UNTYING THE KNOT eBook Linda Gillard
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FOUR WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL meets THE HURT LOCKER in a romantic comedy from the author of bestseller, HOUSE OF SILENCE.
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Marrying a war hero was a big mistake. So was divorcing him.
Fay walked away from Magnus, a traumatised war veteran, and from the home he was restoring Tullibardine Tower, a ruined 16th-century castle on a Scottish hillside.
Now their daughter Emily is getting married, but she's marrying someone she shouldn't. And so is Magnus.
Is it too late to rebuild what wars have destroyed?...
***UNTYING THE KNOT was awarded a 2012 B.R.A.G Medallion by the Book Readers Appreciation Group.***
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REVIEWS
“The characters are all endearing, flaws and all... One can’t help falling for Magnus, with his appealing mix of good looks, sexual prowess, vulnerability and heroism... This author is funny, smart, sensitive, and has a great feel for romance... Highly recommended!”
RHAPSODY IN BOOKS blog
“Another deeply moving and skilfully executed novel by Linda Gillard... Once again, she had me committed to her characters and caught up in their lives from the first few pages, then weeping for joy at the end.”
AWESOME INDIES book blog
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Praise for Linda Gillard's other novels
"STAR GAZING was a joy to read from the first page to the last... Romantic and quirky and beautifully written." www.LoveReading.co.uk
"HOUSE OF SILENCE is one of those books you'll put everything else on hold for." CORNFLOWER BOOKS blog
On EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY - "A love story filled with passion and paint-stripping honesty.” HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ARTS JOURNAL
“The emotional power in these novels makes this reviewer reflect on how Charlotte and Emily Bronte might have written if they were living and writing now.” NORTHWORDS NOW
UNTYING THE KNOT eBook Linda Gillard
If you have read other novels by Linda Gillard you know that she is an advocate for the understanding of the kinds of mental illnesses that are not severe enough to prevent a person from living in society, but perhaps for that very reason, add additional stress onto anyone thus afflicted. In this book, which is also and I would say primarily about enduring love, the author tackles the important issue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and she does a wonderful job.The main protagonists in this book, Fay and Magnus, have been divorced for five years. Previously, Fay played the role of a faithful army wife, while Magnus was periodically deployed as part of an "Explosive Ordnance Disposal" or EOD team. But Magnus came back from the Falklands War with PTSD, and thereafter suffered from frequent nightmares and even violent episodes during which he thought he was back in the war zone.
Although Fay loved Magnus, she left him when she could no longer cope with the toll his illness was taking on both of them. She started a new life on her own, finding success with the therapeutic craft of textile art. Magnus engaged in his own therapeutic work, restoring the crumbling Tullibardine Tower out in the countryside of Perthshire.
After the divorce, Fay and Magnus only interacted intermittently, and eventually a young woman, Nina, moved in with Magnus in the Tower. But when Emily, the grown daughter of Magnus and Fay, announces her engagement to a young man that Fay had "known" in the Biblical sense, Fay feels she has to tell Magnus, and all the relationships come to a crisis point.
Discussion: The characters in this book aren't too different from those in most of the author's other books, in that the female main protagonist is a bit crabby, and the male is tall, dark, handsome, and quite Scottish. Furthermore, both the male and female protagonists, as in the other books, struggle with issues of creativity and sanity.
This is not to say the writing is formulaic, however. There are many differences in each of the books, the largest of which is the disability affecting one of the main characters, a disability which in turn drives the plot. In this book, that disability is PTSD. I especially appreciated how the author shows what the disease would look like after 25 or 30 years, rather than only portraying the situation immediately after a soldier returns. And though it's central, it's also not central, in that it's just something that affects the relationship of the main characters, rather than "An Issue" about which the author wants to browbeat us.
The characters are all endearing, flaws and all, and moreover, one can't help falling for Magnus, with his appealing mix of reputed good looks, sexual prowess, vulnerability and heroism.
This author is funny, smart, sensitive, and has a great feel for romance. Highly recommended!
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UNTYING THE KNOT eBook Linda Gillard Reviews
To forty-something divorcee Fay McGillivray, people said it would get better, and in some senses, it has. Divorcing Magnus, her army veteran husband, allowed her to move full-time into their Glasgow apartment and focus on her art. Now showing and selling her textile pieces on a regular basis, Fay couldn't be a more successful artist. But going on six years from their split and other men later, why does she still feel so incomplete? With Nina, Magnus' girlfriend, living with him at Tullibardine Tower, he seems to have moved on. That their daughter Emily, whom Fay hasn't lived with since the divorce, is getting married only complicates things further, particularly when it looks like Magnus will follow suit. How did Fay's big life-changing decision go from best to worst and what will she do about it?
I was stoked when I read the announcement on Linda Gillard's facebook that Untying the Knot would be released as an ebook in September. It hadn't been long since I knew the book even existed and to know that it would be available so soon was a happy surprise. I've come to expect much from a Linda Gillard novel - thoughtful, lyrical writing, carefully constructed characters and well-crafted storytelling - as well as a more experienced, older-than-the-norm female protagonist, a heart-pounding romance and an authentic portrayal of mental illness. I also happen to love her titles, which beg to be analyzed. I'm happy to report that Untying the Knot is no exception on either account.
