The Seven Sisters: A Novel
9 journalers for this copy...
I love Riley's books and this one doesn't disappoint. A few issues though - how did the father's study become unlocked? Why is the book called SEVEN sisters when it's primarily about the eldest? Or, due to the ending, is this the first in a series looking at each of the girls? How did the tile get the in hands of the father? So many questions - hope there's another book to answer them!
Addendum: according to Lucinda Riley's website, this is the first of a seven book series. Can't wait!
Addendum: according to Lucinda Riley's website, this is the first of a seven book series. Can't wait!
Journal Entry 2 by nada50 at Cravings Market Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Monday, July 6, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (7/6/2015 UTC) at Cravings Market Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Taking it to the next bookcrossing meetup - the second Saturday of each month at 11 am.
Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each sister is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue that takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story.
Eighty years earlier in the Rio of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.
In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding new series—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talents like never before.
Eighty years earlier in the Rio of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.
In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding new series—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talents like never before.
Great story, but I agree with Nada... So many unanswered questions.
Book 2, The Storm Sister, is due to come out on March 22/16, so I will certainly be looking forward to that.
Book 2, The Storm Sister, is due to come out on March 22/16, so I will certainly be looking forward to that.
Taken to the February meet-up of Calgary BookCrossers, held at Cravings Market Restaurant.
Picked this up at the Feb BookCrossing meeting.
Enjoyed the book. I think this is a series I might continue with.
Taking this to the November BookCrossing meeting to be enjoyed by the next reader.
Yikes I am going to be fired from Bookcrossing! My third book on my shelf I forgot to journal...sorry...safe in my hands...
Interesting book! Not really about 7 sisters...only 6, and focuses on the oldest. A trip through Time, not unlike Kate Mortons Forgotten Garden. I believe this is first in series...I think I will check the rest out.
Hope all the unanswered questions start to be answered in book 2
Hope all the unanswered questions start to be answered in book 2
I am taking this book to our monthly bookcrossers meet up at Cravings - the second Saturday of every month- to pass on to the next reader.
A very interesting read about 6 sisters adopted from different places in the world and when their father passes away, he leaves clues behind about each of their heritage and their story. He named them after a star in a 7-star constellation. His death and burial is very mysterious and it makes me wonder if the 7th star will factor in each of the 6 books in the series - one for each sister.
Picked up at the August meeting.
Taken to the April meeting! This series is sucking me in - good thing I have access to the first three as I immediately started the second after finishing the first.
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
I picked this up at the April meet up at Cravings.
Enjoyed this book - just finished it this morning. A persons roots - how strong that pull can become. To find out the why's and who's. Interesting characters. It is hard to understand Pa Salt and how secretive he was.
Well, I have a nice stack to bring back to the June meetup at Cravings. Mind you, it is 2 months worth.
Picked up at the monthly Book Crossing meeting at Cravings Market Restaurant.
This was a great story with some interesting historical elements to it. Although I did find it felt a little disconnected to me, but I know that is just this writing style.
Going to release this book at the monthly Book Crossing meeting
Got these from a BookCrosser to return to circulation. I am sorting the books and either passing directly to a Calgary member who has requested it or returning it to the person who introduced it to the group. Hopefully this one will find a new reader soon!