Title: Never a Cloud
Author: Jo Brunini
Publisher: Idle Ridge Press
ISBN: 979-8986120508
Pages: 386
Genre: Literary Fiction
Synopsis
Some things can only be hidden for so long. Some things are too difficult to talk about, and some things you have to repeat even when no one is listening… Never a Cloud charts the course of three women, Violet, Ava, and Margot, who find their way into a new understanding of home and family at Otyrburn, an estate in rural Scotland. Violet Grey, a child of the 60s, writes from an island in Maine, as the novel travels between Scotland, New York City, and Venice, Italy. Otyrburn belongs to George Gardner and Margot Reid, who is the half-sister of Violet’s daughter, Ava. This is something Margot discovers only when Ava unexpectedly arrives. Their host George, a director at the Metropolitan Museum, finds himself under suspicion for illicit activity, while Margot has reconnected with her childhood sweetheart, who is helping restore the worn-at-the-edges Regency Manor, where secrets long forgotten, and those newly discovered, converge.
About the Author
Jo Brunini’s paintings and poetry can be found at giovannabrunini.com. Among her regrets are losing the handwritten letter from William Steig and not taking Tasha Tudor up on an invitation to tea. Jo lives in Vermont with her family.
