The Memory Trap

I enjoyed The Memory Trap by Andrea Goldsmith which is the story of two families who grow up next door to each other - one has two girls, the other has two boys.  It is about their relationships with each other as they grow up and also the people who come in to their lives along the way.  Nina is living and working in New York when she meets her husband Daniel.  Zoe has had a "good" marriage with Elliot whom she met in New York.  Sean has tried to live away from the shadow of his pianist brother Ramsay.  Nina's life becomes "complicated" and she returns to her hometown of Melbourne, spending some time with Zoe and discovering that Zoe's marriage is threatened.  There is some beautiful writing in this book and the reader becomes familiar with all the characters who are not all likeable.  We can feel sorry for Ramsay whose whole world is himself and his piano and what that does to the people who love him. There is sympathy also for other characters as their lives seem to fall apart. 4/5