From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley, The Missing Sister is the penultimate instalment in the multimillion-selling epic Seven Sisters series.They’ll search the world to find her . . .The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?They only have one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe; from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland, uniting them all in their mission to at last complete their family.In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them.The Seven Sisters series is drawn to its epic, unforgettable conclusion in Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt. Praise for the Seven Sisters series:'The Seven Sisters series is heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling' - Lucy Foley'Well researched and compelling … on an epic scale' - Sunday Express'There’s something magical about these stories' - Prima'Addictive storytelling' - Woman & Home'A masterclass in beautiful writing' - The Sun
CONTRIBUTORS: Lucinda Riley
EAN: 9781509840199
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 564 g
HEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General
WIDTH: 131 cm
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Ireland, New Zealand / Aotearoa, Epic, Modern and Contemporary romance, Historical romance, Family life fiction, Historical fiction
A masterclass in beautiful writing, Delicious reading, A breathtaking adventure brimming with cruelty, tragedy, passion [and] obsession, Another epic tale of love, loss and discovery, Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling. The Seven Sisters series is Lucinda Riley at the top of her game: a magical storyteller who creates characters we fall in love with and who stay with us long after we finish reading. Dazzlingly good
Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series is a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. She received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year – an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter.In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised a series of books for children called the Guardian Angels series, based on stories told to her children whenever they were facing a challenging situation. Harry then wrote the books, published internationally.Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and this was where her last five books were written.Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.
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