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Full Circle
“Life was back on an even keel, summer was on the way and Natasha decided nothing was ever going to depress her again. It was then that she opened the letter...” It is 1994, seven years after Natasha’s marriage to Gerry Masterson. Euan Mackay in self imposed exile in LA receives a telephone call from England with the news that Natasha has now left Gerry and for a year has been living a reclusive life in a large house in Norfolk. Euan immediately returns to England and after learning as much as he can about the break-up of the marriage, he travels up to Norfolk to see her. Their reunion is a difficult one. Gradually Euan learns the full horror of Natasha’s marriage. She is bruised and broken and he realises it will take great patience and care if she is ever to resume her relationship with him. To add to his problems, Natasha now has Laura, her five year old daughter and Euan realises that her priorities are different now. However their passionate feelings for each other haven’t changed and over the next few months Euan becomes increasingly confident they will be able to return to a life together. Then Natasha receives news that shatters everything and changes both their lives forever. The dramatic and tragic events that follow finally lead to the story of the three lives in the Trilogy coming ‘full circle’.
258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 21, 2016
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 22, 2018
Tense and often harrowing closing of the circle
In this final part of McCulloch’s powerful trilogy, there is an entirely different mood to the first two books. Parallel Lines introduced us to the ‘three lives’, Celia Maddington, her daughter Natasha, and Celia’s lover Euan MacKay; Triangles in Circles picked up the story after Celia’s death, and while it tackled complex relationships, there was a strong element of humour. Full Circle is much, much darker.
We last encountered Natasha after she married the TV vicar, Gerry Masterson, an event which sent Euan across the pond to Los Angeles to drown his sorrows in work. We now pick up them both as, after seven years, Natasha has left Gerry and isolated herself in a Dower House belonging to her family in Norfolk. Celia’s cousin Wal contacts Euan to tell him the news in the hope that he will return as Natasha is refusing to see any of the family. With Gerry out of the way, Euan packs his bags and heads back to England hoping to rekindle their relationship.
However, things have changed, and Natasha is no longer the inexperienced young girl he left behind. She is now the mother of six-year-old Laura, and Euan soon finds that there is no possibility of his resuming his place as number one in her life. Also, Natasha’s experience of marriage and the events which led to the breakup have made her less trusting and more independent.
Their reunion is fraught with tension and recrimination, and this paves the way for angry and sometimes ill-considered words. Euan wants Natasha to himself with no contact with her previous life and family, while Natasha wants the complete opposite. Tempers flare, especially when Gerry re-enters Natasha’s life with a shocking illness.
Against Euan’s will, she moves to London with daughter Laura to spend some time with Gerry.
Will she come back and resume her relationship with Euan and go away with him? Neither of them knows.
The end of the novel is gruelling and takes a heavy toll on Natasha and the reader, while the circle finally closes with a visit to Celia’s psychiatrist, Dr Strutter.
McCulloch’s characterisations and writing are the first rates, with each person in the tale startlingly brought to life. As a trilogy, this had to be the last book, but I can’t help thinking (& hoping) that these characters have more to say.
Pashtpaws
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.
In this final part of McCulloch’s powerful trilogy, there is an entirely different mood to the first two books. Parallel Lines introduced us to the ‘three lives’, Celia Maddington, her daughter Natasha, and Celia’s lover Euan MacKay; Triangles in Circles picked up the story after Celia’s death, and while it tackled complex relationships, there was a strong element of humour. Full Circle is much, much darker.
We last encountered Natasha after she married the TV vicar, Gerry Masterson, an event which sent Euan across the pond to Los Angeles to drown his sorrows in work. We now pick up them both as, after seven years, Natasha has left Gerry and isolated herself in a Dower House belonging to her family in Norfolk. Celia’s cousin Wal contacts Euan to tell him the news in the hope that he will return as Natasha is refusing to see any of the family. With Gerry out of the way, Euan packs his bags and heads back to England hoping to rekindle their relationship.
However, things have changed, and Natasha is no longer the inexperienced young girl he left behind. She is now the mother of six-year-old Laura, and Euan soon finds that there is no possibility of his resuming his place as number one in her life. Also, Natasha’s experience of marriage and the events which led to the breakup have made her less trusting and more independent.
Their reunion is fraught with tension and recrimination, and this paves the way for angry and sometimes ill-considered words. Euan wants Natasha to himself with no contact with her previous life and family, while Natasha wants the complete opposite. Tempers flare, especially when Gerry re-enters Natasha’s life with a shocking illness.
Against Euan’s will, she moves to London with daughter Laura to spend some time with Gerry.
Will she come back and resume her relationship with Euan and go away with him? Neither of them knows.
The end of the novel is gruelling and takes a heavy toll on Natasha and the reader, while the circle finally closes with a visit to Celia’s psychiatrist, Dr Strutter.
McCulloch’s characterisations and writing are the first rates, with each person in the tale startlingly brought to life. As a trilogy, this had to be the last book, but I can’t help thinking (& hoping) that these characters have more to say.
Pashtpaws
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.
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