We jump ahead in time with each chapter, observing how the family dynamic has shaped each of them. Their eldest, Alice, takes charge of the cooking Lily, the middle child, spends most of it off necking with a boy called Trent and young David, age seven, cautiously avoids getting into the water until his dad forces him into it. While there, it’s as though they are individuals unconnected with one another: Mercy wants to get on with her watercolours, while Robin wades into the lake and has blokey chats with a new friend he’s made.
They are embarking on their first proper holiday with their three children, heading for Deep Creek Lake and stoically determined to enjoy themselves. He has taken over the running of a hardware shop that ran in Mercy’s family she has parked her painterly ambitions in order to be a housewife and a mother. The action spins back to 1959, and we meet Robin and Mercy Garrett. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.
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