Beyond the vivid and harrowing picture painted of post traumatic stress disorder, I found the divorce premise refreshing. A relationship can't get much more complex than exs with a wealth of history and memories between them. The knot and stitching analogies add meaning to Fay and Magnus' relationship that would otherwise be missing. A passage from the unforgettable opening pages
"If I make a mistake in my work or if I change my mind, I can unpick. Undo what I've done. I can make good my errors and no one is the wiser. If they looked, even through a magnifying glass, all observers would see would be the tiny holes where my needle had travelled. I can erase even that evidence by scratching carefully at the weave of the linen with my needle, until the holes are no longer visible.
But life isn't like that.
Mistakes once made are rarely reversible. The holes they leave in the fabric of life aren't tiny and they can't be scratched away. You have to live with them as best you can. Work round them. That's why you have to come to terms with memory. You can't obliterate the past or eradicate it from the mind, even when, for our own good, memory enfolds us in a blanket of forgetfulness. There are always traces left, marks where time gripped us and left its telltale fingerprint."
What a clear and striking image. These analogies are subtle and unobtrusively made yet powerful in the way they drive home meaning. Such thought-provoking prose is a joy to read. I would spend more time savoring them if not for the way each short chapter concludes with a carefully dropped piece of enlightening information about the characters or the plot that would made it almost impossible not to read on, and faster at that. While I expected a more detailed, logistical resolution between Fay and Magnus Untying the Knot was still a rewarding read full of hard-won relationships. It also happens to have one of my favorite things a flawless love letter. Sigh. I will be reading that again.
This was my fourth Gillard novel. I have awarded five stars to every one. At first I thought Untying the Knot would be the exception. The first half was kind of slow. I was not drawn in from the very beginning as I was with the other three. Then right in the middle of the book there came a scene that was laugh-out-loud hysterical. (no spoiler. You'll just have to read it.) That was the turning point for me. From then on I laughed and cried my way through to the end of this heartbreaking, magnificent novel.
I have watched tv interviews with victims of ptsd and their wives. I've listened to more such interviews on public radio. And I have read articles on the subject in the paper. I'm sure you have too. But Gillard's treatment of pts went so far beyond. I'm a woman so, of course, I was experiencing it from Magnus's ex-wife's point of view, and at times I did not breathe normally and evenly. I could not imagine experiencing what she went through, what led up to the divorce. It was all so gut wrenching and terrible. Gillard brought it home like a kick in the stomach. I think that part of the reason Gillard succeeded so admirably in her presentation of pts is that her format is the novel which allows her the length (altho it's fairly short as novels go) and time to develop her story. I will never again think of pts without thinking about what I learned from this novel. I wonder whether Gillard wrote this story based on academic research alone, or if she has a friend or family member who suffers from pts. - Celeste Hoffmann Downey
If you have read other novels by Linda Gillard you know that she is an advocate for the understanding of the kinds of mental illnesses that are not severe enough to prevent a person from living in society, but perhaps for that very reason, add additional stress onto anyone thus afflicted. In this book, which is also and I would say primarily about enduring love, the author tackles the important issue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and she does a wonderful job.
The main protagonists in this book, Fay and Magnus, have been divorced for five years. Previously, Fay played the role of a faithful army wife, while Magnus was periodically deployed as part of an "Explosive Ordnance Disposal" or EOD team. But Magnus came back from the Falklands War with PTSD, and thereafter suffered from frequent nightmares and even violent episodes during which he thought he was back in the war zone.
Although Fay loved Magnus, she left him when she could no longer cope with the toll his illness was taking on both of them. She started a new life on her own, finding success with the therapeutic craft of textile art. Magnus engaged in his own therapeutic work, restoring the crumbling Tullibardine Tower out in the countryside of Perthshire.
After the divorce, Fay and Magnus only interacted intermittently, and eventually a young woman, Nina, moved in with Magnus in the Tower. But when Emily, the grown daughter of Magnus and Fay, announces her engagement to a young man that Fay had "known" in the Biblical sense, Fay feels she has to tell Magnus, and all the relationships come to a crisis point.
Discussion The characters in this book aren't too different from those in most of the author's other books, in that the female main protagonist is a bit crabby, and the male is tall, dark, handsome, and quite Scottish. Furthermore, both the male and female protagonists, as in the other books, struggle with issues of creativity and sanity.
This is not to say the writing is formulaic, however. There are many differences in each of the books, the largest of which is the disability affecting one of the main characters, a disability which in turn drives the plot. In this book, that disability is PTSD. I especially appreciated how the author shows what the disease would look like after 25 or 30 years, rather than only portraying the situation immediately after a soldier returns. And though it's central, it's also not central, in that it's just something that affects the relationship of the main characters, rather than "An Issue" about which the author wants to browbeat us.
The characters are all endearing, flaws and all, and moreover, one can't help falling for Magnus, with his appealing mix of reputed good looks, sexual prowess, vulnerability and heroism.
This author is funny, smart, sensitive, and has a great feel for romance. Highly recommended!
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