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Laddar... Genealogy: A novel (utgåvan 2018)av Mae Wood (Författare)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. In the interests of clarity, I need to say that I am a huge fan of Mae Wood and her writing. I follow her on social media and I managed to score an ARC of her newest release, Genealogy. This book was a departure for her, as her first releases were more mainstream contemporary romances. This is an epistolary novel and not to mince any words-it's gorgeous. The story is told through the interweaving of two time frames: Alice trying to choose between Elliot and Fred during the First World War and Ali working through relationships with Scott and Ben now. Both couples are separated by distance and keep in touch through correspondence. Alice is dependent on letters sent halfway around the world through the challenges of war-time ship movement. Ali has the speed of delivery and the agony of wait times with the potential immediacy of email, text messages, and video messaging to keep in touch across the country. The two stories are linked by the fact that Ali is named after Alice, her great-grandmother. Ali inherits a pack of the letters sent to Alice from Elliot. I was delayed in getting to read this book by a couple of days, and finally sat down to at least start it this morning. I ended up finishing it, sitting next to a cold cup of tea. This story sucked me in, entirely. The characters are warm and unique and as cliched as it sounds, Alice, Elliott, and Fred really do have the charm and innocence that we associate with earlier times. The earnest devotion of first love, an era when showing off your calves was risque, and the pain of making choices when your dreams collide. Mae has done a fabulous job of capturing the tone of the era, in the language that the characters use, in the details that influence their actions, and in the descriptions of the world they live in. By contrast, Ali, Scott, and Ben, faced with a similar situation in their personal lives, make their choices based on a different set of priorities and rationales that will be more familiar to readers. Ali is given Alice's letters just as many parts of her life are in flux, and she uses the letters first for diversion and then for inspiration. There are many emotional moments throughout the book. I was giggling, gasping, intrigued, and sad by moments. But without giving anything away, the last chapter was when my heart was really ripped out. No one expects that last few paragraphs of an entire book to be when they cry, but that's what happened. Not to worry, it does have a happy ending, but it's the bittersweet happiness of real life, not the perfect "happily ever after" that standard romance novels excel in. I'd give it an extra star just for that, if I could. As it is, I'm giving it an enthusiastic 5 stars on Goodreads. NOTE: As an added bonus, Mae has included discussion points at the end of book, making this an excellent choice for your book club or classroom. This review also posted on my blog: http://editrix.ca/2018/10/review-10-genealogy/ Branching out of my normal read selections, Genealogy offers a star-crossed romance of two generations. This is a story you can recommend to your mother, grandmother and teenage daughter to remind them that your ‘one’ is not always who you think they are. Genealogy is told in a dual timeline story. Think The Lake House or any Kate Morton fiction. We are treated to the story of Alice and Elliot as World War I is barreling down on them. Ali, Alice’s great granddaughter and namesake, discovers this lost love story as she is packing up her grandmother to move from her life long home. Through these letters Ali grows to learn more about her grandmother and the true meaning of sacrifice and love. Read more of my review on: https://www.myownbookshelves.com/2018/10/a-love-story-in-parallel-genealogy-by.h... inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
At thirty-three and with her future unclear, Ali Waller finds her way home again. A box of long-forgotten love letters written to her great-grandmother holds the unlikely key to Ali finding her new path. As she tracks down the letter writer and his descendants, Ali learns the magic of love, hope, and resilience. Told by three characters, and across century and an ocean, Genealogy is an enchanting story about love and loss, taking chances, and embracing the surprises that life brings. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I read a book with a similar plotline last week only the couple involved was a British pilot shot down in WWII Italy and the Italian woman who saves him, plus their children finding each other when the daughter goes to Italy to investigate her father's history. It may not be fair to compare these two books (the other is by a well-known author), but this book shone both in story-telling and character development. Ms. Wood has told a lovely story that I enjoyed reading very much. ( )