Cheryl, The Book Contessa
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Catherine Banner:
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(view spoiler)[Hello! I just finished reading The House at the Edge of Night. I loved it! One mystery remains for me: Near the end of the book, many people are flocking to the island. Someone, maybe Bepe?, tells Maria-Grazia he thought he saw her brother Flavio awaiting a ferry. I do not recall anything happening with that. Maria wanted to rush to see him; then the story focus on Lena's future running the bar. Did I miss something? (hide spoiler)]
Catherine Banner
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(view spoiler)[Thank you, Cheryl. I'm delighted you loved the book. There is just one line about Flavio at the end, and it's very easy to miss. In the middle of the final paragraph, which describes the general chaos on the island during the rainstorm and the Sant'Agata festival, I wrote that Flavio Esposito 'came forward at last into the hail of flowers'. I wanted to imply by that not only that he was returning across the piazza to the bar, and that Maria-Grazia would soon greet him, but also that he was finally receiving the welcome he never received as a young man, that would let him make his peace with the island. I hope that explains the mystery! (hide spoiler)]
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Joanne
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Catherine Banner:
I just finished House At The Edge of Night-and I absolutely adored it. I read it for a Cultural Challenge in one of the GR Groups and there is a debate whether the island in the book is fictional or real. Hoping you can clear this up! Also, what are you currently working on? Your writing was exquisite, and I am hoping for more.
Elaime
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Catherine Banner:
I read this wonderful book and have suggested to my book club. I would be so honored to have this book for my personal library. You, in my opinion , have written such a beautiful story of three generations of family on an island in the Mediterranean Sea. My parents came from an island in the Med, and as I read this it simply brought me back to when my parents spoke of this wonderful magical place where they lived ?
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