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The Violets of March
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3.73 of 5 stars
A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.

In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on to... read full description

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Dec 31, 2011
Janet rated it: 1 of 5 stars
First off, the story sounds familiar-recent divorcee goes away to recover. Having just signed divorce papers, when she arrives at her great-aunt's place, she gets two dates within about 48 hours of arriving. I don't know if someone who is still shocked by a divorce would jump into dating quite so soon.

Second, there were too many characters whose names begin with the letter E. Emily and Evelyn are alive. Elliot and Esther are in the diary Emily finds. And at least one of these people More...
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Jun 06, 2011
Juju rated it: 4 of 5 stars
While the story is definitely laced with romance, it was the mystery of it all that really sucked me in. Trying to figure out who was lying and why, propelled me to finish this one in one sitting.

Told in first person, with Emily periodically reading the diary entries, The Violets of March is a 4-star story best suited for those that appreciate dramatic love with their mysteries.

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May 11, 2011
LAURA KAY rated it: 5 of 5 stars
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I am an avid reader. I love to read. I love to read all sorts of genres. I have been asked over the years, “what is your favorite book,” well I don’t have one. There are just too many good ones out there. But from now on I have an answer. I will from now on answer, “The Violets of March by Sarah Jio.”
Emily Wilson had it all. Married to a GQ handsome hubby, bestselling author her life was picture perfect. Suddenly, it was all over. Her husband le More...
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Jun 29, 2011
Colleen rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book! I actually began it June 24, and not the date I entered into Goodreads. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. If Sarah Jio reads this, this was a wonderful book! I figured out the big mystery about 100 pages before the book ended, and I just loved the way it turned out.


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I heard about this book from a Glamour writer, who wrote it. Intrigued if it was good, I got a sample of it for my Kindle. I tore through the More...
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Jun 19, 2011
Pam rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Emily lives in New York and just gets a divorce. Her best friend convinces her to go to Bainbridge Island and visit her Aunt for a while to grieve. While visiting her aunt she comes across a diary and begins reading it. She is fascinated by the story and is trying to figure out who wrote it and why she found it in the room she is staying in. As she continues to read it she realizes there are some connections to her own life and family. She also meets Jack who she becomes more and more attrac More...
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Oct 14, 2011
Lee Ann rated it: 5 of 5 stars
from goodreads recommendation. This is a hard one to put into a genre, a little mystery, some romance, some historical fiction and a love story for all times. A delightful read that captures your heart and makes you want to keep reading. The characters are real, flawed and strong. A truly enjoyable read. Beautifully crafted to include Bainbridge Island to add to the mystery and character of the story. I will now always look for those march violets.

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Sep 05, 2011
Chanpreet rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Amazing! For such a short book, about 300 pages, there was so much packed into it! I could not help but being drawn into the book. Sarah Jio has done an absolutely wonderful job describing the scenery and surroundings. She makes you feel like you are a bystander even in the flashbacks. And best of all, she kept me guessing as to who was whom in the book. Anyway you look at it, this is a heart wrenching love story and I could not help but feel touched by it. It's hard to believe this is he More...
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Jul 25, 2011
Sandy rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Still reading this but am loving it I am intriged there are two stories going on and each story has me wondering what is going to happen next

I loved this book from beginning to end a must read I'm looking for another book by sarah jio
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May 27, 2011
Susan rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Not what I usually read, however after reading recommendations on RIF and Goodreads thought I would give it a go. Just a couple pages and I will be finished. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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Oct 03, 2011
Corey rated it: 5 of 5 stars
It isn't often that a book captures me so much that I will spend an entire day curled up with it but that's exactly what The Violets of March did. While I put it down a few times, I could't bear to be away from this story long. From the get-go this novel captured me into its net and while some things I was able to guess, some were still surprises right up until the end.

