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The Lost Hours

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The award-winning author of The Memory of Water delivers a gripping tale of family, fate, and forgiveness.

When Piper Mills was twelve, she helped her grandfather bury a box that belonged to her grandmother in the backyard. For twelve years, it remained untouched.

Now a near fatal riding accident has shattered Piper’s dreams of O...more

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Published April 7th 2009 by NAL Trade (first published January 1st 2009)

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Sep 08, 2011 Anna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dual-timeline, 4-stars, read-in-2011, early-1900s

I really liked this. As with all duel-timeline stories, there's a long-held secret to be discovered; this particular secret is tantalisingly just out of reach until the very final part of the reveal. You're almost there on the clues, but you just can't second-guess the full revelation twist. As Lillian herself would say in the book, 'stop jumping ahead, be patient!'

What sets this duel-timeline story apart from others though, is the poignant theme of loss, grief, guilt and regret, before finally...more

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Jun 12, 2012 Liviania rated it 4 of 5 stars

Piper's grandmother has Alzheimer's and has been in a home for awhile. But her grandfather just died, leaving her a charm and some other cryptic pieces to the puzzle that is her grandmother's past. But before she can even try to find out more from her grandmother, she dies as well. Her only key is to search out one of Abigail's closest friends, Lillian. Lillian is ashamed of the past and Piper must work to even meet with her. And there's a complication in her fairly recently widowed grandson, wh...more Piper's grandmother has Alzheimer's and has been in a home for awhile. But her grandfather just died, leaving her a charm and some other cryptic pieces to the puzzle that is her grandmother's past. But before she can even try to find out more from her grandmother, she dies as well. Her only key is to search out one of Abigail's closest friends, Lillian. Lillian is ashamed of the past and Piper must work to even meet with her. And there's a complication in her fairly recently widowed grandson, who is learning how to live with his guilt and his daughters.

This doesn't even get into the equestrian issues. There's a lot going on in this book, and it takes awhile to get going. My mother and I both agreed that the grandmother's death was very abrupt, as there is a timeskip in the book but it isn't clearly presented. My mom also helped me realize something else that bothered me about the death. The grandfather's death starts the book and is elaborated upon, but the grandmother's is barely mentioned in the action of the book. Yet THE LOST HOURS is all about Abigail's life and how Piper finds out about it. It seems odd that her death is so ignominious. (One of the other problems with the read wasn't a fault of the text. This was one of those ARCs with lots of typos, but that should be fixed in the final, though I haven't been able to flip through a final to confirm this assertion.)

Once THE LOST HOURS gets going, it is a very interesting read. Okay, it does take too long to read the scrapbook, but the revelations are interesting. Karen White brings the segregated South to life through the eyes of two different young women who aren't prepared for how people will react to their actions. Lillian in particular is a fascinating character. I want to read THE LOST HOURS again to pick more of her apart. Piper's a fine protagonist, but Lillian's more interesting because she's peculiar and enigmatic.

Helen, Lillian's granddaughter, is less intriguing but still a fun character. I liked that she was very functional and competent - moreso than many of the other characters - even though she was blind. (Though I am not the one to ask about how accurate the portrayal of blindness was.) Tucker, her brother and Piper's love interest, felt a little flatter. He served his purpose, but I didn't really connect to him beyond that.

Those looking for a classic whodunit mystery might be disappointed, but I thought the atmosphere and was well-done and the answers to the past satisfying. The beginning of THE LOST HOURS could use work, but it finishes strong. This novel is available now, and the sequel to THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET, currently title THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET, should be available in November. White is also the author of many other novels. (less)

