Here on Earth
by Alice Hoffman, Alice Hoffman

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Book Review: "Wuthering Heights" meets "Gone With the Wind"
Summary: 4 Stars

Hollis/Heathcliffe is the orphan boy, who becomes embittered through the loss of his childhood love, March until she returns a married woman with a teenage daughter, Gwen. He determines to reclaim her, threatening the fabric of not only March's family, but the whole community, who are forced to examine their consciences concerning the boundaries of small town gossip and taking action over unneighbourly suspicions of abuse.

Whilst initially I feared this was a well worn tale, I was quickly gripped could empathise with the characters and ploughed rapidly though the pages desperate to know the outcome. 'Here on Earth' is an old fashioned story, but with none of the Victorian prudery. The sexual tension aches from its pages and drips from its descriptions. Hoffman's observation of men and women (and adolescents!) in love is impressively keen. As a choice for Oprah's Book Club this was far from disappointing!