The Four Seasons, by Mary Alice Monroe
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The Four Seasons, by Mary Alice Monroe
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As girls they had rejoiced in a world where dreams are born. Until the fateful day that changed their lives forever. Now grown women, the Season sisters—Jillian, Beatrice and Rose-have lost the ability to believe in life and in themselves. As they gather for the funeral of their youngest sister, Merry, they are reminded of a painful event from long ago, one that inspires a cross-country journey to find a stranger who might have the power to mend their shattered dreams.
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The Four Seasons, by Mary Alice Monroe- Amazon Sales Rank: #11351 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-14
- Released on: 2015-09-14
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly A familiar formula receives skillful handling in this heartfelt family drama involving three sistersAfeisty European model Jilly, authoritative pediatrician Birdie and reclusive Rose Season. Following a lengthy separation, the three gather at their family home in Milwaukee for the funeral of their youngest sister, Merry, who was brain-damaged years earlier in an accident that continues to haunt the sisters. Merry's last request, that they find the baby daughter Jilly was forced to surrender as a teenager, sets the three remaining Seasons on a cross-country journey that will ultimately offer them a chance at personal redemption and self-discovery. Smoothly integrated flashbacks help illuminate long-held family secrets and allow the women to reclaim their childhood affection for each other. Although some of the old mysteries won't be much of a surprise to readers, Monroe (The Book Club) writes with a crisp precision and narrative energy that will keep them turning the pages. Her talent for infusing her characters with warmth and vitality and her ability to spin a tale with emotional depth will earn her a broad spectrum of readers, particularly fans of Barbara Delinsky and Nora Roberts. (Feb.) Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review Monroe writes with a crisp precision and narrative energy that will keep them turning the pages. -- Publisher's Weekly, January 29, 2001Moving, touching and beautifully drawn, the characters in this wonderful novel are compelling and true. -- Romantic Times (Top Pick)
About the Author Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of Last Light over Carolina and Time Is a River as well as many other acclaimed novels. She received the 2008 Award for Writing from the South Carolina Center for the Book. An active conservationist, she lives in the lowcountry of South Carolina, where she is at work on her next novel.
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78 of 81 people found the following review helpful. Magnificent Story - Highly Recommended By Maudeen Wachsmith This is a book for anyone who had a sister or, like me, wished they had a sister.Jilly, Birdie, and Rose - ¾ of the four Season sisters are gathered at their childhood home in Evanston, Illinois after the death of the fourth sister, Merry. It is Merry's last wish that will have the other three on an adventure which will not only have them searching for the child Jilly gave up for adoption 26 years earlier, but for themselves at the same time.Jilly who left home years ago for elegance and wealth in Europe has returned for good. Despite her fancy clothes and furs, she is broke and all alone. Seemingly without purpose in life, her modeling career over, she really doesn't know who else to turn to but her sisters. Her whole life is a sham - will she be able to tell her sisters how broke she really is? Will she ever find the love of her life? And will her search for the daughter she gave up for adoption be successful?The second sister, Birdie, has become a physician. Always the studious one, she has married Dennis Connor, a man who Jilly dated as a teenager, and has a teenage daughter, Hannah, who in typical teenage fashion is giving her mother a rather difficult time. Birdie's husband, too, is giving her grief. They don't seem to have the closeness they once had, and when Birdie insists on accompanying Jilly on her search for her birth daughter, Dennis gives her an ultimatum - come home now or our marriage is over. Birdie still chooses to side with her sister.Third sister, Rose has been living at home taking care of the youngest, Merry, after the death of their parents. She really didn't mind and has juggled her caretaking duties with word processing at home. Rose doesn't get out much but she has traveled the world and met many people via the internet. She has been corresponding with one person in particularly, a truckdriver who calls himself "Dannyboy." She hasn't let her sister in on the fact that in his emails, Dannyboy seems to be coming more and more romantically interested. What will happen when Dannyboy insists on meeting Rose?Event though the fourth sister, Merry, has died by the time the book begins, she is as much a character as any of other others and, in fact some might argue she is the most important character. She becomes known to the reader through a series of flashbacks and via her sisters' recollections. All that is known to the reader in the beginning is that Merry had a childhood accident leaving her forever a child. It is her final request that brings the sisters together on a quest which makes up the second half of the book - a quest which will definitely, for all of them, reveal more than any of them had believed.There are so many wonderful and realistic scenes in this book that it's hard to know where to begin. Each sister is so different from the other, it's hard to believe they were raised by the same set of parents. Each of them too is still baring the guilt of Merry's accident - each of them feeling somehow responsible.Overall, I very much enjoyed this book. And although I would tend to view this book more as women's fiction because of its depth, the fact that there are three characters finding love instead of just one, and the fact that the main focus of the book appears to be the growth of each character from within -- but with finding love as a consequence of that growth. The use of flashbacks proved very effective in getting to know the characters. And that's the author's strength - characterization - and she does it admirably well, giving each character their individual strengths and weaknesses, and each their individual "voice" as well.This book would appeal to readers who enjoyed THE SAVING GRACES by Patricia Gaffney, THE HOUSE ON OLIVE STREET by Robyn Carr, TALK BEFORE SLEEP by Elizabeth Berg, and even Mary Alice Monroe's previous book, THE BOOK CLUB.I found it to be one of the best books I've read so far this year and highly recommend it as I believe it would appeal to readers of women's fiction and romance as well.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful, Heart warming read! By Karen Ellis I enjoyed this book so much. I was in a deep reading rut when i came across this one in my pile of boooks to be read and it immediately grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go. What a wonderful story about sisters' relationships and self discovery! I will be reading more by Mary Alice Monroe.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Disappointed By Vickie H. Morrow I was very disappointed when I received this book and started reading it. I love Mary Alice Monroe books but this is the same story as Sweetgrass. I do not understand why it has a different title but it was the same story.
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