My only disappointment is that I wish there had been a bit more at the tail end, but it was still a good one. More...
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Jan 22, 2012
Holly rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Great story - twists and turns....I read it in one sitting!
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Feb 21, 2012
Jessica rated it: 3 of 5 stars
SPOILERS


I don't know what to say about this book. The blurb on Amazon was so intriguing and I love books about writers, particularly writers struggling to write. The idea of this book, the "linked through time," "mysterious diary" and "quaint Northwest Island" all drew me in. I think I was expecting more of an Alice Hoffman "magical realism" thing and I got "chick lit masquerading as something with depth".

Sarah Jio ha More...
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Jan 26, 2012
Jess rated it: 1 of 5 stars
SPOILERS
I am 96% finished with this book (per the Kindle app) and I'm not sureif I can finish. I started skimming the review just below this and absolutely agree with the forst paragraph about jumping into dating. ALL of the characters were so superficial- I never cared for any of them. A HUGE pet peeve of mine is when people fall in love, or find someone amazing, and I don't know why. The writing just felt so rushed and insincere! I never once felt the connection between any of the 'lover More...
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Jan 08, 2012
Jennifer rated it: 4 of 5 stars
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio is a beautifully told novel of family, forgiveness, and second chances.

Emily Wilson thought she had it all. A blockbuster career as a writer, a handsome, successful husband, a life plucked from the pages of a fairy tale. But, ten years later, Emily is reeling from the fallout of divorce and perpetual writers’ block. So, when her aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March with her on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily quickly accepts o More...
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Dec 05, 2011
Cameling rated it: 3 of 5 stars
When a writer finds herself suffering from a protracted writer's block and an upheaval in her personal world, she retreats to her aunt's house on Bainbridge Island to lick her wounds, try and find her her writing muse again, and to heal. Her comfort at being with her favorite aunt and on the island again notwithstanding, she starts to realize that there are secrets being held by her aunt, her best friend and her neighbor.

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Dec 02, 2011
Afton rated it: 2 of 5 stars
The characters are flat and boring, the dialogue is mind numbing, like when you overhear a conversation in public and it's the stupidest conversation you've ever heard and you just want the people to stop. talking. It was trite, cliche, with no depth to it at all. There were little things through out that bugged me, like when she described her aunt, an 80+ year old woman as "barreling" out of a car on page 21. I know some pretty spry octogenarians and none of them barrel. Then there wa More...
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Oct 31, 2011
Romancing the rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Review by Kate: Emily Wilson’s perfect husband turned out to be not so perfect…he left her for another woman. Emily wrote a best-selling novel several years prior to the opening of the story, but has been living with writer’s block ever since and cannot seem to find a story. Somehow, Emily’s great-aunt Bee learns of Emily’s woes, and invites her to visit her on Bainbridge Island, in the Puget Sound. This is one reason I was so excited for this book, as I have been to Bainbridge Island and fell i More...
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Sep 25, 2011
Rosanne rated it: 5 of 5 stars
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio is an enchanting love story that I was unable and unwilling to put down till I had read the very last word.

After a divorce in New York City, Emily returns to her "summer" home in Bainbridge Island off the coast of Seattle. The home of her Aunt Bee is where Emily used to summer with her sister Danielle. It is a place of comfort; a place to heal. It is also a place with a secret. A family secret that Emily was never aware of until she dis More...
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Sep 10, 2011
Denise rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Violets of March is a novel of missed chances, lost love, and family secrets. When Emily Wilson's husband announces he is leaving her for another woman she is finally forced to admit that her perfect life is falling apart. Once a bestselling author, she now has writer's block. She escapes to Bainbridge Island to lick her wounds and rekindle a relationship with her great aunt Bee. There she finds mystery and intrigue in the form of an old diary filled with secrets, a handsome neighbor, and her se More...
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Jul 04, 2011
Mary rated it: 5 of 5 stars
good story
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Jun 21, 2011
Kathleen rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I won this book from Fresh Fiction. I think I would have bought it anyway. I loved the cover and as shallow as it sounds I frequently buy books by there cover. Any thing with a time change element in it has me hooked immediately.
The story revolves around a woman in her thirties that has writers block and her husband has just left her for another woman. She goes to her great Aunt Bee's house to grieve and heal from the divorce. She had happy memories on Bainbridge Island with her great Aunt More...
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Jun 18, 2011
Mak rated it: 5 of 5 stars
The Violets of March is a typical healing from life, starting over story with the eventual love of your life. It’s a tale for all of us who have had to suck it up and move on, to face ourselves and the past and seize that inevitable second chance at life.
The main lead character, in her 30’s, Emily, once leading the charmed, dream life with the perfect guy, the perfect career, a best selling novel, no worries, suddenly finds herself without these factors, starting with her perfect guy leav More...
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May 28, 2011
Collin Shea rated it: 4 of 5 stars
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve read an entire book in one day, but this book had me hooked from page one. Maybe because I was just in the right mood and most definitely because there were aspects to which I could relate (divorce, the healing magnetism of the beach and the ocean, the complexity of relationships between women, the tragedy of love) or to which I wish I could relate. I just found this to be a wonderful story.

