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190th out of 288 books
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39 voters
The Ice Chorus
by
Sarah Stonich (Goodreads Author)
Falling in love unexpectedly during an archaeological dig in Mexico, Lisanne enters into a brief extramarital affair and subsequently travels to Ireland, where she explores devastating secrets that she has discovered about her beloved late father.
Hardcover, 330 pages
Published
February 23rd 2005
by Little Brown and Company
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This one didn't touch me quite like These Granite Islands because I couldn't warm up to some of the characters. BUT---when I read the epilogue I found myself snorking and snuffling and wiping the tears from my cheeks, wondering how Sarah Stonich managed to do that to me again.
It was the Irish characters that got to my heart. The love and loyalty between Remy and Maggie Conner is enviable, and was so sweetly portrayed. And you can't help loving their granddaughter Siobhan for her sass and spunky...more
It was the Irish characters that got to my heart. The love and loyalty between Remy and Maggie Conner is enviable, and was so sweetly portrayed. And you can't help loving their granddaughter Siobhan for her sass and spunky...more
At its most basic, The Ice Chorus is a story about a woman named Liselle who had an affair, and has travelled to Ireland to get away from her life. She’s just gotten divorced from her husband, and her teenage son won’t speak to her for more than a minute. The story unfolds moving from the present through flashbacks to show Liselle’s life and how she met the man she loves, and how her relationship with her family changes, and how she ends up in the middle of nowhere on the Irish coast, asking oth...more
What happens when you are in your life, filling out the shape of it, and suddenly you see someone and you hear a voice inside your soul say, "Now here's someone."
Love has no rules.
It makes no sense.
It finds you.
Sarah Stonich's The Ice Chorus is a profoundly moving story of love, betrayal, hope, redemption and healing. Lise's life has fallen apart. Her marriage of 18 years to archeologist Stephen has crumbled, and soaring above all the mess is a painter named Charlie. She met him while visiti...more
Love has no rules.
It makes no sense.
It finds you.
Sarah Stonich's The Ice Chorus is a profoundly moving story of love, betrayal, hope, redemption and healing. Lise's life has fallen apart. Her marriage of 18 years to archeologist Stephen has crumbled, and soaring above all the mess is a painter named Charlie. She met him while visiti...more
This book is by the author of These Granite Islands, which is going on my best books ever list. This novel did not move me as much as These Granite Islands, but it was still a very wonderful, lyrical book.
While both books are about love, marriage and affairs, I believe the story of These Granite Islands was more powerful. Or, perhaps, because of my stage of life, it resonated more with me about how love can change, re-kindle and grow in a marriage after many years. The line that I still remembe...more
While both books are about love, marriage and affairs, I believe the story of These Granite Islands was more powerful. Or, perhaps, because of my stage of life, it resonated more with me about how love can change, re-kindle and grow in a marriage after many years. The line that I still remembe...more
This book I suppose is really a fairly simple romance story with more sophistication. Liselle is the main character who accompanies her husband to an archaeological dig in Mexico. While he is digging she begin an intense relationship with Charlie. The affair is relayed to the reader months later when Liselle has moved to a remote location on the Irish coast which is the scene of one of Charlies paintings. This book provides wonderful imagery with Ireland, Mexico and Canada all beautifully descri...more
Liselle has met the man of her dreams. The problem is, she is married to someone else. When she sees Charlie, a fire ignites and the passion she feels is something her husband has never given her. Liselle realizes that life is short and true love is a wonderful emotion. The affair begins.
Finally knowing what it feels like to really live, Liselle decides to document the lives of average, everyday people. Soon she finds out that in order to express the lives of others, she also needs to confess he...more
Stars: 4.0
The Ice Chorus by Sarah Stonich is the picturesque, perceptive and contemporary tale of Liselle (Lise) Dupre, an amateur documentary filmmaker from Toronto who is torn between the men in her life: her self-absorbed, archaeologist husband Stephen, 17-year-old son Adam, once womanizing and now dead father Hart, and the lover she met on a Mexican vacation – Welsh painter Charles Lowan – who makes her feel like she has never felt before.
