Shortly before she dies Constance Barrington decides to change her will. She doesn't tell her family about the changes she has made and she does so with the intention of it causing ill feeling amongst them after her death.
At the reading of the new will the family are all amazed at the content. Instead of the family home being shared between her son and grandchildren as was expected, it is left to just one person. And Lou, who is Constance's only blood relative grandchild, is effectively disinherited by being given the copyright to the novels written by her late grandfather, Constance's husband John. The books have been out of print for many years, were not particularly well received on first publication, and the copyright is known to be all but worthless.
Of all the family it is Lou who is struggling financially. She is a young single mother who is trying to work and look after her small child without having to resort to asking for too much help from her parents. She spends her working life reading screenplays and writing reports on them for a small production company.
Lou reminisces about spending time with her grandfather and him reading passages of his books to her when she was a small child. She re-reads 'Blind Moon' and realises that he had only read a part of the book to her, a lot of the story was based on his experiences in early life in a prisoner of war camp.
The ill feeling caused by the new will begins to cause problems within the family and long forgotten conversations and information come to light, particularly around the early life of John Barrington.
This is a really good story with some interesting characters. It is the fourth adult novel written by Adele Geras. If I come across any of the others I will certainly read them.
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