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From the Scottish Highlands and Spain, to South America and New York, The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. A spellbinding story of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the famous star constellation.After the death of her father – Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird.Her decision alters her future irrevocably when Chilly, an ancient gipsy who has lived for years on the estate, tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense, passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home to Granada in Spain . . .In the shadow of the magnificent Alhambra, Tiggy discovers her connection to the fabled gypsy community of Sacromonte, who were forced to flee their homes during the civil war, and to ‘La Candela’ the greatest flamenco dancer of her generation.Tiggy follows the trail back to her own exotic but complex past, and under the watchful eye of a gifted gypsy bruja she begins to embrace her own talent for healing.But when fate takes a hand, Tiggy must decide whether to stay with her new-found family or return to Kinnaird, and Charlie . . .The Moon Sister follows The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister and The Pearl Sister. Continue the epic multi-million selling series with The Sun Sister.'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.’ – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
CONTRIBUTORS: Lucinda RileyEAN: 9781509840113COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 534 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2019-04-04CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / GeneralWIDTH: 133 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Central Scotland, The Pyrenees, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern and Contemporary romance, Historical romance, Historical fiction
A beautifully written series . . . A magical adventure., A breathtaking adventure brimming with cruelty, tragedy, passion, obsession and, most of all, the music, rhythm and spirit of Spain's gitano community... There is a real fire to this exciting new chapter in the captivating Seven Sisters odyssey, an extraordinary sense of drawing inexorably nearer to solving the intriguing conundrum of Pa Salt's death and the tantalizing mystery of the missing sister., A heartfelt, powerful, and spiritual saga. I don't know how she infuses her characters with so much humanity, passion, warmth and love, keeps the plot moving and brings the past alive so profoundly, but she does so beautifully. If you've ever wondered if writers are magicians, just read one of Lucinda Riley's novels and you'll have the answer., This family saga moves between past and present, and is an engrossing read. I've read all of the series so far . . . possibly the best one yet!, Riley's meticulous research and attention to detail immerse readers in historical background, bringing Tiggy and her Spanish birth family to life. Fans of Kristin Hannah, Kate Morton, and Riley's previous novels will adore this anticipated series continuation.
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 specifically has become 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. In 2020 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, and they are now being 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 indeed 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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From the Scottish Highlands and Spain, to South America and New York, The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. A spellbinding story of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the famous star constellation.After the death of her father – Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird.Her decision alters her future irrevocably when Chilly, an ancient gipsy who has lived for years on the estate, tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense, passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home to Granada in Spain . . .In the shadow of the magnificent Alhambra, Tiggy discovers her connection to the fabled gypsy community of Sacromonte, who were forced to flee their homes during the civil war, and to ‘La Candela’ the greatest flamenco dancer of her generation.Tiggy follows the trail back to her own exotic but complex past, and under the watchful eye of a gifted gypsy bruja she begins to embrace her own talent for healing.But when fate takes a hand, Tiggy must decide whether to stay with her new-found family or return to Kinnaird, and Charlie . . .The Moon Sister follows The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister and The Pearl Sister. Continue the epic multi-million selling series with The Sun Sister.'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.’ – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
CONTRIBUTORS: Lucinda RileyEAN: 9781509840113COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 534 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2019-04-04CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / GeneralWIDTH: 133 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Central Scotland, The Pyrenees, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern and Contemporary romance, Historical romance, Historical fiction
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 specifically has become 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. In 2020 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, and they are now being 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 indeed 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.
As ek Mariette Wenhold se Myner van my hart in een woord moet opsom, sou ek sê dit is intens. Waarom sê ek so? Hoofsaaklik omdat die onverwerkte trauma waarmee Katarien Roos spook, veel erger is as dit wat mens normaalweg in ’n romanse teëkom. Ek het iets redelik aardskuddend begin vermoed toe sy nie by haar huis kan ingaan nie.
Haar volatiele geaardheid, wat ’n paar maal lei tot uitbarstings of onversetlike optrede, kan ook grotendeels toegeskryf word aan dit wat in haar verlede gebeur het en haar genoop het om Suid-Afrika te verlaat. Die skrywer gebruik hierdie element om deurentyd afwagting en spanning te skep deurdat die volle waarheid nie sommer vroeg in die storielyn onthul word nie.
