Looking For Henry

by Jane Hatton

Susan has grown up with the knowledge that her natural father died before she was born, and that Jerry Nankervis adopted her on his marriage to her mother. She has never asked questions, has wanted to be part of the Nankervis family so much that she has never felt the need. But stepbrother Oliver and his wife have gone to live in Cornwall, half-sister Debbie has married a Cornishman, Jerry’s marriage to her mother has foundered and he shows all the signs of returning to his first wife, Helen. Stranded in Embridge with her own marriage in seriously shoal water and her mother steadfastly unsympathetic, Susan feels desperate and rejected. A chance meeting at Debbie’s wedding has put an idea into her head, on an impulse she acts upon she will trace her father, Henry, and in learning about him she maybe can find herself ... but where the quest will lead her is not where she expected, and the search itself has such far-reaching effects that it seems likely to make things infinitely worse.
Jane Hatton has proved herself to be a magician, conjuring up real people who seem to emerge three-dimensionally from the pages of her books. Cornish World
If a book is about people, place and plot, then we have all three ... I found it a riveting read, and look forward to the next in the series.
Susan Sallis
I had a sense of the plot continuing to unfold regardless of whether I was reading it or not, and I was loathe to miss a thing. The author shows the human condition in all its dubious glory West Briton

476 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 20, 2014