{"id":8728,"date":"2020-11-29T16:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T15:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8728"},"modified":"2020-11-29T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T15:10:11","slug":"8728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8728","title":{"rendered":"“The Confession” by Jessie Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The Confession” by Jessie Burton<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"A young girl called Elise Marceau, life model, meets the dazzling, older and alluring Connie Holden. Connie is a very successful author and Elise is easily encouraged to follow Connie to the glamorous and glitzy Hollywood, as her latest book is being turned into a film. Elise is unsettled and an event changes her life\u2019s direction which has many consequences.<\/p>\n

The narrative switches to the future where Rose Simmons, another lost soul, is seeking answers to the disappearance of her mother. After realising that Connie Holden, now a reclusive novelist, had a connection to her mother she entangles herself in a story to find the threads of her past.<\/p>\n

The themes of the book are concerned with motherhood, pregnancy and independence and the characters of Rose and Elise do mirror each other. Given these themes it is surprising that we all agreed the relationships are rather unconvincing. You do not get the impression that the characters actually really care for or love each other. Having said this, we all enjoyed the book possibly because Jessie Burton knows how to hook you into a plot. It does have a slow start but definitely worth a read. We gave this book a score of 8\/10.<\/p>\n

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OFF THE SHELF “The Confession” by Jessie Burton A young girl called Elise Marceau, life model, meets the dazzling, older and alluring Connie Holden. Connie is a very successful author and Elise is easily encouraged to follow Connie to the glamorous and glitzy Hollywood, as her latest book is being turned into a film. 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