Rebecca

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is not only one of my all time favorite books by Daphne du Maurier, but it happens to be my number 1 book in a top ten list.

Rebecca is a suspense book that will keep you engaged the whole way through. Ms. du Maurier has a way with her writing that captivates her audience right up to the end.

"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again." This is the first lines in the book, which is told by the second Mrs. De Winters. Who seems to be living in the shadows of the first Mrs. De Winters, that everybody seemed to love and worship, including her maid, who now attends to the second Mrs. De Winters, who does not feel welcome in Rebecca's house. Your heart goes out to her as she tries to be a good wife to Maxium, her husband, who still carries a torch for Rebecca. Every where she goes on the estate, everything she tries to do to fit in at Manderly, she see Rebecca, not in a spiritual way or physical form, but by memories of people telling her, Rebecca loved this, or Rebecca did this, Rebecca would go here, do this, do that, and she feels she can't escape the past.

Until the night, Rebecca's little sailboat is found, and things will never be the same for the second Mrs. De Winters, Maxium, Manderly, and everyone else that Rebecca has touched their lives.



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