Jack and Jill Went Downhill is an exploration of the relationship between two people from their initial meeting as university students, tracking their lives over the ensuing years and giving great insight into the development of their individual personalities and characters along the way.
Jack and Jill have a lot of highs counterbalanced by a lot of lows, and R J Gould delves, skilfully and sensitively, into the question of the effects of heredity and environment by introducing both sets of parents and their family homes. Once the rose coloured glasses come off and they see each other as ordinary, flawed human beings, Jack and Jill are faced with the challenges of day to day living and whether they can see their future together. A lot happens to them, individually and as a couple, and they each have to find their own ways to live their best possible lives.
This is a highly entertaining, compulsively readable book written with RJ Gould’s usual warmth, wit and deep understanding of the human condition. I loved it!
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