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TRIANGLES IN SQUARES
"To an outsider it probably looked like any other London square, but it wasn't..."
It is March 1987, and Lady Fay Stanhope, the undisputed monarch of Garrick Square, continues to socially engineer. As a result of her energies, the Square has become an elite and tight-knit community of creatives, professionals and eccentrics that Lady Fay describes as 'Media People'. One of her triumphs is Euan Macay, now a successful writer working at the BBC. It is seven years since Celia's tragic death and Euan has not moved on, that is until her daughter unexpectedly re-enters his world and proceeds to turn it upside down. No longer the gawky teenager of "Parallel Lines", Natasha is now an independent and attractive woman and she's looking for a place to live. She's not the only one. Lady Fay has an ideal candidate for No 39, but the Reverend Gerald Masterson, darling of Religious Programming at the BBC, may not be quite as angelic as he seems. Thus begins a summer of passion, intrigue and betrayal, with allegiances forming and falling away against the backdrop of the Square's elaborate social calendar, until Natasha must make a choice that will change her life forever.
It is March 1987, and Lady Fay Stanhope, the undisputed monarch of Garrick Square, continues to socially engineer. As a result of her energies, the Square has become an elite and tight-knit community of creatives, professionals and eccentrics that Lady Fay describes as 'Media People'. One of her triumphs is Euan Macay, now a successful writer working at the BBC. It is seven years since Celia's tragic death and Euan has not moved on, that is until her daughter unexpectedly re-enters his world and proceeds to turn it upside down. No longer the gawky teenager of "Parallel Lines", Natasha is now an independent and attractive woman and she's looking for a place to live. She's not the only one. Lady Fay has an ideal candidate for No 39, but the Reverend Gerald Masterson, darling of Religious Programming at the BBC, may not be quite as angelic as he seems. Thus begins a summer of passion, intrigue and betrayal, with allegiances forming and falling away against the backdrop of the Square's elaborate social calendar, until Natasha must make a choice that will change her life forever.
273 pages, Paperback
First published November 4, 2015
About the author
Jane McCulloch
24 books2 followersAfter leaving drama school I worked as a writer and director of theatre and opera. Two years ago I retired from theatre work and now my time is occupied in writing. The first book of my THREE LIVES TRILOGY was published in January 2015. The second book, TRIANGLES IN SQUARES will be published in October 2015. I have also recently published an anthology of poems, BETWEEN SANITY AND MADNESS. All these publications are available on Amazon.co.uk and have received many 5* reviews.
I have a website which contains information about me and my books, and also a weekly blog and a monthly newsletter.
I live in London and have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.
I have a website which contains information about me and my books, and also a weekly blog and a monthly newsletter.
I live in London and have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.
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August 20, 2018
Book two in the Three Lives trilogy
In this, the second in the series, we meet up again with Euan MacKay and Natasha Roxby Smith. It has been seven years since Euan’s lover and Natasha’s mother, Celia Roxby Smith, died and Natasha is now a self-assured young woman returning to London after completing her art course in Florence.
The action takes place in Garrick Square, a slightly down-at-heel square of large Edwardian houses tucked away in a dead end. Lady Fay Stanhope personally vets new residents to ensure they are the right sort before they can buy any vacant property. The residents are an eclectic bunch of disparate people from Fay’s own free-spirited daughter Jules and her two young sons, to Murdo Struthers, a retired publisher who lives at number 29 with his partner Desmond.
Euan has bought one of the houses, and over the seven years, he has become a successful and sought-after writer working mainly for the BBC. When he re-connects with Natasha, he offers her his basement flat to rent, an offer which is perhaps not a wise a decision.
Of course, living together in an isolated square, the residents are a close-knit community who share regular social occasions, and they are forever being thrown together with the clashes of personality and intrigues which are common to such living arrangements.
In this novel, McCulloch’s characters are larger than life, and each is perfectly developed, from the elegant Fay to ‘horrible fat Henry’, child of Lorraine and Gavin Cooper. There are tears and tantrums, jealousies, plots and all sorts of bad behaviour to relish.
From a quiet start, Euan and Natasha’s relationship becomes strained especially after the arrival of the unctuous Reverend Gerry.
Once again McCulloch has put together a real page-turner, each page being a new joy in itself. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and if you enjoyed Parallel Lines, you would love this as well.
Pashtpaws
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.
In this, the second in the series, we meet up again with Euan MacKay and Natasha Roxby Smith. It has been seven years since Euan’s lover and Natasha’s mother, Celia Roxby Smith, died and Natasha is now a self-assured young woman returning to London after completing her art course in Florence.
The action takes place in Garrick Square, a slightly down-at-heel square of large Edwardian houses tucked away in a dead end. Lady Fay Stanhope personally vets new residents to ensure they are the right sort before they can buy any vacant property. The residents are an eclectic bunch of disparate people from Fay’s own free-spirited daughter Jules and her two young sons, to Murdo Struthers, a retired publisher who lives at number 29 with his partner Desmond.
Euan has bought one of the houses, and over the seven years, he has become a successful and sought-after writer working mainly for the BBC. When he re-connects with Natasha, he offers her his basement flat to rent, an offer which is perhaps not a wise a decision.
Of course, living together in an isolated square, the residents are a close-knit community who share regular social occasions, and they are forever being thrown together with the clashes of personality and intrigues which are common to such living arrangements.
In this novel, McCulloch’s characters are larger than life, and each is perfectly developed, from the elegant Fay to ‘horrible fat Henry’, child of Lorraine and Gavin Cooper. There are tears and tantrums, jealousies, plots and all sorts of bad behaviour to relish.
From a quiet start, Euan and Natasha’s relationship becomes strained especially after the arrival of the unctuous Reverend Gerry.
Once again McCulloch has put together a real page-turner, each page being a new joy in itself. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and if you enjoyed Parallel Lines, you would love this as well.
Pashtpaws
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.
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