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Paper Chains

Nicola Moriarty (Goodreads Author)

3.84 · Rating details · 316 ratings · 50 reviews

From the acclaimed author of The Fifth Letter and Those Other Women comes this touching story of secrets, friendship, family, and forgiveness—and the serendipitous twists of fate that shape our lives.

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Hannah has been running—literally and figuratively—from her life back in Australia. Whenever she’s not working, she’s pounding London’s streets, putting the pa ...more

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Published September 3rd 2019 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published February 1st 2013)

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May 18, 2017 Phrynne rated it liked it · review of another edition

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A short, light and enjoyable read about two women with big secrets. Overall I enjoyed the story but occasionally felt irritated by how long it took to discover what the secrets were. In the meantime Hannah in particular became increasingly exasperating with her melodramatic statements and actions. So much so that by the time I discovered her problem - which was indeed a serious one - I did not have much sympathy left for her. India on the other hand was much more likable and was just totally mix ...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Nomes rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Paper chains has so much cool going for it:
Set in London! And Australia :) and other snippetty travel scenes and flashbacks.

Two mysterious girls (ladies) both holding secrets. What is going on?

Those gorgeous moments of serendipity that I adore.

Chain letters.

Prose that you sink Ito, sentiments perfectly captured.

Most ever so importantly, characters to care about. To get under your skin. Two gorgeous girls, so different. And all their worlds (including their sexy, at times, estranged men) and fami ...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I was charmed by Nicola Moriarty's debut novel, Free-Falling and I have been looking forward to the release of Paper Chains. This wonderful contemporary adult novel reveals the secrets of two young Australian women, India and Hannah, who meet while in London.

The deceptively lighthearted introduction to Paper Chains slowly gives way to a compelling tale of heartbreak, loss and hope.
As backpacker India considers her next travel destination, she chooses to befriend the shy and fragile Hannah, seei
I was charmed by Nicola Moriarty's debut novel, Free-Falling and I have been looking forward to the release of Paper Chains. This wonderful contemporary adult novel reveals the secrets of two young Australian women, India and Hannah, who meet while in London.

The deceptively lighthearted introduction to Paper Chains slowly gives way to a compelling tale of heartbreak, loss and hope.
As backpacker India considers her next travel destination, she chooses to befriend the shy and fragile Hannah, seeing her as "...an opportunity, a new project - someone to fix, someone to save" but in truth, Hannah is a distraction for India whose open facade hides heartbreaking secrets of her own.
Hannah is drawn to India's confidence and warmth, despite being uncomfortable with accepting her attention. Her life in England is a self administered punishment and friendship offers her solace she doesn't feel she deserves.

With careful timing and sensitivity Moriarty reveals Hannah's painful secret, one that saw her flee Australia for London, hiding in a grimy flat and punishing herself for her regrets. It focuses on an issue that surprised me for a number of reasons, though none I can reveal without inadvertently giving too much away, and is explored with compassion by the author.
Hannah's palpable misery distracts from India's own secret - one that is drifting around the world in the form of a letter addressed simply to Simon, The Aella, a journey we follow in between chapters of the story. There are hints that not all is as it seems with India, from her conflicted feelings about the aforementioned Simon to her determination to rescue Hannah and I was probably more prepared for India's shocking secret than Hannah's, but that doesn't lessen the impact of tragedy, even though it is tempered with hope and love.

Written with compassion and genuine insight, Paper Chains is a poignant tale of friendship, family and forgiveness that will touch your heart. Fans of Monica McInerney, Cecilla Ahern and Anna McPartlin should embrace Nicola Moriarty, and expect more great things to come from this talented author.

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Dec 16, 2012 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Hannah had recently arrived in London from Australia, and fairly quickly found herself a job at the gift shop in a Museum…she wanted to work every day, but her boss insisted she have at least one day off. But when she had that day off, she punished herself by jogging, running everywhere. Beside the Thames, down the sidewalks and between the cafes. She ate very little, told herself she needed the punishment, that she was a bad person and didn’t deserve anything that would give her happiness.

At a Hannah had recently arrived in London from Australia, and fairly quickly found herself a job at the gift shop in a Museum…she wanted to work every day, but her boss insisted she have at least one day off. But when she had that day off, she punished herself by jogging, running everywhere. Beside the Thames, down the sidewalks and between the cafes. She ate very little, told herself she needed the punishment, that she was a bad person and didn’t deserve anything that would give her happiness.

