Lindsey Reviews; The Brazilian Job - Michelle Vernal
Rebecca Loughton is a 34 year old Kiwi who
having uprooted from her native New Zealand has emigrated to Dublin with her
best friend Melissa. Rebecca works as a
P.A. for a law firm, Fitzpatrick and Co; her life being that of a typical
singleton; peppered with drunken shenanigans and an ill fated one night stand
with Ciaran Cahill, her boss. Rebecca
has no permanency in her life and has been constantly overshadowed by her older
sister Jennifer who in contrast seems to have it all; looks, money, career and a perfect relationship with
her husband and children. Rebecca, all
through her life, has been compared to her older sister which has resulted in
self esteem issues and separation from her family. However, out of the blue, she is contacted
by her sister Jennifer who informs her that her husband Mark has had an affair
with his secretary and in order to repair their marriage, Jennifer wants her to come back to Taranga
and look after her niece and nephew whilst she goes on holiday with her husband
to try to salvage their relationship.
Rebecca reluctantly agrees and with her best friend Melissa in tow, they
arrive back in Taranga. Yet all is not
what it seems with her sister Jennifer and Rebecca begins to question whether
her sister really is as perfect as she makes out; indeed, arriving back in New
Zealand sets off a chain of events which change Rebecca’s life irrevocably, notwithstanding
an experience of swimming with dolphins, meeting a gorgeous divorcee and a
rather painful Brazilian wax.
Yet another brilliant offering from Ms
Vernal. This is a book about
relationships and about how sometimes what people perceive about others is not
always the truth. It was a book about sisters
and the dynamics of sibling rivalry, about the tenuous relationships within
families and our friends, but how ultimately they are the ones who come through
for us in the end. Rebecca and Jennifer
have effectively grown apart but through the breakdown of Jennifer’s marriage,
they are able to find themselves again which not only repairs their
relationship as sisters but enriches it as they both come to realise their own
flaws and those of each other. The novel
was very positive as it showed how once the characters faced their own issues
and the problems in their relationships, they are able to move on in their
lives. It was also a love story as
Rebecca, between her old boss and the sexy David Seager realises that Mr Right
was under her nose all the time.
Funny, fresh and heart-warming. One to
savour on a winter’s night.
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