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The Geometry of Sisters (Newport, Rhode Island #1)
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Luanne Rice (Goodreads Author)
New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice explores the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that hold together three pairs of remarkable sisters, in an unforgettable story of loss, redemption, and forgiveness
The storm off Mackinac Island that engulfed Maura Shaw’s husband and elder daughter,Carrie, also swept away the illusion of her life as the perfect mid...more
The storm off Mackinac Island that engulfed Maura Shaw’s husband and elder daughter,Carrie, also swept away the illusion of her life as the perfect mid...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
April 14th 2009
by Bantam
(first published January 1st 2009)
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This is my second time reading Luanne Rice. The first encounter I had with this author was listening to The Edge of Winter on CD. And to be perfectly honest, I wasn't that thrilled with it. The story was fine, but the narrator irritated me to death. But I'm not going to hold that against Luanne and when I saw the blurb about her newest book, it sounded interesting so I requested it from my library. I'm glad that I decided to 'read' the book this time instead of listening to it. I enjoyed her wri...more
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This is the second audio book I've heard. The readers were just amazing in their performances.
Moira Shaw accepted a teaching position at the famed Newport Academy. She "uprooted" her daughter Beck and son Travis to live. Beck, ever rebellious, plans to return to Columbus so that her missing sister, Carrie, would be able to find them.
Carrie disappeared a year earlier, when her father and she were in a boating accident. Her father drowned; Carried disappeare...more
Moira Shaw accepted a teaching position at the famed Newport Academy. She "uprooted" her daughter Beck and son Travis to live. Beck, ever rebellious, plans to return to Columbus so that her missing sister, Carrie, would be able to find them.
Carrie disappeared a year earlier, when her father and she were in a boating accident. Her father drowned; Carried disappeare...more
This was an amazing book about familie ties. When Beck's family is torn apart by an accident, it is a journey to see how strong the relationships are. Her father dies at sea during a storm. Her sister, Carrie, runs away after she is rescued to try and find her roots. Beck and her brother Travis are left to deal with the fallout with their mother. As the story begins, the family is moving from Ohio to Newport, Rhode Island for a teaching postion so that Maura (the mother) can support her family. ...more
This hand-me-down paperback sat on my nightstand for at least a year. I finally decided to pick it up again during a long weekend, figuring that I should be at least somewhat interested since it takes place in Newport, RI, near my hometown.
Although I read the novel quickly and even enjoyed the description of Newport, I wasn't super engaged with the plot. The characters felt incredibly superficial, even though the author was careful to try and build multi-dimensional, flawed characters....more
Although I read the novel quickly and even enjoyed the description of Newport, I wasn't super engaged with the plot. The characters felt incredibly superficial, even though the author was careful to try and build multi-dimensional, flawed characters....more
A family pulls up stakes following a tragic accident that left a husband dead and a daughter missing. Suddenly the family home in Ohio seemingly holds too much pain and too many bad memories.
Remaining family members are limping along, like injured parties, broken and crippled by the pain. But Maura Shaw is determined to return to her roots in Rhode Island – a place where her own sister Katherine still lives. Katherine, from whom she has been estranged for many years. A secret bet...more
Remaining family members are limping along, like injured parties, broken and crippled by the pain. But Maura Shaw is determined to return to her roots in Rhode Island – a place where her own sister Katherine still lives. Katherine, from whom she has been estranged for many years. A secret bet...more
There are all kinds of twists and turns in this book, plenty of plots to keep it interesting. About a mother who just lost her husband in an accident, whose oldest daughter runs away just after the father dies, a younger "math genius" daughter with cleptomania, and a son. The mother, Maura, has an estranged sister, and after the accident, moves the remaining two kids back home to be nearer her sister and maybe make amends.
Very good, engaging story.
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If you like Luanne Rice's books and style in general, you will love this book. The focus is very much on family relationships, particularly those between sisters. After the death of her husband, Maura returns home from Ohio to Newport after 18 years away, during which she has been estranged from her sister Katharine. Her daughter, Carrie, ran away from home in the wake of her father's death and has missing for a year. This is incredibly painful for the entire family, but particularly hard on...more
Loved this book from page one! Just a great story with a mix of young love, family relationships and secrets set in Newport, RI. Maura Shaw and her children are suffering the loss of two family members: husband/father and daughter/sister. About a year later, they move back to Maura’s hometown of Newport after she accepts a teaching position at a prominent private academy. It’s a bittersweet adjustment for everyone and Maura is haunted by memories of her past. It is also rumored the school...more
This was an easy, quick read that I could not put down. The story revolved around the Shaw family and their struggling to deal with the loss of the father/husband through death and the oldest daughter/sister through running away. Maura, the mother, relocates the family to cope with the grief and start her new teaching career. The book shows the struggles of each family member as they try to move forward with their life while constantly searching for what they have lost. The book does illustr...more
This book follows one family as they try to adjust to a different life following a tragic boating accident.
