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Though the Greys appear to be an enviable upper class family, they are not without problems. Ian, the older son, is a womanizer and compulsive gambler; Clive, the younger son, is an odd man barely five feet tall with no life outside his work as an accountant; and Amanda, Oliver's niece, whom he raised after her parents died in a plane crash, has been twice divorced and has had a difficult life. Dan, Amanda's brother, is the only Grey who appears to have no problems—except with his six-year-old daughter Caroline, whose behavior reminds him more and more of his troubled sister Amanda.
The trouble had started with Oliver Grey's decision to divide his nationally known business, Grey's Food, among Ian, Clive, and Dan. Amanda, bitter about being left out of the business, arrives from California to straighten out her financial holdings in the company. On a visit to Ellen, Dan's wife, Amanda sees a silver carousel much like the one Oliver gave her when she was a child. Ellen says the carousel was a gift to Caroline from Oliver. Amanda breaks down and tells Ellen that Oliver had given her the carousel to keep her from telling the truth about the unspeakable things he had done to her. Ellen, horrified by this revelation, finally understands why her daughter has been acting so strangely and why a therapist had raised the possibility that Caroline may have been sexually abused. Ellen goes to Oliver Grey's home that evening to confront him. And when she leaves he is dead.
Belva Plain breaks new ground in this stunning new novel. A family drama with a strong strain of mystery, The Carousel confirms her standing as one of today's most compelling and popular writers.
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- ISBN: 9780307789457
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- ISBN: 9780307789457
- File size: 2631 KB
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- English
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Reviews
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April 3, 1995
Plain's latest family saga (after Daybreak) is an animated but less-than-profound story of child abuse, adultery and business dealings. Dismayed to discover that their five-year-old daughter, Tina, has been sexually abused, photojournalist Sally Grey and her decent, hardworking husband, Dan, face both family and business crises. With his illustrious uncle, Oliver Grey, and Oliver's two sons, Ian and Clive, Dan runs the worldwide corporation Grey's Foods from its upstate New York headquarters. Among the many who depend on the family-held firm for their livelihoods is Roxanne Finelli, who schemes to parlay her beauty and sexual prowess into fortune and happiness. After an affair with Ian--an attractive womanizer--sours, the practical Roxanne marries the sickly, spindly Clive. On the business front, Dan's California-based sister, Amanda, who owns a quarter of the controlling shares of Grey's Foods, demands her principal in order to fund a project for desperate girls, and Ian seeks to sell off Grey's woodlands for profit. To top it off, when Sally learns the identity of Tina's abuser, the resultant mayhem threatens to tear the firm and the family apart. Gliding swiftly along the surfaces of its shallow characters and events, this capably crafted--and appropriately titled--narrative provides plenty of forgettable entertainment. -
April 1, 1996
Plain's latest mystery concerns business machinations, child molestation and murder within a powerful family.
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