{"id":2864,"date":"2017-08-22T18:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2017-08-19T15:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T05:40:17","slug":"making-christina-meredith-jaffe-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/making-christina-meredith-jaffe-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of Christina by Meredith Jaff\u00e9 – book review"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Making of Christina<\/em> by Meredith Jaffe is the first I\u2019ve read by this author, but will not be the last. She\u2019s taken the story of an intense, all-consuming affair to a confronting, evocative level.<\/p>\n

\"\"Here’s the blurb:<\/p>\n

Interior designer Christina Clemente is caught off guard by an intense affair with her charismatic client, Jackson Plummer. He quickly becomes the cure to Christina’s loneliness and a surrogate father to her young daughter Bianca. When Jackson suggests moving to a rundown farm in the mountains, Christina soon forgets her initial hesitation and absorbs herself in restoring the rambling century-old house, Bartholemews Run, becoming obsessed with solving its mysterious history.<\/p>\n

But while living on the isolated farm, her once effervescent child transforms into a quiet sullen teenager and Christina increasingly struggles to connect with her. Because Bianca has a secret. And the monstrous truth threatens to destroy them all.<\/p>\n

Christine is a flawed but relatable character, who falls head-over-heels for businessman Jackson, never once thinking of the impact on her daughter, Bianca. And by the time she does, the damage is done \u2013 to Bianca, to the mother-daughter relationship, to friendships, and to Christina\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n

Forgiveness and resilience are strong themes, but stronger yet is mother guilt. The whole story, which flits back and forth between past and present, is underpinned by Christina\u2019s evolution as a woman \u2013 the title is very apt \u2013 and the guilt that eats at her as the explosive impact of her lust-fuelled relationship is unveiled.<\/p>\n

Once again, this is not a happy read, but an excellent one that leaves readers with what-ifs, questions and theories after the narrative\u2019s end is reached. (Pan Macmillan<\/a>, $29.99)<\/p>\n

Monique Mulligan
\n<\/b>For more of Monique Mulligan’s writing on books, check out<\/span> Write Note Reviews<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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