Seven Days of Us

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak                       Audio Book: 9 hours, 30 mins.    Paperback Book:  464 pages                       

The Birch Family has a lot going on the Christmas season of 2016.    From health crisis to surprise relatives they didn’t know about, dropping in.    The oldest daughter, Olivia who is a doctor and has been treating patients suffering in an epidemic abroad comes home for the first time in 5 years for Christmas.   Unfortunately, due to the severity of the disease she has been treating others for it has required her and anyone she comes in close contact with to have to be quarantined.    The book doesn’t explain why the other passengers on the plane she and other medical staff came home on were not also quarantined nor was there mention of anyone who transported them, rented them vehicles, etc. were not quarantined, but, hey, you don’t even notice that part until after you complete the story because there is so much going on with whiny spoiled Phoebe the younger sibling and her boyfriend.   Not to mention the sarcastic reviews the father does on local restaurants that are printed in the paper now that he is no longer a war corresponedent.   Maybe the sarcasm comes from being stuck in one place rather than travelling the world as he did in his younger days.    And how those long tours of duty in the trenches with the troops can throw people together each looking for a little satiation– more to that story.    So many things are happening simultaneously in this story that it will definetly peak your interest to find out what happens next.    A good page turner.    Honestly, you will wonder how all of England didn’t come down with this virus, though.