Julie Ryan
Autor de Perennial Gardens for Texas
Sobre El Autor
Julie Ryan is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Series
Obras de Julie Ryan
Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next (2017) 2 copias
Finding Rose 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 66
- Popularidad
- #259,059
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 16
- Idiomas
- 1
We have three sisters, Ginny, Sally, Molly. There are the usual sibling dynamics, with Ginny, as the eldest, being quite dominant. Molly, the youngest is fairly submissive, whilst Sally, as the middle child, ends up trying to please everyone. When the book begins their dad, Eddie, is in hospital and is expected to pass away fairly soon. But it's clear something is preying on his mind and his final words are that the sisters should "find Rose".
This present day storyline is the most prominent but we also follow the story of William and Rose in Tudor times, and Matthew and Rosie in 1916. The first half of the book is scene setting, introducing all the threads and letting them run alongside each other. It's only later that they are weaved together and we get to know how they are all linked, and it's only then that the sisters set about finding Rose.
I thought this was an excellent read, a story of family with an ending that surprised me. I read it in a day and found it such an easy read, and a compelling one. It's much more about the sisters and their lives than I expected. I did expect the three strands to be more linked, but it all came together in the end quite splendidly.
If you're after a time slip or historical novel then this isn't it. What this is is a book about relationships, finding yourself, repairing fractured connections, with hints of the past coming into play. I thought it was warm-hearted and a really satisfying read.… (más)