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Jan 04, 2015 12:43PM
Just finished reading this and thought it was fab however the book didn't seem to explain how the tile with Isabella and variants name on it ended up in the mums possession? I thought this was given to Laurant , or have I missed something obvious!
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Sorry, should say Laurent name not variants, predictive txt nightmare
I think you are meant to question that. It definitely does not address that at all!!!Anyone else think that Pa Salt was Laurent?
Agreed we are left to question how Pa Salt obtained the tile...I think it probably one of the story lines that will cross into future books. I don't think the ages work out for Laurent to be Pa Salt, as well we are told Laurent died in 1965.
Who was the man on the phone at the end of the book?
Does anyone else think that the little boy whom Isabelle saves in Paris grows up to be Pa Salt?
I also agree with Paige and Christina about the origins of Pa Salt. The Little boy played Morning Mood on his old violin, when Laurent went into the garden to find out where the music was originating from, that was also the last piece of music that Pa Salt purportedly listened to. The book states that he was in his 80's when he died in 2007 and he was a small boy about 7 or 8 back in 1928 when Bel found him under the hedge.I also don't think that Pa Salt is actually dead, I think he has just " left the building ". I believe he wants his adopted daughters to find their origins whilst he is still alive, so he has orchestrated his 'supposed' death to start the ball rolling. Why was the study locked just after his death and Marina gave Pa Salt back the key. But then when Maia comes back with Floriano towards the end of the book she takes him into Pa's study which has miraculously been opened to show him the photo of Pa Salt with his six daughters and Floriano notes that perhaps the little statue of Christo is very possibly an original.
The clues are there in the book, all one has to do is pick up on them.
Going out on a limb here but.....does anyone else have thoughts on Pa Salt actually being Maia's biological father. On Page 608 he states about the love of a parent for a child being the most powerful force on earth.
Just putting it out there.......
I agree, de-tached but not de-ceased! I like the bio-dad theory also. Aren't you the detective with all these clues :-) I like it. I have no attention to detail so if I don't intuit it, I miss it.
Margaret, those were the same clues that led me to believe that Pa Salt could be the little boy. I wondered about Pa Salt being Maia's biological father too, but I'm not sure if the character's age would work. Of course, it would be an interesting twist to the story. I also agree that it's possible that Pa Salt and/or Laurent faked their deaths. It's going to be hard to wait for all the sequel books!
Dawn, I think the tile with the inscription written by Bel was taken with the letter to Laurent by her friend/maid but Gustavo interceded however he only took the letter from her. I had to return the book to the library today so I not 100% sure but didn't she manage to give the tile to Laurent, but not the letter. Laurent then took it back to Paris with him, where the little boy who I believe is/was Pa Salt no doubt had access to it, hence the reason it ended up in the letter given to Maia when Pa Salt died. I didn't think the Mother had it, she did show it to Beatriz. In the first instance she showed it to Floriano who knew what it was.That is my interpretation at any rate :0) and yes I do believe we are supposed to question ??
Margaret
To Paige & ChristinaFurther to our topic query. I can be a bit like a dog with a bone........but as I said in my previous message to Dawn, I had to give the book back to library today, so all I will have left are my 'ponderings' after this!
Page 27 one reads that Pa Salt is an expert linguist himself. This ability does tend to be genetic.
Page 28 He advises her to study Russian and Portuguese. The little boy was a street urchin in Paris, maybe of Russian extraction?
Perhaps Pa Salt also used his linguistic skills in Business and Commerce that made him his millions, and let him travel the world. How he made them is not known as yet.
Page 77 He says he cannot claim to be her natural father.
But.....more to the point, does he think he is?? Beatriz said Christina was a bit of a wild child, that she and her husband practically disowned her after the theft of the emeralds, but that too is only supposition. A presumption on Beatriz' part, logical but nothing was proven.
Why did Pa Salt adopt Maia within a week of her being left at the orphanage. He must have known Christina and followed her whereabouts, therefore knew she was pregnant.
Christina, In regards to your earlier comment about the man on the phone at the end of book when Ally was trying to dial out. I think that was Pa Salt, as I said previously I don't think he is dead. That was just to up the intrigue a little.
