Winterton Blue, Trezza Azzopardi
Winterton Blue, Trezza Azzopardi
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Winterton Blue

Author: Trezza Azzopardi

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/20/2007


Synopsis

For the last twenty years, Lewis has been haunted by his brother’s death. He’s tried hiding from it, running from it, even erasing it from his memory, but the relentless ghost of Wayne confronts him at every turn. Then he meets Anna, a young woman who is also haunted - by her mother, Rita, a vivacious spirit who, unlike Wayne, happens to be very much alive. Rita is the exact opposite of her daughter: loud, carefree, and a daredevil. At seventy-six, she still runs a guesthouse on the coast and has a boyfriend, Vernon, a retired actor and bon vivant. Together they make a formidable pair, living life as if every day might be their last. Anna would be happy for them, if not for the memory of her late father, a reserved and careful man. Into this precarious environment of carousing, music hall turns, and cocktails, stumbles Lewis, on a quest to find the person he believes is to blame for the death of his brother. He immediately recognizes a kindred spirit in Anna, and she in him, but at first both are too headstrong to admit that they are susceptible to falling in love. Against the backdrop of the Norfolk coast, with its massive skies and relentless seas, they finally learn to trust each other, and accept that an uncertain future can be as wild and alluring as the landscape they have grown to love.

About Trezza Azzopardi

Trezza Azzopardi was born in Cardiff. She is a graduate of the creative writing school at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Remember Me and The Hiding Place, a national bestseller and Man Booker Prize finalist. Azzopardi lives in Norwich, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Madeline on April 17, 2021

I was expecting much more from this book.........more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on January 14, 2013

I picked this book up first because the title and the gorgeous blue of the cover caught my eye. I smiled to note that the author also wrote The Hiding Place, which I remembered enjoying. The book cover has snippets from reviews which speak to the "lyrical, beguiling, captivating" quality of the writ......more

Goodreads review by Laura on November 04, 2012

Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to appreciate this book, as I read it during a stressful period at work, but I found it dull, slow, and obtuse. (of course, those adjectives could all be attributed to me as well!) I really wanted to love this book, as Azzopardi is such a great writer,......more