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Chargement... The Landscape of Love (2007)par Sally Beauman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Loved this book. Read it twice the same year. ( ) This was quite a haunting book; one of the few adult novels I've forayed into. The characters and relationships were very well done and well narrated though, and the story stayed with me a long time. The Sisters Mortland is the story of, what else, three sisters, living in an abandoned English abbey. There is Julia, the gorgeous, sexy eldest daughter with a wild streak; Finn, the bookish middle sister with the most level personality and mind; and Maisie, the youngest, who is quiet, has a mild mental disorder from a childhood accident, and can see the ghosts of the nuns who still haunt the abbey. The story builds slowly, twining from one perspective to another as months and years pass. Along the way, the three sisters have a constantly shifting relationship, and they interact with each other in amazingly subtle, complex, and real ways. And then there are the men of their lives, growing with them from teens to adulthood; Lucas, the handsome and experienced artist; Daniel, the soft-spoken son of gypsies who has known each sister since childhood; and Daniel's friend Nick, a studying medical student. All of them, along with many others, are connected by strings both thin and thick, bonds of friendship, family, betrayal, love, and heritage. The story spans years, and it's amazing to watch each character grow and change so fully over that time. The relationships are probably the best part, although by no means are they warm and fuzzy. That's just it; they're painfully, beautifully real. My perception of almost all the characters changed; it's unlikely that the characters you choose as favorites at the beginning will still be favorites at the end, and vice versa (except Daniel, that's all I'm saying.) All in all, it was a powerful novel, definitely not for those who want things light. But it was well worth reading in the end. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Before the summer is over, a catastrophic event changes the life of three young sisters in 1967 England"--Provided by the publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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