Sisters and Brothers in Aussie Readers

Aug 25, 2018 Brenda rated it really liked it

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1975 and William was happy in his work in the shop with his mother. Teaching piano; his various piano tuning jobs across the city; selling the instruments they stocked. But the day a young woman walked into the shop, lost for words over the tune Bill was playing on the piano, was the day his life and the life of that young woman, Debbie, changed forever.

Now seventy-two years of age, Bill was grief stricken and lonely after his beloved wife had passed away. Sarah, their only daughter, was often b ...more

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Aug 24, 2018 Helen rated it really liked it

This is a compelling and moving story with emotions and feelings jumping of the pages, as we go from 1975 to present day and we meet Bill who is 72, he has just lost his wife but has a daughter and two grandkids and is an easy going man who still enjoys life, although he needs a hip replacement, but his life and his daughter Sarah’s are going to be turned upside down as this family grows.

Sarah, beautiful Sarah, busy mother to two children wife to hard working Andrew, she needs to keep up with th This is a compelling and moving story with emotions and feelings jumping of the pages, as we go from 1975 to present day and we meet Bill who is 72, he has just lost his wife but has a daughter and two grandkids and is an easy going man who still enjoys life, although he needs a hip replacement, but his life and his daughter Sarah’s are going to be turned upside down as this family grows.

Sarah, beautiful Sarah, busy mother to two children wife to hard working Andrew, she needs to keep up with the Jones and is missing her mother very much she needs someone to talk to although she is very close to her father another woman is what she wants, and no matter how many times she wished she never got that sibling she wanted so much.

Then we meet Emma only child and nurse caring loving woman wife to Steve FIFO worker mother to three kids two teenagers and one not far off being a teenager her life is busy but fun and family time comes before anything else, but when she finds out the her father is not her biological father questions are asked and she meets the man who did father her and discovers she has a sister a sister that she always wanted.

Then Adam makes his presence to us he is in his forties was bought up by his loving single Mum, he is a very good florist and has decided that it is time to find his father and his Mum Pauline goes all out to help and Adam meets Bill and discovers he has two sisters, which he is over the moon about.

Then we meet Michelle cake maker extraordinaire now Michelle has always known that she was adopted and she has an adopted brother as well, she is single and has always regretted not meeting someone and having children of her own, and has decided to try and find her biological parents, this brings her to finally find her mother.

I loved getting to know all of the characters in this wonderful story, I felt their pain and their happiness, the joy and shock as each learned about each other and Bill the man who always wanted a big family finally gets that, he may not be able to do the things that he used to but the love for all of them is there. The connections between the siblings all different as they have been bought up with different parents is amazing and the way they coped with each other wonderful, a beautiful story of families and love, yes there were tears from me but there was also a lot of smiling, thank you MS Palmer for another fabulous story, this is one that I highly recommend you really need to read this one it really is absorbing.

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Sep 16, 2018 Janine rated it really liked it

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I am a huge fan of Fiona Palmer's books and was very excited to read her latest offering. It tells the story of Bill who worked in his mother's music store teaching music. It is a good life and then he meets the woman of his dreams Debbie who comes in for lessons. Their romance blossoms and they marry and eventually go on to have Sarah after many disappointments and miscarriages. She is married to Andrew and they have two children. Emma is also happily married with 3 children and finds out from ...more

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