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Oct 20, 2010 Sandra Olshaski rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Lost Hours by Karen White (Rated: C)
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This story is set in Savannah, Georgia, so immediately I imagined a story about romance, intrigue, and “the South”. I wasn’t disappointed. Karen White is an excellent storyteller with lots of imagination, weaving in dark secrets with poignant family situations ranging from Alzheimer’s to blindness, life-long friendships and more. Throw in racial issues and the reader is kept fascinated to the end. The timeline flicks back and forth from p...more The Lost Hours by Karen White (Rated: C)
Reviewed by Sandra
This story is set in Savannah, Georgia, so immediately I imagined a story about romance, intrigue, and “the South”. I wasn’t disappointed. Karen White is an excellent storyteller with lots of imagination, weaving in dark secrets with poignant family situations ranging from Alzheimer’s to blindness, life-long friendships and more. Throw in racial issues and the reader is kept fascinated to the end. The timeline flicks back and forth from present-day to the 1930’s segregated South.
The author uses an interesting technique, alternating between first person accounts and third-person narrative thus allowing the reader to get a rounded out understanding of the story. There are 4 primary characters, each with their own fears, insecurities, regrets, guilt. In short, real people!
Earlene/Piper disregarded her grandmother, Annabelle, even before her death, thinking that “long before the Alzheimer’s got her mind, a fear of living had taken hold of her spirit, convincing me that my grandmother had no stories worth listening to.” However, in researching her deceased grandmother’s past she unearths a buried box containing a bunch of scrapbook pages and a picture of 3 young girls. In her grandmother’s attic she stumbles upon a hidden room. The scrapbook pages, the room, a blue baby sweater and blanket, and a 1939 newspaper clipping of the death of a black baby boy are at the heart of the mystery in the book. “There are some things that should never be forgotten – like the worth of an old friendship, and a secret to take to the grave”, is the comment made by Lillian, one of Annabelle’s childhood friends, who holds the answer to the mystery.
The character development is excellent. We see Lillian move from a child, to a beautiful young woman to a 90-year-old matriarch who is full of love for her granddaughter, and who, in her own words “attributed her longevity to her stubborn ability to never confuse grief with regret.” We note the change in Earlene/Piper from a bitter, self-centered person to a loving, considerate woman open to new possibilities in her life. My favourite person was Helen. Read the book to experience the incredible nuances of her personality, talent, love.
The descriptions of the oak trees throughout the book are impressive. They seem to take on the attitudes of the people in the story at various times. At one point the narrator calls them “grieving oaks”, then as a “canopy of old men protecting what was theirs.” Finally, they become “strong and supple again, each limb bearing the bud of new life, each shawl of moss swaying with the promise of forgiveness.”
I highly recommend this book. Family relationships, family secrets, friendship, love, renewal, forgiveness, and the strength to go forward are explored in this intriguing tale, well told.

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May 08, 2010 Kelly Hager rated it 4 of 5 stars

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"When Piper Mills was twelve, she helped her grandfather bury a box that belonged to her grandmother in the backyard. For twelve years, it remained untouched.

Now a near fatal riding accident has shattered Piper's dreams of Olympic glory. After her grandfather’s death, she inherits the house and all its secrets, including a key to a room that doesn’t exist—or does it? And after her grandmother is se...more

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Mar 11, 2010 Dannielle R rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Every woman, nomatter her tastes

Recommended to Dannielle by: My mom bought it for me

This was such a powerful, poignant, beautifully written novel. The story was amazing and so very compelling, every character interesting and well developed, and her writing was fantastic. I enjoyed reading this, and for once I just wanted to soak up the story, enjoy the journey, and didn't want it to end. I loved the plot, and the actual story, but the message behind her words were more powerful in my opinion. It's what makes this such a great read.

Not only is this about discovering the past, bu...more

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Apr 26, 2009 Carey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Piper Mills has lived a life filled with loss. Her parents were killed when she was six years old, so she went to live with her grandparents. She was very close to her Grandfather, with whom she shared her love of horses and her drive to be an Olympic class show jumper.

Her relationship with her Grandmother was not close but Piper never felt the lack of that connection. When she was twelve, her Grandmother developed Alzheimer's disease and was placed in a nursing home. Driven Piper barely noticed...more Piper Mills has lived a life filled with loss. Her parents were killed when she was six years old, so she went to live with her grandparents. She was very close to her Grandfather, with whom she shared her love of horses and her drive to be an Olympic class show jumper.

