is a bit different and her guard is up, but she's in a very vulnerable position at the time, and the members actively withhold the details of the true nature of their community. What Cassy sees and experiences at Gethsemane is a safe, happy, nurturing and self-sufficient community where everybody from the very old to the very young is loved and cared for; where everyone has a purpose and can contribute for the benefit of all. She likes it - she decides to stay for a while.
Then she meets Justin, the charismatic founder of Gethsemane, and she falls under his and Gethsemane's spell.
Five years later, her family back in England is still trying to release her from Gethsemane's pull.
Wow, it's easy to see how this sort of thing can happen. What really surprised me about my own reaction was that I was on Cassy's side! 'Leave her alone', I thought, 'she's happy there!' They're not hurting anyone... Perhaps though this was partly because I didn't like her parents - her dad in particular. I thought they got too worried, too quickly. It seemed like a gross overreaction, when she'd only been there a few days. But as time passed, I became more sympathetic to them. It was also interesting at times when the author let us into Cassy's head to see that inwardly she was still rational, even if her outward behaviour belied this.
As you would expect, the ending of this story was very dramatic. Not all happy endings for everyone, but quite realistic I think.
Apart from the insight to a very different world, I also loved the setting. At first I didn't realise that Lake Tarawera was a real place, but one morning I was sitting on the couch reading this book, when I registered that someone on breakfast TV had just mentioned Lake Tarawera, so of course, off to Wikipedia I went to find out more.
I haven't read anything by this author before, but I will be checking out her other offerings.
New Zealand was their final destination before returning home for a wedding, but it was there that Cassy was invited to stay for a few days at a farming community. Gethsemane was filled with adults and children, loving, farming, teaching and self-sufficient members who knew happiness; let nothing negative touch their lives. As Cassy became more involved with the community and met Gethsemane’s leader Justin, she was convinced she should stay. But should she? What about her family back in England?
See You in September by Charity Norman wasn’t at all what I expected! The community Cassy joined was a cult – nothing more, nothing less – but the peace and tranquility of the valley on the side of a lake had Cassy believing her previous life wasn’t the right one for her. The manipulation – wow!! I rolled my eyes a lot through that! Different, intriguing, tension-filled in places – See You in September is a great read which I recommend.
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Told from different angles I found myself both empathising and abusing Cassy's parents for their actions. I could've throttled and yelled at Cassy for her ignorance but grew to love the character.
A story told well about an intriguing subject that we know little about but end up with a huge insight into.
Intense and unforgettable, well written and rivetting.