The Silk Pavilion by Sarah Walton
Lucy’s on assignment. The wild reclusive writer awaits her arrival in his Mallorcan home. She wants the story of his life. He wants her to become part of it.
Villa Rosa hides a dark secret.
Beneath Deià’s sunny olive groves are the bodies of a generation.
Spain’s unearthed shadow entwines with Lucy’s as her own skeletons start to rattle out of her closet.
Will she uncover the truth before it’s too late, or replay the pattern of her childhood abuse?
About the author
The pandemic has restricted Sarah Walton to the Sussex Downs of late, but she is restless for encounters around the world. A digital pioneer in California n the.com era, she remains a leading figure in digital innovation and corporate storytelling. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and lectures on Hull University’s Online MA Creative Writing. Sarah also teaches her Soul Writing method, that combines meditation, free-writing and creative writing skills. This bis her third novel.
Review
‘The Silk Pavilion’ was a claustrophobic read that made my hair stand on end at times! The whole way through it I was shouting in my head at Lucy and what she was getting herself into. I could feel myself getting angrier and angrier as I carried on reading. It is reactions like these though shows a great standard of writing, which in this case was beautifully descriptive and transferred you into their world with ease! This was my first book my Sarah Walton but it won't be my last!
I HATED Miguel’s character and I don't think he had any redeeming features at all which I'm guessing is the point of this story! It is truly a story of how abuse and manipulation taking place during childhood can reverberate through the ages and affect how you will accept certain types of relationships later in life. Unless, you unpack the trauma you don't evolve and move on. It really was a powerful narrative on this topic alone but mix with the historic Spanish civil war and it lifted it above the normal.
I will warn you that some of the sexual scenes were quite in your face at times - literally!
Let me know if you read this one.