At a shift one day, a toddler was throwing a tantrum and Hannah froze…she broke out into a sweat, and didn’t know what to do. When the young, stressed Mum was rescued by a total stranger, a young woman who calmed the toddler down very cleverly, much to the bemusement of onlookers, Hannah wished she was like her. She oozed confidence and charm, seemed to be full of life.

On Hannah’s next day off, while running through a nearby park, she spotted the same young woman on a rug on the grass, and was totally startled when she called out to her. Hannah hesitantly went over, and that was how she met India. But Hannah didn’t stay long…she had no idea what to say to India, and she was terrified of becoming friendly with her..

India had a gut feeling that Hannah needed help, so she decided to make it her job to find out what was wrong, and fix it. She was a people person, and with her friendly nature, always seemed to know when someone was hurting, when someone needed a friend.

But it seemed India also had a secret! Who was Simon that she kept writing to, but never posted the mail? What was devastating Hannah so much? What had she done that was so shocking? And what was India’s secret…why did she move from one place to the next after only a few weeks?

This book was my first by Nicola Moriarty, and I really enjoyed it! A little suspense, a little mystery along with some romance…a great combination which worked extremely well!

I would definitely recommend this novel.

Many thanks to NetGalley for my copy.
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May 22, 2013 Kathy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I highly recommend this beautiful and moving story. Paper Chains is about two Aussie girls who meet in London – both have secrets (which does get a little frustrating at times, but does keep the pages moving to find out what they are!) . This story delves into some really tough issues but I loved it all – the friendships and family, and the journey that brings it all to a heartbreaking ending. 5 stars for sure……what a talented author!

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Dec 20, 2012 Bree T rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Hannah is living in London, working all the days she can in a gift shop when she meets India. Hannah is amazed by India’s ability to go up to anyone she sees, introduce herself and become their friend. It’s been a long time since Hannah had a friend, but it seems like India is going to fulfill that role.

Both are Australian and both have found themselves in England for quite similar reasons. India knows that Hannah is hiding a secret. There’s a reason why Hannah is so withdrawn from life. She wor Hannah is living in London, working all the days she can in a gift shop when she meets India. Hannah is amazed by India’s ability to go up to anyone she sees, introduce herself and become their friend. It’s been a long time since Hannah had a friend, but it seems like India is going to fulfill that role.

Both are Australian and both have found themselves in England for quite similar reasons. India knows that Hannah is hiding a secret. There’s a reason why Hannah is so withdrawn from life. She works 6 days a week and when she’s not working, she’s running, punishing herself by running all day long. India is determined to get to the bottom of Hannah’s mysterious behaviour and get her to spill her secret. But as time goes by, Hannah seems to resist the powerful allure of India and India begins to wonder if she can fix Hannah after all.

Hannah is on the run and she doesn’t want to think about what she’s left behind and she doesn’t want to talk about it either. She doesn’t deserve sympathy or help. She deserves punishment of the worst kind for what she has done. Unbeknownst to Hannah, India has a secret too. She’s left behind a wonderful man in the Greek Islands, to keep up her bohemian, traveling lifestyle and Hannah can’t understand why, especially as India seems so affected by it. India writes letters to the man she left behind but she doesn’t post them – she puts them in the hands of other backpackers, other travelers and hopes that they make their way back to him. If they do, then maybe, just maybe, its meant to be. India has taken a huge risk and written down her big secret. Now its time to see if its going to reach its destination.

Before she can move on, India has to help Hannah make an important decision and start her on the path to forgiveness of herself. And in return, Hannah might be able to help India find her own way to happiness.

