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Laddar... The Necklace (urspr publ 2017; utgåvan 2017)av Claire McMillan
VerksinformationThe Necklace av Claire McMillan (2017)
   Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  CherylGrimm | Nov 22, 2019 |   In a parallel story, Ambrose and Ethan Quincy, are two wealthy brothers living in the Jazz Age. Ambrose is with May, but he wishes to go on a journey to Asia. May begs him to stay, but Ambrose needs to go. While he is away, he finds that Ethan has had a bad accident and their father tells him to come home. Ethan persuades Ambrose to continue on his journey. Finally, their father demands that Ambrose return home, and also tells Ambrose that Ethan has married May. Ambrose is heartbroken about this. When he returns home, he gives May the necklace that he acquired for her in India. His feelings for May are tearing Ambrose apart. He can't stay away from her. It pleases him that she wears his necklace every day. However, Ethan notes the growing tension between Ambrose and May and is unhappy about it. This leads to tragedy. The necklace ties together two generations. I was hoping for more from this story. I didn't feel that the characters were adequately developed. (  ) rmarcin | Jan 22, 2019 | I liked how each chapter was either the past or the present. As the ancestors' love triangle story is told the present day family is struggling with greed, trying to fit in, and attempting to keep the past buried. The truth does come out and it shows the family's high opinion of themselves is only that. Each character is flawed as humans are--some more than others. I liked Nell and Emerson. Pansy and Baldwin were the pits. I am still out about May, Ambrose, and Ethan. Communication would have helped a lot there. The story was well written. The author drew me into the worlds of the Quincys. I wanted to know what happened. I also wanted to know about the necklace and Ambrose's travels. I may try to find a copy of the journal the story is based upon if it is still in print. (  ) Sheila1957 | Apr 28, 2018 |  ) ethel55 | Sep 19, 2017 |  ) shazjhb | Sep 16, 2017 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"This intoxicating novel set in the rarified world of money and society alternates between two generations of the Quincy family: the wealthy robber baron brothers who vied over a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and the young woman who inherits a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace and its secrets. Always the black sheep, Nell Quincy is summoned to her family's elegantly shabby manor after the death of her great aunt. During a chilly meeting over cocktails, the family reads the will that makes Nell the executor of the estate and leaves her one item: a fantastically valuable, beautiful necklace from India. While the rest of the family jewels have been stored in a bank vault, Nell finds this priceless, forgotten heirloom in a Crown Royal whiskey bag stashed in the back of a dresser. As predatory Quincys circle Nell and art experts begin to question the necklace's shadowy provenance, Nell turns to the only person she thinks she can trust--the attractive and ambitious estate lawyer who definitely is not part of the old money crowd. Ambrose Quincy brought the necklace home from India in the 1920s as a dramatic gift for May, the woman he intended to marry. However, upon his return he discovers that May has married his brother Ethan, the "good" Quincy, devoted to helping their father with the family mining empire. As a gesture of friendship, Ambrose gives May the necklace anyway--reigniting their passion and beginning a tense love triangle. When Ethan confronts the two lovers, the encounter ends tragically, entombing a secret in the past that Nell must uncover if she is ever to claim her true Quincy birthright. Alternating between the past and present, The Necklace is the elegant and compelling story of a star-crossed romance, long-simmering family resentments, and a young woman whose inheritance is much more than a legendary necklace"-- Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (3.5)
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Backtrack to a younger time. The prequel, if you please. Two brothers and a sister. Both brothers in love with the same young lady, May. The sister preferring one to prevail. But he (Ambrose) takes off to tour the world after touring May’s skinscape. A series of letters from his journeys follow. There is a fire in his absence, of which his brother (Ethan) is injured. May nurses him back to better health and subsequently, a telegram arrives to Ambrose announcing their engagement. Obviously distraught, assuming her his, but also fond of his brother, he opts to remain at large, forgoing attending the union.
Jumping from era to era, we get the before necklace and after stories, with a generation between. But sharing that core is Ambrose, the rub against his father’s polished ideals. Returning home after his 2 years of travel, he tries to realign himself in the new trajectory of his family. Being now a bit black sheep, unable to right his place back into the flock, his welcome home party is as clumsy as first time sex. Especially with family and friends all aside watching. And complications multiply for Ambrose.
The jumping of eras tells the how, when & why of the necklace and later reveals the whom. I like Nell, tho she could have been a bit more sure of herself against the snootiness of her relatives, especially given she’s the only one to “do” anything. Side stories blend in well, giving the dynamics of both eras and their mesh of secrets and deceit. The end reveals what we’ve been told from the beginning, tho the final scene was a bit trite. (