The Three of Us
Kim Lock
Reviewed by Helen
I have had this one on my to be read pile for a long time and I am very glad I finally picked it up, this is a very moving and tender story of love, guilt and secrets, of families and life in the 1960’s in Australia and one that I am sure will have many readers thinking about life.
Elsie and Thomas Mullet have just married it is 1960 and they are moving into the house that Thomas has bought in Church St Gawler, South Australia and they are looking forward to a very happy future with children when they come along, the street is quiet, being 1960 Elsie had to give up her job because she married and although she is doing her best to be a housewife, she is bored and a little lonely with Thomas working so much, then she meets the young woman living in the house next door. Aida Glasson is eighteen, unmarried and is hiding away on her own, soon they become friends and their lives all three of them will change forever.
Fifty years later Thomas is told he is dying and he visits a physiologist, firstly he has not told his wife about the prognosis and secondly he hasn’t told his second wife either and he also has a secret, we learn then what has transpired in the lives of Thomas, Elsie and Aida, in a journey spanning fifty years the ups and downs and there were many along the way, this one had me feeling every emotion along the way and is a book that I would highly recommend to any reader of a good story.
I received a copy of this one from the publisher and Netgalley.
Elsie and Thomas Mullet have just married it is 1960 and they are moving into the house that Thomas has bought in Church St Gawler, South Australia and they are looking forward to a very happy future with children when they come along, the street is quiet, being 1960 Elsie had to give up her job because she married and although she is doing her best to be a housewife, she is bored and a little lonely with Thomas working so much, then she meets the young woman living in the house next door. Aida Glasson is eighteen, unmarried and is hiding away on her own, soon they become friends and their lives all three of them will change forever.
Fifty years later Thomas is told he is dying and he visits a physiologist, firstly he has not told his wife about the prognosis and secondly he hasn’t told his second wife either and he also has a secret, we learn then what has transpired in the lives of Thomas, Elsie and Aida, in a journey spanning fifty years the ups and downs and there were many along the way, this one had me feeling every emotion along the way and is a book that I would highly recommend to any reader of a good story.
I received a copy of this one from the publisher and Netgalley.
4 stars
October 1, 2023 by Escape Publishing
