The Cliff Path

The Shouting Wind Trilogy #2

by Linda Newbery

When Abigail decides to run away from home and join her boyfriend in a little seaside cottage, she doesn't know of the long-reaching effects her decision will have on the future.

Genres: Historical Fiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Linda Newbery's latest novel for adults is THE ONE TRUE THING. She has published widely for readers of all ages, and is a Costa Prize category winner with SET IN STONE, a young adult Victorian mystery. She has twice been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, with THE SHELL HOUSE and SISTERLAND.

With friends Adele Geras and Celia Rees, Linda hosts the literary blog WRITERS REVIEW, which features reviews, recommendations, interviews with authors and insights from booksellers.

Linda is an active campaigner on animal and environmental issues and has published a guide to compassionate living: THIS BOOK IS CRUELTY FREE - ANIMALS AND US.

She lives in rural Oxfordshire.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite as fabulous as The Shouting Wind, possibly because I loved Kay so much that Abigail (her daughter) being thoughtless and hurting Kay made me mad at Abigail. I get the feeling from the beginning of the third book that Abby never really grows up much. There are some really beautiful descriptive passages, and well-drawn characters (especially Gillian. I wish we knew more about Claudia - I could do with a book about her, too!)

All in all, it's a good book. Even if the main character is horribly self-centered.

Meanwhile, I feel rather dumb. I again spent most of the book complaining that I thought Alice (Kay's mother) had a fascinating story, and why hadn't Newbery written it? Well, it turns out that there are at least three more books that cover Alice and her brother Jack, and Alice's husband Patrick, and that yet again I've come in in the middle of a series. I have such a nack for doing that. I've got The Wearing of the Green home for the weekend as well as A Fear of Heights (the third in this trilogy), but I have public library books to finish as well. So Alice may just have to wait...