Her relationship with her Grandmother was not close but Piper never felt the lack of that connection. When she was twelve, her Grandmother developed Alzheimer's disease and was placed in a nursing home. Driven Piper barely noticed her absence as she piled success on top of success, becoming a champion equestrian.

Her world quite literally came crashing down with a fall off of her horse during a competition. Piper was severely injured when the horse fell on her and for the next six years she quit riding, quit trying, quit living.

Until the death of her Grandfather shakes her out of her inertia. Piper comes into possession of some papers and heirlooms of her Grandmother's that, for the first time, spark her interest in learning about her Grandmother's past and make her regret her childish lack of care for the woman who had loved and raised her.

The mystery that Piper begins to unravel will take her into the family of her Grandmother's childhood friend, Lillian. Though she meets them under false pretenses, Piper begins to find the answers that she is looking for as well as the beginnings of her way out of the pain that she has lived with for so long.

The effects of loss, of various kinds, and of the process of grief and healing are at the heart of this powerful novel. It is a story that will remind you that the older generations will not be here forever. Treasure them, learn their stories, spend time with them and value them. All hours that have passed may be lost, but might not be wasted if we spend them wisely.

The Lost Hours made me long for one more day with my own wonderful Grandmother, even one more hour or minute. And I listened to many of her stories. But I know I have forgotten much of what she told me and I would give more than I now possess to hear her voice again.(less)

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Apr 19, 2009 Rhonda rated it 5 of 5 stars

i loved this book! i read it in 2 days ( mostly in the wee hours) and really enjoyed it. this is the first book i have read by this author and lan to check out her others. i wonder if she is the same karen white who writes romance novels - the kind where the cover depicts some nymphette in a see-through nightie wrapped around some long haired studly guy without a shirt. those i won't be reading, but i know she has 4 or 5 others that i will check out. anyway, i love a book that is so steeped in a...more

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Apr 13, 2009 Holly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sacramento-book-review

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Surprisingly engaging!

Piper Mills hasn't ridden a horse since she fell off and severely injured herself six years ago, ending her dreams of becoming an Olympic equestrian. Now she has returned to the house that her grandfather bequeathed to her upon his death, where she spends her days numbed and unattached to anything. Her grandmother Annabelle is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, and cannot remember who Piper is. Piper is trapped in her past, and cannot find a way to connect with...more Surprisingly engaging!

Piper Mills hasn't ridden a horse since she fell off and severely injured herself six years ago, ending her dreams of becoming an Olympic equestrian. Now she has returned to the house that her grandfather bequeathed to her upon his death, where she spends her days numbed and unattached to anything. Her grandmother Annabelle is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, and cannot remember who Piper is. Piper is trapped in her past, and cannot find a way to connect with her current future.

All this changes when she looks in her grandmother's hope chest on a whim and finds a blue baby sweater and no clue as to who it was knitted for. When she tries asking her grandmother, it is clear that the sweater is significant, but Piper cannot determine why, and her grandmother dies shortly after, taking her secrets with her. Piper then remembers a mysterious box that she once helped her grandfather bury, and upon exhuming it, she discovers pages torn from a scrapbook and an old charm necklace. Combine all this with the discovery of a secret room in the attic, where she finds a bassinet and a baby blanket that matches the sweater, and Piper suddenly knows that her grandmother led more of a life than she ever knew.

Piper turns to the only person who might be able to give her answers: her grandmother's childhood friend Lily, an elderly widow herself. With the aid of Lily's grandchildren, Piper is on a mission to discover the secrets that Lily, Annabelle, and their third friend Josie kept together and that eventually split up their friendship, causing them to no longer speak to each other for the rest of their lives. It's a race against time to discover the secret and unravel the mystery before Lily, too, passes and takes the secrets with her.