Paper Chains is the second novel from Nicola Moriarty and it’s every bit as enjoyable and a roller-coaster of emotion as the first. When we meet Hannah, she’s in London, alone. She has no friends, hasn’t met any people and she knows nothing but work, cheap unappetizing food and running to punish herself. Hannah is filled with guilt and self-loathing because she has run away. It’s well clear what Hannah has run away from before it is revealed within the story – the reader sees it coming before Hannah herself does as she flashes back. It’s a heartbreaking situation for Hannah – I ached for her when I read what she was going to. I consider myself so blessed that I didn’t struggle the way in which she did (oh I struggled in plenty of other ways though!) but I know people that have. I think it would be too easy to judge, or blame someone in Hannah’s situation. But this novel takes an in depth look at her frame of mind, her disconnection, the way that she felt and how that was the only option for her at the time. There were clearly other options, but Hannah wasn’t ready to acknowledge her need for them until later. I don’t want to give too much away about what she’s running from (people who read the book will guess for themselves) but I do want to applaud the way in which it is portrayed. There’s so much pressure these days – to do things a certain way, to fit in, to juggle everything with ease. And when you can’t, that’s a crushing feeling of failure. And there’s judgement everywhere – judgement in every decision you make and every failure, real or imagined. And Hannah imagines a lot.

For all of Hannah’s crippling self-hatred and guilt, India by contrast, is light and energy. She makes everything seem easy to Hannah – meeting people, becoming friends with them, caring about them. Hannah isn’t sure why India has decided to become her friend and she doesn’t make it easy for India either. But India persists, her desire and ability to fix other people hiding a secret about herself. India mourns the man she left behind and she sends him letters, but not by post. Her thinking is that if they get to him, then she’s meant to see him again. But if they don’t, well then that’s the way things are meant to be. India is seeing the world, traveling light, meeting people, exchanging stories and absorbing as much as she can.

Goddamn I loved this book. Nicola Moriarty does grief and hope in equal amounts so well. I always tend to look upon a novelist’s second book with interest – it can be a difficult exercise, especially when the first one has been successful and well received. I really loved Free Falling, Nicola’s first novel and I think I might even like this one just a fraction more. It made me cry (more than once actually) but it was that sort of cathartic cleansing sort of cry where you’ve become so invested in the characters that you’re caught up in their journey and feel what they do. There’s lots of humour and hope in here too as well as some sad moments and they made me want to cry too sometimes. I was so immersed in this story and the characters that the leap of faith “small world” wasn’t hard for me to make and often I am that person who can’t believe the coincidences in a book. But when it’s written well and the stories really make you feel, then you can buy into anything and believe that things were meant to be this way for a reason. I especially loved the idea of the way that India was sending her letters – passing them around, like a chain letter, trusting fate that they’d get to the person she intended.

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Dec 30, 2012 Helen McKenna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Hannah is not your usual twenty-something Australian living in London. Unlike the thousands of other travellers and working holidayers that make the city home for a time while they party their way around Europe, Hannah spends her nights alone in her flat and her days off jogging all over the city to the point of exhaustion. By a stroke of fate she meets fellow Aussie India, who is as outgoing and funloving as Hannah is serious and reclusive. Although an unlikely friendship it flourishes and enri Hannah is not your usual twenty-something Australian living in London. Unlike the thousands of other travellers and working holidayers that make the city home for a time while they party their way around Europe, Hannah spends her nights alone in her flat and her days off jogging all over the city to the point of exhaustion. By a stroke of fate she meets fellow Aussie India, who is as outgoing and funloving as Hannah is serious and reclusive. Although an unlikely friendship it flourishes and enriches the lives of both the young women in amazing ways.

It doesn't take long for India to work out that Hannah is hiding a secret and she makes it her mission to discover and get it sorted out - after all in her own words "everything is fixable". In the meantime India is dealing wtih her own matters of the heart. Although she has adopted a "here for a good time not a long time" attitude to travel and the people she meets along the way, India can't stop thinking about Simon who she met in Greece and continues to correspond with via an unorthodox method that sees her letters hand transported via other travellers. Yet a secret of her own keeps her from following her heart and committing to a relationship with him.

Although written in a style that is very engaging and easy to read Paper Chains has a lot of hidden depth, exploring a few difficult subjects with sensitivity and compassion. Through the characters of Hannah and India, Nicola Moriarty demonstrates that nobody is immune to difficulties of some kind in their life - even if they outwardly appear to have it all together.

Moriarty's characterisation of Hannah and India is fantastic and the way she introduces them in such a light-hearted way works really well. At first Hannah's constant berating of herself is a little bit grating, but as you come to know her better and the reasons for her self loathing are revealed this aspect fades away.

