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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I won this print through a contest and agreed to give it an honest review. Luc Crept is familiar with his mother bringing home wounded creatures to their chateau in the French countryside and healing comes easily with the wildflowers, but his mom's latest project is not a creature but a Scottish fifteen year old girl who grieved for her deceased father and a mother that left them both. Weeks later Clare's grandfather arrived to take her home and that starts the pair writing letters back and forth and becoming good friends, but Clare is determined to find her mother and find out why she left. I found At The Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole to be an interesting read. It is well written, somewhat slow paced but sweet, romantic and I enjoyed the alternating perspectives from Clare and Luc, the two main characters. Unfortunately, this story didn't really engage me. I read it, thought it was okay but I didn't feel passionate about it. The characters were worthy but didn't seem to jump "off the page" for me. The story just didn't move me and I'm not sure if it was the story or I just wasn't in the right space when reading it. As always, I recommend that anyone reading this post take the time to check out this book for yourself. Don't base your decision about this book solely from my review. At The Edge of Summer may just turn out to be to your liking! Thank you to Ballantine Books and Netgalley for the gift of this book in exchange for an honest review. The first 30% of this novel I would describe with one word, Enchanted. It was almost too sweet, but the location and the characters of Luc and Clare kept me reading. This is when one needs to have faith in an author whose previous book I loved. The whole book is written in a lighter tome but the subject matter goes much deeper. Of course there are this author's trademark letters, letters that let us see into the heart of these two characters. War and all its horrors, broken and wounded men, without hope but after wars end given hope in an unique way. The power of art as a connection and as expression of feelings, also used to heal. This is definitely a sentimental read but I ended up loving this heartfelt story. ARC from publisher. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The acclaimed author of "Letters from Skye "returns with an extraordinary story of a friendship born of proximity but boundless in the face of separation and war. Luc Crepet is accustomed to his mother s bringing wounded creatures to their idyllic chateau in the French countryside, where healing comes naturally amid the lush wildflowers and crumbling stone walls. Yet his "maman" s newest project is the most surprising: a fifteen-year-old Scottish girl grieving over her parents fate. A curious child with an artistic soul, Clare Ross finds solace in her connection to Luc, and she in turn inspires him in ways he never thought possible. Then, just as suddenly as Clare arrives, she is gone, whisked away by her grandfather to the farthest reaches of the globe. Devastated by her departure, Luc begins to write letters to Clare and, even as she moves from Portugal to Africa and beyond, the memory of the summer they shared keeps her grounded. Years later, in the wake of World War I, Clare, now an artist, returns to France to help create facial prostheses for wounded soldiers. One of the wary veterans who comes to the studio seems familiar, and as his mask takes shape beneath her fingers, she recognizes Luc. But is this soldier, made bitter by battle and betrayal, the same boy who once wrote her wistful letters from Paris? After war and so many years apart, can Clare and Luc recapture how they felt at the edge of that long-ago summer? Bringing to life two unforgettable characters and the rich historical period they inhabit, Jessica Brockmole shows how love and forgiveness can redeem us. Praise for Jessica Brockmole s "Letters From Skye" A remarkable story of two women, their loves, their secrets, and two world wars in which] the beauty of Scotland, the tragedy of war, the longings of the heart, and the struggles of a family torn apart by disloyalty are brilliantly drawn. "Publishers Weekly" (starred review) Tantalizing . . . sure to please readers who enjoyed other epistolary novels like "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." " Stratford Gazette" An absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery. Kate Alcott, author of "The Dressmaker" A sweeping and sweet (but not saccharine) love story. "USA Today" A] dazzling little jewel. "Richmond Times-Dispatch" A captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope. Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of "The Language of Flowers"" No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Clare Ross, a fifteen-year-old Scottish girl, finds herself living with family friends, after her father's death. Her mother left several years previously and has not been heard from since. She comes to love the French countryside and the family she is living with. She bounds with their son, Luc Crepet. Soon after, her grandfather arrives and takes her with him. She is devastated, but soon finds herself engrossed in his life of traveling the world. She faithfully writes letters to Luc and he writes letters to her, some which she never receives. Clare eventually attends Art school and becomes an artist. Clare and Luc's lives once again cross paths.
The novel flows well from past to present, and the ending comes together wonderfully. ( )