This was not a very long book, but it was engaging and I had a hard time putting it down once I got started. All the characters are well developed and the setting is so picturesque that I can picture it in my mind as I read. The alternate setting of 1930's Georgia is well-written as well, and the descriptions of horse-related things makes me want to go for a ride myself! A fantastic story with a satisfying conclusion.(less)

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Sep 16, 2012 Judy Collins rated it 3 of 5 stars

One of my favorite authors! When Piper Mills was twelve, she helped her grandfather bury a box that belonged to her grandmother in the backyard. For twelve years, it remained untouched.
Now a near fatal riding accident has shattered Piper’s dreams of Olympic glory. After her grandfather’s death, she inherits the house and all its secrets, including a key to a room that doesn’t exist—or does it? And after her grandmother is sent away to a nursing home, she remembers the box buried in the backyard...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: lit

My mother-in-law bought this for me as birthday present and described it as a perfect "beach read"; since I was going to the beach, I took it along and read it. Overall, I agree with her assessment of its beachiness; it is a quick read with a happy ending and nothing truly bad happens. However. I had some serious issues with the book. This will sound overly critical, and some of this can be chalked up to the fact that I didn't pick the book; it is probably not my type of read. But, here they are...more

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Nov 28, 2011 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

I am a huge fan of Kate Morton. When searching for her books, Karen White continually popped up as an author I might like. I did enjoy the book, but it didn't have that same lasting and haunting quality of a Kate Morton novel.

After her grandparents pass away, Piper Mills is given an envelope from her Grandmother containing a key and a charm with no explanation. Apparently her Grandmother meant to tell her the story that goes along with these items herself, but suffered from dimentia before she...more

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Feb 08, 2011 Arielle rated it 3 of 5 stars

The story opens with the heroine, a young woman by the name of Penny, describing a tragic accident that ended her career as an equestrian rider. After the recent death of her grandfather, she tries in vain to make a connection with her grandmother, a woman whose memory is fading by the day. According to everyone who knew her grandparents, Penny's grandmother, in her younger years, was a fun-loving woman who loved life. Penny just can't seem to reconcile this description with the sad woman she's...more

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Sep 27, 2009 Mary rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: time-suck

This is basically a Harlequin Romance with a slightly more interesting plotline and very little passion. I got impatient with how none of the main characters would just spit it out instead of drawing out the Big Secret until I wanted to chuck the book across the room. I don't enjoy people who seem to want to wallow in their own misery instead of just getting on with their lives. It frustrates me to read over and over again about the "haunted look" or "the pain" in someone's eyes all the time. Se...more

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Jul 10, 2010 Tiffany (Book Cover Justice) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

It took quite some time to get interested in this book. After about 100 pages, nothing really important had happened and I was beginning to wonder if anything was going to happen at all. The biggest problem I had was with the constant delay the characters had in just spitting out whatever it was they needed to say. Then, when they are finally getting somewhere, they are tired or angry and just stop for the time being. Just get it out already!

The book jumps back and forth from first person, by th...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars

I had never read Karen White before, but this was a book club read and I was intrigued. However, I found that by the end of the book I had to work too hard to fill in the blanks that the author left. I love horses, so I thought I would really enjoy the equestrian aspect of it, but I found that it took away from the important parts of the story. I felt like too much emphasis was placed on the narrator's past with horses and riding, and it wasn't really necessary. I understand why excerpts from an...more

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Jul 13, 2012 Iris rated it 2 of 5 stars

I liked this book, even though it took me a while to get into it, and it got to be a bit of a drag finishing it. This book is undeniably a mystery, and there is nothing light-hearted about it at ALL. Not to spoil the ending for those who haven't read it, but it is just chock full of dark, terrible secrets and thus it's really "heavy" reading. I can see some readers getting impatient with its constant heavy tone and the roundabout and long-winded way in which the elements of the story finally com...more

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May 06, 2010 Lavonne rated it 3 of 5 stars

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May 10, 2011 cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Lost Hours is the story of a woman exploring the past and negotiating the present. Piper, a former high-level equestrian who was sidelined by a very bad fall, realizes she never really knew the grandmother who helped raise her and begins to dig into the past. This leads her to the home of an aging woman, the grandmother's childhood friend, which is also inhabited by the woman's blind granddaughter, widowed grandson, and his two daughters.