A delightful blend of suspense, poignancy, romance and well-placed humour, Paper Chains is a fabulous read that demonstrates Nicola Moriarty will be a continuing presence in the literary world.
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Sep 20, 2012 Lauredhel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Oh, this book. This book. It shattered me into tiny pieces. And not from what you who've read it already might expect. (view spoiler) ...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Paula Weston rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I ordered this book at the library after reading Nomes' fabulous review on Inkcrush. I'll admit, when I took a closer look at the cutesy cover, I thought the library had wrongly marked it as adult fiction, because it definitely had a YA vibe (and while I'd read the synopsis and knew the story appealed, I obviously didn't read it enough to realise it wasn't YA).

I should know better: don't judge a book by its cover. The nature of the relationships and emotional struggles are definitely for an olde ...more

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Sep 03, 2019 Cheryl rated it it was amazing

Do you want to know what "true love" is? It is Nicola Moriarty's newest book, Paper Chains. I absolutely fell in love with India & Hannah. These two women's story just tugged at my heartstrings and left a permanent scar in my heart. Ms. Moriarty pens a beautiful story of loss, love, friendship, and second chances.

India had a mystery about her. It was due to her letters. The little snippets throughout the book had me intrigued to learn her "secret". One that I could see why India wrote her l ...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Alex rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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The Plot: Living in London and working behind the counter at a Museum's store was not exactly where Hannah planned to be in her late twenties, but she doesn't have much to choose from since she ran off from her life in Sydney and doesn't want to think about or remember what she left behind.

Meeting fellow Australian India one day at the Museum, and later at the park was a surprise, as Hannah doesn't believe she deserves friends, or fun or anything good happening to her, but India is around to sta The Plot: Living in London and working behind the counter at a Museum's store was not exactly where Hannah planned to be in her late twenties, but she doesn't have much to choose from since she ran off from her life in Sydney and doesn't want to think about or remember what she left behind.

Meeting fellow Australian India one day at the Museum, and later at the park was a surprise, as Hannah doesn't believe she deserves friends, or fun or anything good happening to her, but India is around to stay - for a while at least.

See, India likes to fix people, she has been doing it for the past year, traveling from place to place, staying a few days, maybe a few weeks, fixing people and moving on. So she's determined to find out what Hannah's story is, only that Hannah isn't as easy to figure out.

Through out their interactions, little pieces of both women's pasts start to come out to the light. For India also has her own secrets that she slowly doles out as she writes love-letters to a guy she meet in Greece, and sends them in a very unconventional fashion.

First Date: I'm not sure if I like India or Hannah but I can't put this book down. Hannah is a bit of a martyr and India is a bit too much - I'm starting to suspect India is a manic pixie dream girl and MPDG is my second most hated female archetype, only behind TSTL- but I'm intrigued. Love the snippets about the letters India writes, though.

Second Date: Okay, gut me why don't you? Oh, Hannah, now that I know what you did and why, you make a lot more sense. Some of it hits a little close to home, so I kind of get it. I'm liking India a little better, she's still a little too MPDG for my taste but she tells Hannah what she needs to hear, much as it hurts. I'm suspecting her secret already, though.

Third Date: Twist the dagger a little more, why don't you? Honestly. What is it with Aussie authors that take my heart, tear it into a million little pieces, make me cry like a baby and yet I keep coming back for more? WHY MUST YOU AUSSIE AUTHORS? WHYYY???!!

Relationship Status: I CAN'T QUIT YOU!!
Okay, drama aside, Paper Chains was quite brilliant. I couldn't put it down because from about page two I became so involved with Hannah and India and even when I didn't like them I couldn't help myself and I couldn't leave them. I had heard from fellow blogger Inkcrush that Nicola Moriarty was a terrific writer and the girl got mad skills, let me tell you. In so many ways Paper Chains is such a quiet novel but the drama and the heartbreak are based on such every-day/commonplace things that it just hits you, you know? how easy it is for things to go wrong.

I don't think Paper Chains is a perfect novel, but it definitely has reading crack and, unless Moriarty decides to start writing Twilight fanfiction, I can't imagine a future where I don't keep reading her stories.

