For the first time in years the Birch family will be under the same roof for Christmas. They will be convening for a week of festivities at their country estate, Weyfield Hall, and they will be under quarantine. Olvia, the oldest daughter of Emma and Andrew Birch will be just arriving home from a humanitarian mission treating patients with a highly contagious plague. She will be required to be quarantined for seven days once she returns to England. Emma is thrilled to have her family all under the same roof, her younger daughter, Phoebe is newly engaged and she is looking forward to some wedding planning during the quarantine to keep her mind off of her own troubles, but Phoebe receives some news that will ruin their whole holiday. Andrew, Emma's husband, is also glad to have his daughters home, but he has been distracted and distant because of his past coming back to haunt him. What will his family say if they were to find out his secret? While the whole Birch family may be under the same roof their secrets are keeping them apart.
Yes, I did it. I read the first Christmas book of the season and I am not sorry one little bit. I love Christmas and am really looking forward to this year's holiday season. The Birch family holiday reminded me a lot of the last Christmas I spent with my whole family for Christmas. We weren't quarantined, but we were stuck due to an old-fashioned Iowa blizzard. And we were not in a large English manor, but a small four bedroom home. Collectively I liked the Birch family, but individually they all got on my nerves a bit. Think Family Stone meets Downton Abbey. Phoebe was whiny and self-centered. Olivia was judgemental and arrogant. Their parents were so disconnected from each other it was hard to feel empathy. By the end of the book a lot of the issues in this family had been resolved, but not in a "cheesy Christmas story" kind of way. - CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS I really found myself loving the Birch family by the end of the book and this is one that I can see being picked up for a big screen movie.
Bottom Line - Seven Days of Us was a great way to kick off the holiday season. Not only are the characters all unique and engaging, the setting of Weyfield Hall is something right out of Downton Abbey. Definitely worth the read if you are already humming Christmas carols under your breath!
Details:
- Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
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- Pages: 368
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Date: 10/17/2017
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