I enjoyed the process of Piper investigating the past....more

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Nov 02, 2010 Laurel-Rain rated it 4 of 5 stars

Alone and fragile, Piper Mills does not know what to do next in her life. After her parents died when she was six, and her grandparents took her in, she had found something special in riding horses; she even dreamed of becoming an Olympic equestrian. But then another tragic accident shattered those dreams.

So when her grandfather dies, soon followed by her grandmother, she is almost entombed in the Savannah home where she grew up. Then the family lawyer brings some strange legacies—an angel charm...more

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Apr 08, 2009 Jaime rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, general_fiction

This is my first experience with Karen White, and I was quite pleased. I thought this was a touching story about regret, healing, and forgiveness, and a message about it never being too late for any of it. I liked Piper despite her malaise and stubbornness, because you could see the spark that was still hidden beneath it all. I think I felt a connection to her because I was quite close to my own grandmother. The family mystery here is one that keeps you guessing… I wasn’t convinced I had it figu...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Jamie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Good beach/snowy day read for people (like me) who like the "young woman discovers lost papers and unravels mystery of her family's past" genre.

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Oct 30, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the last Karen White book from the library that I hadn't read--guess I'll have to start buying her books now! I really enjoyed this book--I was reading the last 100 or so pages by flashlight because I couldn't put it down. Another work of fiction by White set in the South (this time Savannah), this is really a story about love and loss and how both can change our lives. I was reminded of Kate Morton's books while reading this--especially the way old family secrets were discovered and rev...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Heidi rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: don-t-waste-time-with, read-in-2012, zzzzzzz-boring

Despite having really looked forward to reading this novel, unfortunately the story didn’t work for me at all. Firstly, it was too much cheap romance than mystery, and the constant switching between characters telling the story made it fragmented rather than interesting. I found the pace mind-numbingly slow, the characters hard to engage with, and the secret at the end not really worth the effort. Which was disappointing, since the general plot (a woman searching to unravel a big secret in her d...more

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Jul 20, 2009 Lakeshia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Lakeshia by: Rawles

Shelves: fiction

The setting for this book was the low country. Folks not too familiar with that phrase, it was based in Savannah Ga.
The main character Piper has had to deal with loss at an early age. She lost her parents tragically. A great equestrian, she had hopes of competing in the Olympics. Any hopes of that happening was quickly lost when she was hurt in a tragic accident that crippled her.
For years this woman has grieved and has given up on life. It wasn't until her grandparents died that she starts to...more

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Dec 24, 2012 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: point-of-view-change, mystery

Back-Story: You know those books you choose just to get your money you're paying up to a certain amount in order to get free shipping? Yeah, that was this book for me. I saw it was at the top of the bargain section, and when I read the summary, it sounded interesting enough that I figured it was worth it. Plus, I rode horses in my childhood so I have a weakness for them and just seeing this had horses involved made me instantly think: found one.

Review: I seem to be having a hard time finding goo...more Back-Story: You know those books you choose just to get your money you're paying up to a certain amount in order to get free shipping? Yeah, that was this book for me. I saw it was at the top of the bargain section, and when I read the summary, it sounded interesting enough that I figured it was worth it. Plus, I rode horses in my childhood so I have a weakness for them and just seeing this had horses involved made me instantly think: found one.

Review: I seem to be having a hard time finding good books lately. I'm used to starting to read a book and being so absorbed that I finish it in just a few days. But lately I haven't found anything like that. I liked the book well enough though.

Looks- The cover is interesting as well as the title name. The title is what made me click on it in order to read the summary. The title made me think instantly of a mystery for some reason and at the time I was fairly into mysteries.