Beck's father died in the accident, her older sister disappeared from the hospital, and then her mother, Maura, accepts a teaching position at a private academy in New England which means a painful upheaval for Beck and her older brother Travis. Beck buries herself in Mathematics while Travis tries to adjust to life in a new place away from his first love.
Maura is harboring a l...more
Beck's father died in the accident, her older sister disappeared from the hospital, and then her mother, Maura, accepts a teaching position at a private academy in New England which means a painful upheaval for Beck and her older brother Travis. Beck buries herself in Mathematics while Travis tries to adjust to life in a new place away from his first love.
Maura is harboring a l...more
I was unabashedly crying at the end of this book - it is very emotional but satisfying. Maura Shaw moved her family (son Travis and daughter Beck) to Newport Academy in Newport, Rhode Island to teach English a year after her husband dies in a tragic accident and her daughter, Carrie, runs away on the day of his death. The story is about a lost love, strong connections between sisters, and how secrets can tear a seemingly happy family apart. It is written from several points of view. The titl...more
:) well it's a nice warm read, made me feel so grateful for having sisters. loved the details and the "small things that matter". it shows the incredibly strong bonds between family members, very nice and friendly characters. however, i was expecting more from it, it started very well and events started to get confusing -in an exciting way!- but then the end was very traditional although i was waiting to reach the end to unravel a secret or a learn smth that would turn everything upsid...more
I read this book during the 2 weeks leading up to Chloe’s Bat Mitzvah – when I sold my house and then bought a new home - and was feeling a little overwhelmed. While this book is not necessarily light, it was easy to read and allowed me to clear my head and fall asleep. After the accidental death of her husband and the flight of her oldest child, Maura and her 2 rmeining children move from Ohio to Newport Rhode Island for a fresh start. Maura teaches at the private school founded by her former...more
This book was okay- however the love story within was just too hokey for me to be real. The youngest daughter's problems were interesting and she was a little character but everyone else in the book seemed flat. I realize most women rave about these types of novels, I just felt the book could have been a bit darker, more true to life and trauma rather than the unrealistic quick fixes and happy endings. In reality those who suffer trauma don't just snap out of it as if everything is fabulous. May...more
This is an interesting story about several sets of sisters. They are all connected through life events and each set has issues to overcome. The main story is about a mother, daughter and son who, through the tragic death of the father and the disappearance of the other daughter, are torn from their home in Columbus, OH to move to Newport, Rhode Island. This move unearths the past for the mother and creates new situations with the children as they come to grips with a new school, new friends, ...more
I liked this book. Three different sets of sisters lives are challenged through events that could happen to anyone. Maura and Katherine are set apart after one summer of bad choices by one of them. Beck and Carrie are Maura's daughter's and one of them takes after their mother unknowingly in a very pecuilar way and as a result runs away from home. Pell and Lucy are very close and look after each other because their Mom won't. Although there are lingering issues and problems unsolved by the ...more
This novel revolves around 4 sets of sisters- 1 set in the past, 2 sisters along with their mother and aunt, and 2 sisters that are friends of the girls. Carrie and her mother and brother are moving back to her mother's hometown after her father's death in an accident and her sister's subsequent disappearance. They will attend a private school where her mother will work. Beck is having a hard time adjusting and delves into the world of mathematics which she loves. She becomes friends with Lucy w...more
I absolutely loved this book. I started reading The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners first, and came to Goodreads to document it. I learned then that this was the first book. That was the only thing that irritated me a little bit, as there was not any indication that this was a series.
The book is a story about two separate familes, each with their own turmoils. It follows the relationships of three sets of sisters: Maura and Katherine, Carrie and Beck, and Pell and Lucy. There's a...more
The book is a story about two separate familes, each with their own turmoils. It follows the relationships of three sets of sisters: Maura and Katherine, Carrie and Beck, and Pell and Lucy. There's a...more
The Geometry of Sisters was actually good. It just wasn't for me.
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The Geometry of Sisters starts with Maura Shaw moving away to Newport, with her two children, Beck and Travis. Maura's daughter, Carrie, is missing and the detective on the case has failed to find any trace of her. Maura is the only one looking forward to the change to Newport. Travis misses his girlfriend, Ally, while Beck is antagonistic to moving away from home, where Carrie could be.
As th...more
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The Geometry of Sisters starts with Maura Shaw moving away to Newport, with her two children, Beck and Travis. Maura's daughter, Carrie, is missing and the detective on the case has failed to find any trace of her. Maura is the only one looking forward to the change to Newport. Travis misses his girlfriend, Ally, while Beck is antagonistic to moving away from home, where Carrie could be.
