Promises

I'm finding myself getting more and more into the books I read by Patricia Scanlan. This book is based in the early - mid sixties, but to me read more like it was the forties, about the women in an extended family, Miriam, Ellen, Emma, and Sheila. The focus of the story changes a lot from one character to the other, but each is interesting enough to carry the story in my opinion. Sheila is the matriarch, and the stubborn, bossy mother who likes to have her say in the family and what goes on. Miriam married the younger son in the family; she's a mother by nature as well as a push over. Emma married the older brother and is also a judges daughter from the big city, she's a spoiled brat and n o one will change that. Ellen is the boys' only sister, she is Miriam's best friend and a little bit of a free spirit. Over the years the girls cause drama and have children of their own...it's a very fun story to read!

I read this book several years ago and thought much was left unfinished. I recently read Mirror, Mirror, where the story is brought full circle and it was delightful to see what happened to all the characters. I would love to see Stephanie, Julie Ann and Rebecca in a new volume to see where life takes them