Stephanie is living in isolation in a renovated railway carriage secluded in the mysterious Undercliff of the Isle of Wight. She does not welcome intruders. Mary and Ben are on holiday, casually looking for her, unaware of her plight. A collision with Rose, Stephanie's granddaughter, brings them together and intense memories are triggered for them which impact drastically on the next generation. Set on the rugged southern shore of the Island and the brooding landscape of the Welsh border, guilt and redemption are the themes of Trampling Snowdrops.The fourth novel in The Undercliff Series follows on from The Sorrow of Sisters, Blue Slipper Bay, and Rocken Edge. It introduces new characters but the old familiar ones make an appearance. It can be read as a stand-alone book.
I didn't much like this one. I have read the three previous Undercliff novels, and enjoyed them (with reservations). This one however was full of really annoying characters and unfortunately a wee bit boring. The spirituality and soul searching that was an underlying thread through the other books, just took over here. I was really irritated by the stuff from 1973 in "the Morg ". They were all so self obsessed. So concerned with their inner searches that they couldn't see what was real and present. You could have forgiven this in younger people but not married people with children. Didn't like it