Starting Over (by Marcia Willett)

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'Starting Over' is a modern character-based novel for women by Marcia Willett.

It's another book following the lives of people introduced in  'Those who serve', although it's not necessary to have read that first.

Several sub-plots intertwine in this novel. Pippa is in an unhappy marriage and needs advice from her godfather's widow, Annie.  Hugh, meanwhile, has irrational guilt over the death of Charlotte. And then there's Frances, who worries that her husband is being unfaithful.

The characters and situations are cleverly woven together, and the conclusion is satisfying.

Recommended.

(You can also read my longer review of 'Starting Over', written on re-reading nine years later).