Content- Overall, I think it is a pretty well-written book. However, there are definitely parts that I personally think could've been written better. The plot flows pretty well in my opinion but lags quite a bit and doesn't seem to make sense in parts. I liked the settings a lot for one thing. I liked the plot and the idea of a story about three girls who shared their lives with each other in a scrapbook and the idea of adding charms to a necklace each time you wear it. Overall, I think it's just an enchanting idea. However, there were things I disliked. I didn't like that the plot was so slow to come about. I understand why for the most part: because that's how it would happen in real life. But I felt like I was waiting for ages for Lillian to finally tell me what I already knew. That's another thing: the mystery is really easy to predict if you've read or watched any kind of mystery story, especially from that time period during integration. From Annabelle's father's involvement, to Freddie and Lillian, to Annabelle's actions with the baby and finally to Lillian's choice in the end. I figured it all out pretty quickly in the beginning. I didn't like how Susan's (Tucker's late wife) situation was never really explained. I found myself increasingly wanting to know more about her and the way she found out things and her thoughts and why she did what she did. But you dont get any of that. She just seemed to be there in order to cause Tucker to be damaged just like everyone seemed to be in that family. Although, I understand why the writer wanted everyone to be damaged: it was like Lillian was still paying for her sins through her children and grandchildren. I really wish that the Susan thing would've actually been laid out for me to be able to completely understand. I also didn't like how Piper took forever to read all of her grandmother's scrapbook pages. I don't know about you, but I would've read them all as quickly as I could. It seemed kind of weird that she wanted so badly to figure out the truth yet she took so long to read clues to find out the truth. I also kind of wish that Lillian hadn't passed when she did because it seemed as if her story wasn't truly closed because she herself didn't do it.

The characters were well written. I liked the chemistry that you knew would flicker between Piper and Tucker. I liked the way his girls were written in. I liked Helen almost as much as I liked Piper. I loved how things came together for George and Helen as well. I liked how the characters were vibrant and lively and realistic for the most part.

Likes: The setting. The characters. The scrapbook entries and the time period.

Dislikes: Predictable. Sometimes a bit unrealistic. Plot a bit slow.

Overall:
Recommend? Yes.(less)

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Apr 18, 2009 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Piper Mills really didn't know her grandmother or hand real desire to know her. Years ago, Piper's own dreams of becoming an Olympic equestrian champion rider were crushed...literally. Due to a mis-calculation on Piper's part, her horse didn't quite clear the jump. Piper was thrown from her horse, only to have the horse land on her. Piper was lucky to have survived though she may not think so, since she had ridden a horse again. Who can blame her.

Piper ends up heading back to Savannah, where sh...more

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Apr 24, 2011 Linda Day rated it 3 of 5 stars

A little disappointing. I found the basic premise (you know, the stuff printed on the back cover !) to be kind of promising ... "Piper Mills discovers a secret room and torn pgs. from her grandmother's scrapbook that alludes to a tragedy in her grandmother's past". So, Piper a genealogist, sets out to find the tragedy as she (Piper) is recuperating from a equestrian accident that has left her crippled. From that point on the plot weaves, the plot pivots, the plot is engaging, and I have to say i...more

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Apr 10, 2009 Farrah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-books, book-reviews

White’s The Lost Hours had me engaged right from the beginning. The life and setting she created within The Lost Hours made you feel like you were there and among the others. I doubt there was really a character I did not enjoy reading about.

After reading The Lost Hours I even wanted to start digging more into my own family’s past. It makes one wonder if discovering the family’s skeleton’s in the closet is worth bringing back the pain just to understand. How hard it is to look back into a past o...more

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Sep 09, 2010 Victoria rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: lit-fic

This was an interesting book. The plot was relatively well drawn out, though the pacing seemed maddenly slow at times. Most of the characters were likable, and it was certainly a sad story. But it ended well, and the writing kept things relatively fresh. All in all, it was a quick and entertaining read. It has been a while since I have read anything in the women's fiction genre, and while this did not leap out at me as a terrific book, it was a solidly good book. I liked the journal entries in p...more

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Apr 22, 2009 Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: arcs

Piper Mills has been raised by her grandparents since the age of six, when her parents were killed in a car crash. A crash that she walked away from. She goes on with her life, believing that she will be free from tragedy. Living in Savannah, her grandparents encourage her to become an equestrian. On the eve of realizing her dream of going to the Olympics, Piper takes a fall off her horse that almost kills her. Her broken bones heal, leaving her with a limp, but her broken spirit does not.

All Pi...more

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“Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people's hearts.” — 13 people liked it

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The Lost Hours

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