Madeleine Wickham : Swimming Pool Sunday (Sophie Kinsella)
While I enjoyed this book, I felt a little cheated when I
found it is a re-issued book. It was not obvious to me, but when I was reading
about costs of houses and similar, I was a bit taken aback, then looked closely
and find it was published in 1997, then re printed this year.
That aside, it was a pleasant book which I did enjoy reading.
There were no surprises, as the story was very straight forward; Louise and Barnaby
live in a small village, they have 2 daughters, but there are problems in their marriage and they have split. A
couple in the village have a swimming pool and every year they open their
garden and pool to the village for an entrance fee for charity. This year there
is a terrible ‘accident’, and the bulk of the book is how this is dealt with by
the parents, the village, the owners of the house with the pool, and the
lawyers.
It does make you think, and the book is a light read so the
dilemma is also fairly lightweight, but it does show up how these situations
can affect all parties involved and can create even more distress. It also
leaves a nasty taste as it shows the way we are all so ready to sue other
people, and how you really need to think hard and investigate your liability if
you are going to host any sort of gathering. What happens if there is an ‘accident’.
Does your insurance cover it? Pretty frightening to think of how easy this kind
of incident can occur.
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