Please note that Paper Chains is currently only available in Australia (wherever books are sold). This side of the pond it's available via Fishpond World. ...more

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Feb 04, 2014 Leanna (daisychainbooks) rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5/5 --was definitely heading towards a four there for a while but I felt the ending was a bit rushed and I never totally warmed to either character. I feel like I didn't get to know Hannah or India -and I really should have. I've read another book that deals with a similar subject matter as this one and it pretty much ripped my heart out -repeatedly- so it's not just because I'm cold and emotionally disconnected that I didn't cry at this one. Okay.

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Apr 13, 2013 Sharon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

What a beautiful story. This was my first Nicola Moriarty and I really enjoyed it. A story about friendship,family,love and forgiveness. I found it hard to put down. I would certainly recommend it.

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Dec 13, 2012 MarciaB - Book Muster Down Under rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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“India smiled. ‘Everything is fixable, Hannah …’

Hannah and India are new best friends. Although true friendship means always telling each other the truth, doesn’t it?

Hannah, you see, is running from her life back in Sydney. Now in London, she’s trying to put the past behind her, and finding this amazing new friend is a positive step forward. If only she could stop punishing herself for what she did.

India knows Hannah is hiding something big, and she’s determined to figure it out. Fast.

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Jan 10, 2019 Susan Wishart rated it it was ok · review of another edition

As the star rating indicates, it was OK. A vanilla romance with two young Australian women, India and Hannah who meet by chance in London. Both are running away from a traumatic event in their lives which they do not wish to reveal. Spoiler alert; India has terminal cancer and Hannah has walked out on her loving husband and two very young children. I guessed India's secret on page four and it took me rather longer to realise that Hannah's problem was postnatal depression.
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Sep 08, 2019 Michele rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars -- See the full review at HarlequinJunkie.com

Set mainly in the UK and Australia, this reissue of Paper Chains was a poignant look at how two troubled women’s lives intersected and the lasting effect they had on each other.

I’m not going to lie…I have mixed feelings about this book. Not because of the writing itself, which flowed as beautifully as anything else I’ve read by Nicola Moriarty. I even liked the way she wove in snippets of the past, teasing us with what big sec ...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Emma Tingay rated it really liked it · review of another edition

For the last two months, Hannah has been living in London and working in a museum shop. She has run away from her life in Sydney, Australia, and has been punishing herself because of something she did back home. Then she meets India, who is also an Australian travelling overseas. India is the complete opposite of Hannah – outgoing, friendly, and wants to help people. The two become friends and India makes it her mission to prise Hannah’s secret from her so that she can fix it. India though, is h For the last two months, Hannah has been living in London and working in a museum shop. She has run away from her life in Sydney, Australia, and has been punishing herself because of something she did back home. Then she meets India, who is also an Australian travelling overseas. India is the complete opposite of Hannah – outgoing, friendly, and wants to help people. The two become friends and India makes it her mission to prise Hannah’s secret from her so that she can fix it. India though, is hiding a secret of her own. In the Greek Islands, India met the man of her dreams, Simon. After three perfect weeks though, India left Greece without a trace. This is where the paper chains of the title comes in. India has been writing letters to Simon, but not posting them. Instead she gives them to other travellers, believing that if they reach Simon then their relationship was meant to be. Her final letter details the big secret she has been hiding and when part of it is posted on the internet it sets in motion a chain reaction of events that leads Simon back to India.
Paper Chains begins in a light-hearted way and we are led to believe that Hannah and India are just running away from failed relationships. It soon becomes clear though that there are much more serious issues at work, and the book becomes highly emotional. It turns out that Hannah has been suffering from post-natal depression and her grief is played out during the book. I thought Moriarty handled this aspect of the novel very sensitively, and I really got a sense of how debilitating post-natal depression can be. Hannah believes she has absolutely no choice but to leave her family. This, combined with a history of suicide in her family, places Hannah in a very fragile state of mind. The book is not all doom and gloom though as Moriarty manages plenty of humour and hope throughout. Paper Chains is a short book but by no means a small book. It is a book about love, hope forgiveness and fate, written with compassion.
Paper Chains is Nicola Moriarty’s second novel and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
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Feb 10, 2013 Sheree rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Absolutely loved it!

Australian women Hannah & India meet by chance in London and forge a friendship marking the beginning of a insightful, sensitive, heartwarming journey of serendipity.