Exquisitely written with as much consideration of lig...more
The Ice Chorus by Sarah Stonich is the picturesque, perceptive and contemporary tale of Liselle (Lise) Dupre, an amateur documentary filmmaker from Toronto who is torn between the men in her life: her self-absorbed, archaeologist husband Stephen, 17-year-old son Adam, once womanizing and now dead father Hart, and the lover she met on a Mexican vacation – Welsh painter Charles Lowan – who makes her feel like she has never felt before.
Exquisitely written with as much consideration of lig...more
From the opening line of this book, Stonich gets it right.."An ocean-hued piece of silk rests over her hand like a landed butterfly." The excellent writing continues and it's some of my favorites. Stonich is from Minnesota, another bonus. It's the story of a woman's rediscovery after her marriage has fallen apart. The scenery is Ireland, Toronto and Mexico.
The descriptions of paintings that Charlie creates and of the Irish landscape are lovely. At first it was hard to care about the main character, Lise, but eventually I was drawn in.
This is not the kind of fiction that I usually choose. I tend to stick with the classics, but this was well worth reading. I wondered if this novel might be especially enjoyed by people who have been through a divorce or the break-up of a long relationship.
This is not the kind of fiction that I usually choose. I tend to stick with the classics, but this was well worth reading. I wondered if this novel might be especially enjoyed by people who have been through a divorce or the break-up of a long relationship.
This is Sarah Stonich's second novel. It is a very good book and well written. Lis escapes to Ireland to heal. She is a film maker and gets to know and take pictures of the Conner family. Her own story unfolds as she leaves a dead marriage and falls in love with a painter. Great story!
This is really a lovely book. Wonderfully written. About believing in yourself and following your heart Very interesting characters and also has a lot of history in it. Great read.
Anne's review says it all:
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A little bit too much of a love story for me, but an easy read anyway.
It's okay. I couldn't relate to the characters.
easy read. thoughtful portrayal.
I really enjoyed reading this novel. It is a story of love, memory and secrets discovered.
I got this book on a whim at the dollar store of all places just to read something on the airport. I didn't start it until I was home from vaca. It was a little slow at the beginning but ended up being a great love story. The woman in it found herself late in life and it was a great lesson.
This book was so good from the beginning. The descriptions of the places were so real, I could picture them so easily. It made me wish I could go to Ireland, with the descriptions of it. It also portrayed real life circumstances, and made you look deep into your heart.
This book is very similar to another book I read by Susanna Kaysen. It's about a woman who moves to Ireland and makes a documentary and discovers family secrets while also examining her past. The book by Kaysen was in the Faroe Islands same theme. Its a relaxing read.
As much as I wanted this book to pull me in, it just never did. I think it was well written and I liked the love story but I had a very hard time relating to any of the characters. I finally was able to finish it but it did take some forced effort to get it done.
Quick, fun read. Loved the descriptions of Ireland - the landscape and the people. Nothing new, just fun to read. Interesting journey for the heroine. Lots of symbolism with the ice etc - I think I missed some of it.
This is rather contemplative for a romantic story. A woman withdraws from her life by going to Ireland to see if she can out what is important to her in both life and love.
This beautifully written book is fascinating in the psychological unfolding of the main character as she discovers facts about her neighbors, and about herself.
Such good descriptions of choices in and of relationships...in all their passionate, ugly, moving, self-centered, empathetic complexity.
A breeze to read. A love affair that starts on a Mexican resort and ends in rustic and rocky Ireland. I enjoyed it.
Putting this down for now... I own it so I will pick it back up again :)
oh brother. Easy read but not too much to reflect on in my view...
I enjoyed her style of writing and will probably read another by her.
I loved this book
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The author of internationally acclaimed books,"Vacationland","These Granite Islands" and "The Ice Chorus", novels that have left their marks on readers around the world, having been translated into eight languages - most recently into Czech. Visit her web site for reviews and info. Sarah's new memoir, "Shelter" is now available in both ebook and hardcover.
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