Love Falls - Esther Freud

The story tells of the holiday of 17-year old Lara with her workaholic historian father Lambert in the pictaresque hills of the Italian countryside around Siena. They have been invited by an old friend of Lambert's called Caroline to stay at her villa with its delightful swimming pool perfect for cooling off from the summer heat. It is an opportunity for father and daughter to get to know each other because since the age of four, when her parents separated, Lara has been brought up as an only child by her Buddhist mother Cathy in a poor and protected environment, though multicultural and adventurous, the highlight of which saw the pair take a pilgrimage to India by bus. ...  Read the complete review