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Bernard Finch is a lecturer working on a cruise liner. He deems his audience to be a nuisance and to be avoided at all costs once the tour and talk is over and the liner has left port. One particular passenger Frankie Gleeson has unnerved Bernard so much that he takes to his bed!
The star of the novel is Bernard's wife of 20 years, Enid. When the story begins we see Enid as the dutiful wife following her husband on his tours and supporting him in every possible way. They have been married for 20 years and know everything there is to know about each other. Or do they?
Frankie Gleeson is like a dog with a chew and will not give up on his belief that he knows Bernard from childhood.
As the days go by on the cruise, Enid begins to wonder if she really does know Bernard as well as she believes she does. She makes discoveries about her husband , activities to be enjoyed on board the liner and the unfamiliar world of the internet.
I loved the way Laurie Graham gave us just enough to know that Enid and Bernard had missing pieces to their history without giving everything away. I felt Enid's frustration about the situation. She left me wondering whether Enid still had unanswered questions about Bernard at the end of the novel. I found the way Enid handled Bernard at the end of the novel satisfying and funny.
5 out of 5 for me!
Thank you to Quercus for a review copy
Thank you to Quercus for a review copy
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