Sunrise

by Rosie Thomas

It was a love forbidden but never forgotten. When Harry Cotton returned to Wales, Angharad Owain found paradise - despite her father's violent warnings against the Cottons of Llyn Fair. For she and Harry were in love, untouchable. Until a shocking revelation drives Angharad to flee, pregnant and penniless, to London. There, struggling to make a new life for herself and her child, she resolves to put the past behind her, joy and heartache alike. But neither time nor success can banish her memories. In the end, Angharad must confront the sinister shadows that lie between her and Harry - the man she will always love, but may never have...

Genres: Chick Lit

Paperback

First published July 1, 1984

About the author

Janey King, née Morris was born on 1947 in Denbigh, Wales, and also grew up in North Wales. She read English at Oxford, and after a spell in journalism and publishing began writing fiction after the birth of her first child. Published since 1982 as Rosie Thomas, she has written fourteen best-selling novels, deal with the common themes of love and loss. She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, in 1985 with Sunrise, and in 2007 with Iris and Ruby.

Janey is an adventurer and once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia. She currently lives in London.

Reviews

[Elaine Silvester · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the book but the ending.... I am not sold on that. Can’t decide if it was choppy or perhaps I merely read it with too many intervals.
I’d still recommend.

[Leanne Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the gentle Welsh setting of this novel. It took me right out of my busy city environment and transported me, as if on an extended holiday, into the hills and villages of what is, for me, a little-known region of Britain. The characters were beautifully portrayed, giving me the sense that I knew them as real people. My only regret is that the first chapter opened so slowly and in such sterile surroundings because it almost put me off the book altogether. Only once the story moved into the past and began to explore the girls' friendship did I begin to get interested, and then, of course, came the promise of romance and forbidden love. The imagery of sunrise was well used throughout the book to highlight the pivotal moments in the lives of the characters, and this pleased me. I was left with vivid mental pictures of the tin chapel, the market, the hospital and the schoolhouse, and this contrasted powerfully with the grey fog of London where everything was so much less intensely felt or experienced. I was sorry to finish the book in the sense that it meant leaving the lovely countryside of Wales, but the ending was certainly satisfying as conclusions of novels go. Another wonderful Rosie Thomas read.

[Ragne Rämmal-Orason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Angharad Owain arvab, et ta on leidnud oma elu õnne, kui Harry Cotton tuleb tagasi vanematekoju Walesi. Armastus ei lase tal kuulata ka isa hoiatusi. Siis aga satub ta tunnistajaks stseenile, mis kogu tema õnne hävitab. Rasedana ja ilma rahata põgeneb ta Londonisse ning üritab alustada seal uut elu iseendale ja oma lapsele. Minevik ei lase end paraku niisama lihtsalt olematusse pagendada ning tuletab end meelde üsna ootamatul kombel.
Angharadil tuleb oma hirmudega vastamisi seista ja neist lõplikult üle saada.

Minu kommentaar: Omapärane raamat- mõneti ärritav ja igav, vaheldumas päris põnevate sündmustega. Autor on jutustust luues "kindla peale välja läinud"- liigutavate stseenidega kaasaegne "Romeo ja Julia" lugu. Meeldis Walesi kirjeldav osa, see oli tore. Isiklikult jäi häirima jäi õe-venna kohatu seksuaalsuhe, millest libiseti liiga leebelt üle.

[penelopewanders · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm never sure how to label stories set in the 1960s, for example. It's contemporary, but not really...
Anyway, this is quite a moving story of a very tangled set of relationships. It's hard not to feel sorry for "Anne's" savior in London.. I found the beginning very slow-going, but towards the end I had to force myself to put it down so I could get some sleep.

[Jane Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rosie Thomas writes such good books; you are caught up in the characters’ lives right away and her stories are interesting and sometimes quite bold. Managed to find this one in a charity shop which was good as I hadn’t read it. Will look out for more older ones if I can.

[Mary Shipman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Superb reading

This is an excellent story and beautifully written. I enjoyed the Kashmir Shawl enormously and will now read another novel with anticipation.

[Maureen BOOTH · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as others she has written, lacks body and is predictable.

[Pallavi Patel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great description of wales and people in the area but that’s about all.

[Pam Coll · Rating 4 out of 5]

So readable. Good story. However, the writer's manipulation of the tension was occasionally irritating. Thankfully fast moving.

[Tracey Keir · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first 90% of this book but the last 10% went a bit odd. It was a bit like a hill climb with a couple of false summits!

[Julie P · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. I first read it in 1984 and have read it several times since then.

[Laxmi Jilka · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book sometime back and although I can't remember the storyline as clearly now, it's a book that has stayed with me. It has that nostalgic feeling of childhood, innocence, play and the turning point when you realise that grown ups are not perfect and the world is not as simple as you once thought. After reading this book I have since read other books by Rosie Thomas, she is a wonderful author and I think Sunrise should be back on my "to read" shelf again soon.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could not put this book down until the end.
A young Welsh couple fall in love but cannot be together due to a dark secret in the past.
A shocking revelation drives the girl, now pregnant and penniless to London where she is helped by a man who gives her a job, a home and falls in love with her.
Eventually she returns to Wales and her home to seek out her childs father.

[Marjan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Impossible to put down ,.
Young couple fall in love but due to a secret from the past cannot be together.
A shocking revalation drives the girl , pregnant and without a penny to London , where se finds work and a man who helps and falls in love with her
Eventually se returns home to seak out the father of her child

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the story and read it in three evenings! Really enjoyed the difficult love story and All the hard times they had to go through.

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy Rosie Thomas--this book kept me interested 100% of the time. I got to a point when I had to keep reading to find out who she wanted to be with !! A great read.

[Victoria Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been a long time since I read a book in pretty much one sitting. This really gripped me and I struggled to put it down!

[Sharron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved, loved! Really got involved with the characters- they were well developed in my opinion and enjoyed the Welsh setting.

[KEVIN D MCLEAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wales

Without question once again rosie manages to loose you in another place. I loved the depth of story and intricacy around the characters.