I am becoming a bit weary of the basic theme, which seems More...
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May 22, 2011
Erika rated it: 4 of 5 stars
When the story opens, former New York times bestselling author, Emily Wilson, watches her husband leave her. She’s barely able to write her name on the divorce papers let alone work on a manuscript, so she seeks retreat at Bainbridge Island, Washington–the place that held all of the magic of her young summers, and her beloved and mysterious Aunt Bee.

Almost as soon as she arrives, the inhabitants of the island gravitate toward Emily and she becomes involved in a decades-old mystery that More...
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May 04, 2011
Luanne rated it: 4 of 5 stars
It was the cover of The Violets of March that first drew me to the book. But it was Sarah Jio's writing that kept me turning pages until the very last one.

Emily Wilson wrote a bestselling book in her twenties, married the man of her dreams and thought she had found her happy ever after....until her husband left her for another woman.

"I was making scrambled eggs smothered in Tabasco, his favorite, when he told me about Stephanie. The way she made him laugh. The way s More...
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May 03, 2011
Girls Gone Reading rated it: 5 of 5 stars
The Violets of March is difficult to describe, but incredibly easy to love. Set in Washington (a state I have never been to put secretly long to live in), Violets takes on Emily’s history while reminding us of our own.

Emily, like most of us in our thirties, feels lost…or at least she feels that way. The decisions, the compromises she made in her twenties did not pan out the way she thought they would. She put her “stock” in the wrong things. Simply put, she needs to regroup.

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Apr 04, 2011
Tiffany rated it: 5 of 5 stars
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As I sit here, ready to pen my review of this book, I must confess I’m just not sure my writing has what it takes to do this book justice. The Violets of March is a captivating and soulful read, I did not want to put it down. Many daily tasks were neglected while I read this novel. When I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. It’s as if a constant pull beckoned me back to the book, which didn’t disappoint me!
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Jul 31, 2011
Kathy rated it: 3 of 5 stars
This book was okay. It was very light and easy to read. It certainly held my interest. I wanted to keep reading to find out the answer to the mystery, and I ended up finishing it in two days.
It was neatly plotted, with all the loose ends tied up at the end, and the atmosphere of the island was very well drawn.
The book suffered from a flaw that bothers me in a lot of women's literature, though: the main character is essentially passive. Things just happen to her. She's got writ More...
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Nov 18, 2011
Helen rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I got this book while on a trip to Seattle. We had actually gone over to Bainbridge Island for the first time. Charming place. I always like to find a book that has a local theme to take home.

Emily Wilson, writer, married to the man she loves, living in New York. Fast forward: He comes home one day to say he has found his soul-mate. Very, very conflicted because, well gosh darn, he just hates hurting her. But for Emily that dream is over. Divorce papers signed.

Emily ha More...
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Feb 01, 2012
Laura rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I was surprised how much I enjoyed this book - certainly not predictable - the ending was a bit confusing with the overlapping characters and the many names....it also has me on the hunt for another book - mentioned in the novel - Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes....wish me luck hunting down this old book! Update a few months later - I found a Franklin Library used copy of Years of Grace - WOW - this was an awesome book - find a copy if you can. Simply beautiful.
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