So yes the plot thickens. I will just have to take off my Miss Marple hat and wait for Book Two of the Saga, then put it back on again. Roll on November.
I LOVED this book, all the way through I never wanted it to end. I didn't know it was going to be a series so you can imagine my excitement when I found out. I think Pa Salt is the homeless boy, I did think he was Laurent at first but the age thing didn't match up. The boat thing with Zed is very strange so I have my doubts about Pa Salt being dead. I wonder if he faked his death to force the girls to find out their biological stories.
Yes, it's hard to wait for the next! Even with TV series I prefer to binge watch. It's a bit long to wait until a series of books is finished, Im reading some of her other books though, Some get a little too romance novel-ish for me in places, but they are all interesting story lines and I am enjoying them.
Paige wrote: "Does anyone else think that the little boy whom Isabelle saves in Paris grows up to be Pa Salt?"That crossed my mind also.
Melissa wrote: "I LOVED this book, all the way through I never wanted it to end. I didn't know it was going to be a series so you can imagine my excitement when I found out. I think Pa Salt is the homeless boy, ..."I also thought it was Pa Salt on the phone,but it seems so heartless to 'fake' his death. Not sure what was going on with the other boat though. Hopefully all will become clear by the last book. It will be a long wait!
The issue with him being the boy is that in 1928 he would have been a baby since Maia says her father was nearly 80 when he died. So the only way that he could be the boy is if the author didn't calculate the ages right or if Maia was wrong about her father's age. I think the young boy is just a red herring and Pa Salt will turn out to be someone else. Also, I do think he could still be alive because I reread the beginning of the book and noticed this line, "My father was a master of illusion, nothing is ever as it seems with him"
Karissa, I don't think they actually say 80, they say eighties that involves at least 10 years, so he could still be the little boy. I read this book from library so I cannot exactly refer back to it, I can only refer to my notes previously on this query.Yes I thought the same thing with your quote re being a master of illusion. As I have said previously the author is leaving us clues, we just have to adept to pick up on them.
After reading the second book The Storm Sister, I am still of the belief that Pa Salt is the little boy.
Margaret,I have started The Storm Sister this week and am on Chapter 27. You are right as Ally has just said that Pa Salt "was in his 80s" which does definitely mean he could have been around 87 or 88 which would be the exact age for him to have been the boy. I am excited to keep reading and see if there are any more clues!
KarissaHope you enjoy The Storm Sister. I am hanging out for the third book in the series. It is certainly good reading and her research is very excellent, she takes you on a trip to places I have never been. I have also enjoyed a couple of her other books which are stand alone novels, The Midnight Rose and The Light Behind the Window. If you like her style of writing, you may like to give those a try.
I just finished it and yes it was quite enjoyable! I'm so eager for the next book too! I did read The Light Behind The Window and loved it, that was the first book of hers I read! Next, I will read The Midnight Rose as I wait for The Shadow Sister to come out. Thank you for the suggestion!
Have just finished reading and loved it, although there are some unanswered questions which I am sure we will come across in the Series. Just a quick question ... do these books need to be read in the order that they were written?? Please advise if you can x
I believe Pa Salt is still alive and looking for Merope. But what is the connection between him and Kreeg Eszu? They "died" on the same day and in the same place. Were they one and the same? Twins? Caster and Pollux? Or was Kreed going around having babies all over the place and Pa was trying to find them? Any ideas?
Carol wrote: "I believe Pa Salt is still alive and looking for Merope. But what is the connection between him and Kreeg Eszu? They "died" on the same day and in the same place. Were they one and the same? Twins?..."I also believe that Pa Salt is Kreeg Eszu...
I just finished reading the Pearl Sister. I noticed that in Aboriginal's story about the seven sisters, just the six of them managed to escape from the men chasing them. Did he manage to catch the last sister (Merope)? What is the connection between that man and Pa Salt? It seems to me that, just like that man, Pa Salt is trying to find (catch) the seven sisters. Maybe he already has the last sister (Merope). Maybe Merope was a person he loved? Someone he lost? Also in the pearl sister book, Pa Salt visited Kitty's house, looking for relatives, and he found CeCe who he adopted immediately. I believe he is somehow connected to CeCe, despite the fact that she thinks that he didn't love her as much as her other sisters. Finally, he gave every sister some clues for them to find their families except CeCe. She only took o photo that her real grandfather has sent to her. Why is that?
