Westmore - Carol Cassada

NAME OF THE BOOK: Westmore

AUTHOR: Carol Cassada

PUBLISHED ON: 11 April 2011

ISBN: 1461025508

GENRE: Family drama/ romance

PAGES: 390 (paperback) 

SYNOPSIS: 
Set in fictional New England town, Westmore, the story follows the lives of three families; The Greens, the Braxtons, and the Reynolds. While Charlotte Green never thought she could find love again after her husband dies, Peter Green puts his mother in a dilemma when he returns home with his new girlfriend, who's ten years older than him. Scott and Alicia Green are singing siblings struggling to make it big while juggling their love lives, day jobs and worrying about their mother's ability to cope with grief. Andrew Braxton is a ruthless and powerful businessman who runs his household the same way he runs his company, with an iron fist, little realizing that he has lost the respect and love of his wife and children. Laura Reynolds and her daughter Megan move back home with her father, where she plans to start life anew, but little does she know that it's not easy to escape her past. Marie Braxton contemplates her loveless marriage when a surprise pregnancy jolts her world.


EXCERPT:  
"All day and night she 

would cry her heart out, causing 

stress to her body. Finally, her 

children stepped up to the plate and 

got her out of her trance like state. 

They convinced her, this isn't what 

daddy would've wanted. He wouldn't 

want her to mope around all day, 

he'd want her to go out and enjoy 

life. Although she didn't want to 

admit it, she knew they were right, 

knowing Michael he'd be fussing at 

her behavior. Instead of staying 

home, wallowing in self-pity day-8 

after-day, she finally got out and did 

something with her life. She owned a 

successful business with her best 

friend, and her kids, although all 

grown and had lives of their own, 

still made time for their dear old 

mom. 

Although she was doing 

better and had moved on with her 

life, deep down she still missed 

Michael."  

PeeVee SPEAK: 

Westmore is one of those books that I ploughed right through once I got started because of the simple fact that it warrants only that much attention and time. The language is simple, the plot is too. One can possibly get lost somewhere in the beginning for more characters keep appearing but everything settles after the first hundred odd pages. It's just another story of families, love, controlling patriarchs and clashes. Nothing more, nothing less.

Surprises kept popping up even in the last chapters making me to wonder how the author plans on wrapping everything up in the last fifteen pages. Turns out, she doesn't. The end leaves the story hanging with none of the threads tied, loose ends flying around like stray clothes in a storm. No closure, none whatsoever.

From a Google search, I find that there is a part II, let's see if it can make the experience better. For now, the book strictly meant for times when you're in bed with chicken pox and have absolutely nothing else to read.

RATING: 2.5 on 5
PRICE: $15.50/ Rs. 750 (approx.) on Amazon