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A HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY OF EMOTIONS
Format: Paperback
โ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ? ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
What a rare gem of a story! With an almost dreamlike, fairy-tale quality to her every word, Mia Sheridan weaves a hauntingly beautiful tapestry of darkness and light, love and loss, pain and atonement, with a tale that transports the reader to a place where true love never dies, and where a spark of hope can find its way through even the smallest of cracks in an old, stone wall. Set against the vivid background of the mystical city of New Orleans, this is the story of two lonely hearts who find safe harbour in each otherโs arms, but as they work together to unlock a mystery from the past, they begin to discover that the greatest battles sometimes lie within us, and that is where they must be fought. As always, Mia Sheridanโs storytelling is exquisite, transcendent, soulful, and just stunning.
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅโ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅโ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ต๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ.
Shortly after moving to New Orleans to pursue a career in ballet, Clara Campbell finds herself awash in loneliness and uncertainty, the company of an elderly neighbour becoming her only respite from the melancholy that threatens to overwhelm her daily. And it is during one of her visits to her elderly friend that Clara learns of a century-and-a-half-old legend held within the beautiful, broken structures of Windisle Plantation. From the moment Clara hears the story of a beautiful young slave who fell for a handsome southern soldier, and whose spirits are said to be still trapped in the very place where their love affair ended so tragically, she begins to feel a strange pull to Windisle, beckoning her to explore the secrets held within its shadows. But instead of finding ghosts there, Clara meets a mysterious stranger hiding behind its walls.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ.
Jonah Chamberlain hasnโt stepped outside his old, crumbling family estate in eight long, grief-filled years. Holding himself responsible for the tragic events that led to his own scarred appearance, Jonah spends his days drowning in sorrow and loneliness, but from the moment he hears a young womanโs selfless wish whispered through the cracks in an old, stone wall, he becomes bewitched by her. They continue to meet week after week, spending time just talking, and sharing their innermost thoughts and fears with one another, even though that stone wall continues to stand between them.
โ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.โ
As they slowly begin to piece the past together, getting closer and closer to setting the star-crossed lovers free from the curse trapping them at Windisle, Clara and Jonah also begin to fall in love. But it soon becomes clear to Clara that her velvet-voiced โwish collectorโ might be living in a cage of his own makingโnever too far, but always far enough to be out of reach to her, their reality in so many ways echoing the very curse they are trying to break.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.
The depth of emotion that Mia Sheridan is able to conjure on the page is breathtaking, her nuanced prose brimming with symbolism and sensuality, but her true gift lies in creating complex, fractured characters that have been bruised by life, but who find unexpected glimmers of hope and grace when they least expect it. The novel builds slowly with absolutely gorgeous language and setting, and with a dual timeline structure that sways gently from past to present, braiding the narratives together little by little, we unravel the past at the same time as the future unfolds before us. Both beautiful and tragic, this is the kind of story that sticks with you long after the final page.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ?โ
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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2018