Getting Colder

by Amanda Coe

They were colour-supplement darlings of the 1980s: Patrick, the sexy, ferocious young playwright, scourge of an enthralled establishment; and Sara, who abandoned her two children to fulfil her destiny as Patrick's beautiful, devoted wife and muse. Decades later, Sara's death leaves Patrick alone in their crumbling Cornwall house, with his whisky, his writer's block and his undimmed rage against the world. But bereavement is no respecter of life's estrangements, and Sara's children, Louise and Nigel, are now adults with memories, questions and agendas of their own. What was their mother really like? Why did she leave them? And how can Patrick carry on without the love of his life?

344 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2016

About the author

Amanda Coe is a screenwriter and filmmaker whose television credits include the British series Shameless. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

Reviews

[Jeni Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very enjoyable tale of wants and desires and disappointments and expectations. Notable use of the absent mother/lover/rival who is central to the story but has little voice except through other's expectations, wants, etc of her. The single scrap of legitimate and unfiltered voice is the pivot point for the story's perspective. Interesting, well done, not transformative.

[Steven Pilling · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have read and enjoyed Coe previously but this , well it never engaged me , the characters feel so underwritten and lacking anything that i wanted to understand or know more.

im not sure why this didnt grab me but the last pages felt so difficult to read

[Jenny L · Rating 2 out of 5]

For me, this was one of those stories I just wish I hadn't bothered to read. It was okay, but I didn't care for any of the characters and I must say the reviews on the covers did not seem to refer to the same book! Not a fan...

[Linda Berkerey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very dysfunctional family quietly falling apart. Quite sad if I'm honest.

[Amberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found is book very disappointing, Were I pick this book pick I thought it be about face their demons, family bonding and found your self but it not also This book was okay, but I really didn't like characters and I didn't care what happen to them but I love the cover.