As th...more
I listened to this book. It was barely believable in many places. A widow with a son and two daughters moves to Newport, RI to take a teaching job at a posh private school. One of her daughters had run away a year earlier right after the drowning death of her father. Her reason for running away seems odd in this day. Her son is nearly perfect and quite one dimensional. The youngest daughter displays some problems as a result of losing both her sister and father. There isn't much drama and it dra...more
I was intrigued by the title; being rotten at geometry and having no sisters I thougth I might learn something. This was an involved story of several sets of sisters, and so many connections both secret and public that it was at times hard to belive, but I kept reading because the descriptions of vacations in Michigan and private school in Newport RI were the stuff of my childhood fantasies. I have no better understanding of geometry, but do wish I'd had a sister to share this kind of bond with.
theres alot of conflicts in this story. The father drowns, the daughter runs away from home, the other daughter can't resist stealing.The father is not really the father, the daughter is more than just a daughter. The mom decides to move back to newport rhode island to begin a new life.She reconnects with her sister, sees an old lover and tries to recover and forget the miseable, tramatic year. do the conflicts get resolved is the family able to start over?? It is worth reading all the way to th...more
I'm really glad i chose to read this book last. It kept my attention the whole time. I never got bored of it once. The funny thing is I misplaced the book and couldn't find it for about 4-5 days...i was getting pretty nervous that i wouldn't finish it and my creative response on the day it was due. I finally found it a few days before. And finished it with time to spare. There wasn't any surprises really, but I was okay with that. I always enjoy books about life lessons and anything havin...more
I'm a little torn on the rating for this one. The main focus was the importance of the relationship between sisters, and what happens when that relationship is strained. But, I was bothered by the use of the "f" word a couple of times (seriously unnecessary), and what happened between JD and Maura at the pool (again-unnecessary).
Overall, it was a likable story that tugged at the heartstrings, and could have been much better without those things mentioned above.
Overall, it was a likable story that tugged at the heartstrings, and could have been much better without those things mentioned above.
Three sets of sisters is a main part of this book, after the loss of her father 14 yr old Beck try's to deal with the loss of her father and her only sister is missing. Together her Mom and brother move to Newport Academy, where her Mom is hired as a teacher. Math is the only thing that Beck can truly depend on and she is a wiz at it. Really enjoyed this book, lots of mysteries and lots of characters that I really liked all make this a really good story.
I love Luanne Rice, but this one was very disappointing. I don't agree with most of the reviews I've read. Readers generally loved this book, but I never warmed up to any of the main characters. Lucy and Pell were far more interesting characters. The story line was just not that interesting and the main characters came across as one dimensional. I found myself skimming through the last half of the book. Not a book that I will remember nor recommend to others.
Although I do not normally enjoy this type of book, I channeled my inner chick-lit fan and rather enjoyed following Maura, Travis, and Beck through their journey. The Shaw's journey was one to understand lost fathers, husbands, sisters, and most importantly: love.
There was a bit of mystery and suspense mixed into the story which kept me intrigued. Most of all, I felt the characters were developed nicely and were very natural. I really wanted Beck to reconnect with her sister and overc...more
There was a bit of mystery and suspense mixed into the story which kept me intrigued. Most of all, I felt the characters were developed nicely and were very natural. I really wanted Beck to reconnect with her sister and overc...more
Beck has lost her father in a storm off Mackinac Island. Her sister disappeared the same day, running away from the hospital emergency room. The following year her mother decides to move back to Rhode Island to take a teaching job and hopefully get back together with her own sister. Beck has been acting out following her losses by stealing. All these ghosts follow her to Rhode Island. This is a touching story about a family's search for forgiveness.
So far, off to a great start...
I enjoyed this book very much. It explores the bond that sisters share - this inescapable bond that reaches through time and space to hold the love together. I could really relate, having two sisters myself.
But it didn't just explore the love between sisters. It was also a love story about a first love whose flame never died, a growing love between two young adults, and the love of a close-knit family.
I loved the young girl's (...more
I enjoyed this book very much. It explores the bond that sisters share - this inescapable bond that reaches through time and space to hold the love together. I could really relate, having two sisters myself.
But it didn't just explore the love between sisters. It was also a love story about a first love whose flame never died, a growing love between two young adults, and the love of a close-knit family.
I loved the young girl's (...more
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Luanne Rice is the author of thirty novels including the forthcoming Little Night (Viking/Pamela Dorman Books.) Five of her books have been made into movies and mini-series, twenty-two have been consecutive New York Times bestsellers and two of her pieces have been featured in off-Broadway theatre productions. She divides her time between New York City and the Connecticut shoreline.
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