The Dhow House, Jean McNeil
The Dhow House, Jean McNeil
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The Dhow House

Author: Jean McNeil

Narrator: Kate Hewlett

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 03/20/2018


Synopsis

A lushly imagined novel that asks, “When do we ever really know ourselves?” When Rebecca Laurelson is forced to leave her post as a trauma surgeon in an east African field hospital, she arrives at her aunt’s house on the Indian Ocean and is taken into the heart of a family she has never met before. It’s a world of all-night beach parties and constant cocktail receptions, and within its languorous embrace her attraction for her much younger cousin grows.But the gilded lives of her aunt Julia’s family and their fellow white Africans on the coast are under threat — Islamist terror attacks are on the rise and Rebecca knows more about this violence than she is prepared to reveal. Will she be able to save her newfound family from the violence that encroaches on their seductive lives? Or, amidst growing unrest, will the true reason for her hasty exit from her posting be unmasked? Rebecca finds herself torn between the family she hardly knows and a past she dares not divulge.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Arah-Lynda on November 20, 2016

I really struggled with this one.   Rebecca Laurelson is an English Doctor  serving at an East African field hospital. where there is conflict from Islamist terrorists.   When Rebecca is forced to leave this post for reasons that are not made clear, but lead the reader to believe are relevant to the......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on July 09, 2017

The Dhow House was more 3.5 stars overall rounded up to 4 stars due to the descriptive writing and the research on birds. There were aspects of this story that I absolutely loved, including many of the descriptions of the settings. The Dhow House itself was beautifully depicted. Much of the writing......more

Goodreads review by Heather on October 17, 2016

This was a very descriptive read when it came to the setting and the natural habitat of wildlife. One of the main characters, or the main character, Rebecca, is soon to sit for her bird watching guide exam so there is an over abundance of descriptions about all types of birds. Unfortunately, the sto......more

Goodreads review by Joy on December 07, 2019

This could have been so much better. The premise is intriguing - a British surgeon travels to an unnamed East African country to treat both sides of an ongoing ethnic and religious conflict. She is pulled out of her post (We don't know why until the end) and ends up spending two months on the coast......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on October 16, 2016

This one just didn’t quite work for me. The premise is certainly an interesting and topical one, but I never managed to engage with any of the characters, especially not with the main protagonist, an English doctor Rebecca Laurelson, who goes to visit her aunt and family in Tanzania after being forc......more