A story of contrasts, much like Hannah and India ... Hannah a deep well of pain & self-loathing, fragile, and withdrawn, India intuitive, outgoing, bubbly and confident. As first Hannah then India's secrets are slowly revealed this highly emotive novel addresses deeper issues with touching insight and ho ...more

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Mar 25, 2016 Katy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Well, all I can say is Nicola Moriarty knows how to pull on those heart strings. I don't think I have cried so much for a very long time reading a book. I was so invested in the characters of this book, and being the time of my life that I am, I could really relate to the subject matter.
The thing I loved most about this book was it's pace. Each chapter was just long enough to read and really enjoy. So much so that I could read a bit each night, and go to sleep thinking about the latest turn of ...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Sallyann Van leeuwen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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A sweet book of two Aussie girls who meet in London, one an introvert, the other an extrovert. Both have secrets. India skips from one country to the next, experiencing all she can, whilst Hannah is holed up in London dealing with self-worth issues. Quirky fun read of girls running from love, only to have it chase them down! However the cover made me think they were closer to teenage years not mid 20s. Therefore I was surprised with Hannah's secret! Looking forward to more of this author's work.

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Apr 01, 2013 Kerrie Paterson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

WARNING - do not read the final chapters of this book in public. Unless you don't mind sobbing brokenheartedly in public that is :)
Paper Chains is the story of two Aussie girls who meet in London. I loved the way Nicola slowly revealed each of the girl's secrets - it kept me turning the pages wanting to find out more. I also loved how the story of the letter was woven between the chapters - each of those glimpses could have been a story in themselves.
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Nov 27, 2015 Leslea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Great book with a difficult topic which was handled very well. I really liked the characters of Hannah and India and thought their friendship moved along quite well. I was disappointed with the ending - too coincidental and a bit rushed but over all I really enjoyed this story and would read something else by this author.

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Oct 27, 2012 Molly rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I found this story confusing at first; I like other readers had the impression that the main characters were younger than they turned out to be. I also found the range of characters a little bland, without the diversity existent in both London and Sydney and the ending a little pat.

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Nov 07, 2014 Jacinta rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Wasn't that sure about this book to begin with, but the middle to end really got me in. Very moving story.

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Jan 29, 2013 Feistykel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Beautiful story with beautiful characters and just enough mystery. Such a lovely story of friendship and love and the reality of life.

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Feb 02, 2013 Marg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4.5/5

Going to be difficult to review this one without spoiling!

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Sep 03, 2019 Heather rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Editorial note: I received a copy of Paper Chains in exchange for a review. For full review, please visit: https://bookclubchat.com/books/review...

Paper Chains by Nicola Moriarty is an emotional story about friendship, family and secrets. While the major themes are relatable to all—the story is told in an unique style. It features the present, flashbacks and even major plot points told via letter form.

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Sep 07, 2019 Marcia rated it it was amazing

I found this book to be very good. Two women are running away and become acquainted in England. They are total opposites personality wise. Hannah feels she is worthless and deserves nothing good. India is out to "save" people and have a good time. However, they are both running from the people they love and secrets in their past. India sends letters, not by mailing them, but by randomly giving them strangers to pass on, hoping they will eventually reach him. You'll have to read the book to find ...more

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Aug 07, 2019 Morgan Schulman rated it liked it

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This is a reprint of one of her books from 2013 and it doesn’t have the bite of her newer books, more of a whimsical chick lit story that made me nostalgic for slightly better whimsical chick lit stories. Not bad.

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Aug 28, 2019 Jordan rated it really liked it

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Why do I do this to myself? Got a touch of homesickness when I finished this one- it has Kate Miller-Heidke references 😭⠀
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Hannah has a secret. A terrible secret. ⠀
She is on the run from her past. ⠀
Sydney born and punishing herself in London city; she runs into the eccentric and extroverted India- another Aussie, Perth born, and a fearless wanderer. ⠀
India is determined to fix Hannah and her secret, making a project out of it so she distracts herself from her own problems. In denial about love, s ...more

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Nicola Moriarty lives in Sydney's north west with her husband and two small daughters. She is the younger sister of bestselling authors Liane Moriarty and Jaclyn Moriarty. In between various career changes, becoming a mum and studying teaching at Macquarie University, she began to write. Now, she can't seem to stop.

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