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So, I'm writing this review with slightly swollen eyes... Yes, I've shed lots of tears for this story - in fact, I came very close to sobbing out loud...
Just after the first chapter, I really wasn't sure if I was in the mood to read this type of story. A story, that is, guaranteed to be full of pain but hopefully with a hopeful conclusion. So, I looked around a bit more about what others say and one said, it gets better in the second half.
It did get better, a little bit sooner, I think. For me, ...more
Just after the first chapter, I really wasn't sure if I was in the mood to read this type of story. A story, that is, guaranteed to be full of pain but hopefully with a hopeful conclusion. So, I looked around a bit more about what others say and one said, it gets better in the second half.
It did get better, a little bit sooner, I think. For me, ...more
Maybe I would enjoy reading this one rather than doing audio. I found it really dreary and bland.
Meredith and Nina Whitson are left caring for their elderly mother after their fathers death though they have never been close to their mother. The only thing that brings them together is the story their mother tells of Vera, a peasant girl in Russia in the 1940's. Meredith is having relationship troubles with her husband and buries herself in work running the family apple orchard. Nina is a photojournalist constantly on the move. Their stories bored me completely and I didn't care what happened
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A book that was better than expected, which is always a nice surprise. Two grown sisters have spent their lives wondering why their mother didn't love them. Each has dealt with it in her own way. It is only as their beloved father lies dying that he elicits a promise from each of them to find out the mother's real story. Slowly she begins to tell them a fairy tale that slowly transforms into the horror of World War II Leningrad, and the women begin to have a better understanding of each other. I
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4.5 stars... I really enjoyed this book, but it could not compare to Firefly Lane!
Jan 06, 2010
*Nan*
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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Feb 22, 2010
Gaijinmama
marked it as to-read
May 04, 2010
Heather
marked it as to-read
Aug 21, 2010
Lisa
marked it as to-read
Oct 26, 2010
Susan
marked it as to-read
Jun 07, 2017
Carrie
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2018
Karen D
rated it
it was amazing
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romance,
family,
cried-ugly-tears,
wwii,
war,
5-stars,
russia,
new-identity,
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