Denise wrote: "Carol wrote: "I believe Pa Salt is still alive and looking for Merope. But what is the connection between him and Kreeg Eszu? They "died" on the same day and in the same place. Were they one and th..."Very interesting, Denise! But remember that Kreeg Eszu's body was found very dead, washed up in cove on a Greek island. And there have been several hints that Pa Salt is still alive. So, no, I don't think they were one and the same, but there is definitely a connection between them. I think Marina definitely knows the truth. Don't you just love these books!! Can barely wait for The Moon Sister - I wonder if we will get a bit closer to Merope?
Do these books need to be read in order??
I would recommend that you read them in order as they do overlap in parts.
Rebecca wrote: "I think you are meant to question that. It definitely does not address that at all!!!Anyone else think that Pa Salt was Laurent?"
Yes it went through my mind too 😃
I have just started reading The Moon Sister and loving it. But am puzzled about the part that Zed Eszu plays? I feel that there is a sinister connection between Kreeg Eszu and Pa Salt.
Tracy wrote: "Do these books need to be read in order??"No, not at all. But I would recommend you read the first two in order at least because there are more spoilers for those two in the latter ones than for the others.
Denise wrote: I just finished reading the Pearl Sister. I noticed that in Aboriginal's story about the seven sisters, just the six of them managed to escape from the men chasing them. Did he manage to catch the last sister (Merope)? What is the connection between that man and Pa Salt? It seems to me that, just like that man, Pa Salt is trying to find (catch) the seven sisters. Maybe he already has the last sister (Merope). Maybe Merope was a person he loved? Someone he lost? Also in the pearl sister book, Pa Salt visited Kitty's house, looking for relatives, and he found CeCe who he adopted immediately. I believe he is somehow connected to CeCe, despite the fact that she thinks that he didn't love her as much as her other sisters. Finally, he gave every sister some clues for them to find their families except CeCe. She only took o photo that her real grandfather has sent to her. Why is that?That is not 100% true, I just reread the book and Pa Salt had given her the clue of Kitty who is her great grand mother. So CeCe was not left entirely clue less. Probably Pa Salt thought that that was enough clues together with the coordinates for Cece to find her family, as I'm sure he knew that her grand dad had sent her the photo
I have just finished reading all 7 books and am now engaged in re-reading them all. I've just finished looking at the first book again!In regard to the little boy found by Bel - I am sure he is Pa Salt. I think there are several clues that hint at this:
* the boy is found with a battered leather satchel that he refuses to let go of (Maia remembers a leather pouch in Pa's study)
* the bluestone tile, which I suspect Laurent gave to the boy (how Pa Salt got it) - Bel's husband destroyed the letter but not the tile
* the violin - this is another of the objects Maia remembers seeing in Pa's study - we know that later in Bel's story Laurent discovers the boy playing the Dying Swan (Greig) on the violin given to him by Landowski (we know Greig comes up in Ally's story - surely not a coincidence)
* the statue of the Christ, that Floriano recognises as being an original, which was most likely given to the boy by Landowski himself
There are also hints that this boy is Polish or Russian in origin. Landowski suggests that he recognises his ethnicity as Polish fairly early on. When Bel first finds him, Laurent says something about him probably being from somewhere like Russia. One of Maia's most precious possessions is a Russian doll given to her by Pa Salt. The boy also speaks perfect French to Maia soon after she and Laurent take him to Landowski's studio (although he doesn't speak very much after that).
Another potential clue - the boy is told about the Pleiades, Pleione and Orion by Bel and she also gives him her name and address in Rio. This is another potential tie to Pa Salt.
This all probably ties into suggestions I've seen elsewhere that the boy also appears as "Bo" in Ally's story - a student at the university of Leipzig. This character also doesn't talk very much and has a fairly vague past. I'm about to re-read this book, so I'll look for more clues about Pa Salt then!
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