If there is one word that summarises this book it is substantial. Not only over 400 plus tightly packed pages, but also in themes of science meeting religion, the hysteria of village life in the 1890's and an unusual love triangle. Cora Seaborne is recently widowed and finds her way to Colchester and from there to that village on the mysterious Blackwater Estuary.
The characters who she meets along the way are very well portrayed and the story develops on different fronts without losing it's thread. Sometimes I felt the author went into too much detail on some of her descriptions surrounding a few events, but mostly this is a gripping tale of a woman realising her own identity after a hard marriage.
The dialogue is excellent and there are many clever and witty remarks: "I'd no idea you knew England extended beyond Palmer's Green. Are you lost? Can I lend you my map?"
Like everyone else at book club, I loved this stirring novel.
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