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Love All

By: Elizabeth Jane Howard

Narrated by: Joanna Lumley

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From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All is a heartfelt story of love and adulthood in the 1960s.

The late 1960s. For Persephone Plover, the daughter of distant and neglectful parents, the innocent, isolated days of childhood are long past. Now she must deal with the emotions of an adult world.

Meanwhile in Melton, in the West Country, Jack Curtis – a self-made millionaire – has employed Persephone's aunt. A garden designer in her sixties, she is to deal with the terraces and glasshouses of the once beautiful local manor house – one that he has acquired at vast expense. He also has plans to start an arts festival, as a means to avoid the loneliness of divorce.

Also in Melton are the Musgrove siblings, Thomas and Mary, whose parents originally owned and lived in Melton House. They are still trying to cope with emotional consequences of the tragic death of Thomas's wife, Celia. As is Francis, Celia's brother, who has come to live with them and thereby, perhaps, to find his way through life.

As Jack's festival comes together, so shall these disparate souls – their relationships intertwining, and their loves transformed.

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This takes place in the late 1960s. “Percy” Plover, the daughter of distant parents grows up and has to cope with an adult world. She finds a job with her aunt Florence (who basically raised her and was a surrogate parent) working for Jack Curtis - a self-made millionaire - who wants a garden designer to deal with the terraces and glasshouses of the once beautiful local manor house, which he has acquired and renovated. Recently divorced and desperate to remarry, he also wants to start an arts festival. Then there are the Musgrove siblings, Thomas and Mary - whose parents originally owned and lived in Melton House - they are trying to cope with the car crash death of Thomas's wife, Celia...as is Francis, Celia's brother and a child. Basically this was ok but with a totally dissatisfying ending where Mary could have found happiness with Jack Curtis, but gives it all up for her depressing undeserving brother. Though beautifully read by Joanna Lumley (which is actually why I bought the book), it is a confusing waste of time. I had trouble figuring out all the personalities and as I said, it didn’t end well—I couldn’t believe it was finished to be honest.