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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I found this popular newish novel uninspiring. Read my full review here. What a fun story! Set in Brighton England in two time periods, present day and the 1970’s Madame Barova is a gifted fortune teller. In the 1970’s she had a fortune telling booth on the Promenade and at a family resort. She’s had secrets told to her by many people. She had a chance at love, but the death of her lover ended her hopes for finding love. Despite that, she makes it her goal to help people, particularly Billie who is a Londoner, but was dropped off as a baby by Madame Barova’s fortune telling stall. Having kept in contact with Billie’s adopted father, she writes to Billie after her father’s death and tells Billie she has some things that Billie’s mother gave to Madame Barova to give to Billie. Billie comes to live with Madame Barova hoping that Madame is her real mother. Staying in Brighton, Billie finds friends and hope for a new beginning, thanks to the efforts of Madame Barova and other residents. It’s a story of hope and the realization that nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Thingsâ??an uplifting, slightly magical story about how it's never too late to find out who you really are. "Ruth Hogan is the queen of uplifting fiction and Madame Burova reminds us why. The writing crackles with humor and warmth. I can't imagine a better book in which to lose yourself at the moment. Stunning, immersive and absolutely wonderful." â??Annie Lyons, author of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett Madame Burovaâ??beloved Tarot reader, palmist, and clairvoyantâ??is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront. After inheriting her mother's fortune-telling business as a young woman, Imelda Burova has spent her life on the Brighton pier practicing her trade. She and her trusty pack of Tarot cards have seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Now, after a lifetime of keeping other people's secrets, Madam Burova is ready to have a little piece of life for herself. But she still has one last thing to doâ??to fulfill a promise made in the 1970s, when she and her girlfriends were carefree, with their whole lives still before them. In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when a sudden and unlikely discovery leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail...which leads to Brighton, the pier, and directly to Madame Burova's door. In a story spanning over fifty years, Ruth Hogan has conjured a magical world of 1970s holiday camps and seaside entertainers, eccentrics, heroes and villains, the lost and the found. Young people will make careless choices which echo down the years....but it's never too late to put thi Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Just like the previous three books, we're treated to a wonderful set of diverse characters and taken on a roller coaster rides of highs and lows, finishing with a most excellent bittersweet ending.
As to the story, it becomes pretty obvious to anyone paying attention who Billies' mother is, the cheque gave it away. Â And i did think i knew who the father was about the same time, but i realised i was wrong and picked the right one about 80% in. Â It certainly didn't ruin it because the characters were so wonderful and it was still totally enjoyable to see how everything plays out, how Billie finds out and then how everyone reacts to the truth when it finally arrives.
Ruth has such a great way of telling a wonderful story. Â If you haven't tried any of her books yet, do so soon.
Please Ruth, never stop writing. ( )