Verder is die liefdestoneel ook nogal intens. Armand du Toit is ’n held waaroor menige romanseleser sal swymel. Hoewel Katarien haarself as “emosioneel onbeskikbaar” beskou (p.141) is hy presies die man wat sy nodig het om deur haar skanse te breek. Hy, en ’n predikant wat as berader optree.
Familiebande kry baie aandag in hierdie verhaal en die tienerseun laat mens sommer weer glo in die jeug. Tweede kanse, op enige ouderdom, laat ’n romantiese leser sommer goed slaap as jy die boek neersit.
Misverstande is volop in romantiese verhale. Dit gee vir ’n skrywer lekker materiaal om die storie mee te weef. Beslis só in Ballade van die liefde, die nuwe Romanza deur Mari Roberts.
Ons vind die hoofkarakter, Carli, in Botswana, waar sy werk by Die Park, ’n privaat wildtuin langs die Kgalagadi. Sommer uit die staanspoor is dit duidelik dat sy hier wegkruip, maar die wat en hoekom word nie sommer dadelik uitgelap nie. Daar is ’n lieflike dogtertjie betrokke en ’n oupa en ouma waarvoor sy baie lief is.
Die storielyn kry momentum wanneer ’n toergroep by die lodge aandoen en die rede vir haar jarelange wegkruipery, skielik voor haar staan. Mens wil aggressie te wagte wees, maar Ruben verras met vasberadenheid en geduld wat voortduur totdat al die misverstande opgeklaar is.
Die skrywer het goed daarin geslaag om spanning en afwagting te skep, en die gelukkige einde is besonder bevredigend. Knap gedaan, Mari.
'n Sterk vrou versus die intimiderende eienaar van die buurplaas
Cecilia Nortjé se nuwe Romanza, Maanskyn en brandewyn, voldoen aan al die vereistes vir ’n geslaagde romanse. Die held en heldin ontmoet vroeg in die storie, die vonke spat behoorlik, maar daar is dadelik ’n onderliggende aantrekking wat mettertyd al hoe duideliker manifesteer.
In pas met die moderne romanse is die heldin, Beatrix, of Trix of Bea, afhangende van watter hoed sy dra, ’n sterk vrou wat haar nie laat intimideer deur die eienaar van die buurplaas nie. Ray, wat die Landauer Distilleerders bedryf, is ook ’n goeie voorbeeld van ’n baie aantreklike romantiese held, kompleet met goeie maniere en ’n wens om Trix se plasie te bekom.
Dit is dan juis ook laasgenoemde visie wat die sluwe antagonis gebruik om onmin te bewerk tussen Trix en Ray. Nodeloos om te sê, is die sukses van Skye se plan van korte duur en seëvier die liefde.
Die verhaal van Tumelo se grootword en sy swaeltjie se herstel
Terwyl daar kosbare lewenslesse en leergeleenthede opgesluit is vir jongmense in ’n boek soos Die seun met die swaeltjie, is dit die onthou van lank gelede wat my met ’n intensiteit kom aanval het met die lees daarvan.
Ek is ’n produk van Johannesburg in die sestigs en sewentigs, daar gebore en grootgeword. Parkstasie en die Nelson Mandelabrug ken ek, en Hillbrow… Saam met jeuggroepe Vrydagaande daar gaan rondloop. Daarom het ’n ongelooflike hartseer my getref om saam met Tumelo en Dikeledi die groot stad, soos dit deesdae daar uit sien, te gaan ontdek.
Ons is almal bewus van die uitdagings van enkelouers van alle rasse, maar om die statistieke so swart op wit te sien, is ontnugterend. Verder is daar talle kinders, soos Tumelo en Dikeledi, wat nie een nie maar albei ouers verloor, een aan die dood, die ander aan hulpeloosheid. “Huise sonder ouers. En nou is hulle ook een.” (p.69 e-boek)
Die storielyn is veel meer as die verhaal van ’n swaeltjie wat liefdevol versorg word totdat sy herstel en weer kan vlieg. Dit is ook die grootword van Tumelo, wat nog tot op hede getwyfel het aan sy eie vermoëns. Daar is ’n oortuiging wat hom noop om sy pa te gaan soek: “Almal is besig om self te verdrink. Hier is soveel hartseer. Mense sonder werk. Swanger tieners. Drank. Inbrake. Huise sonder ouers.” (p.85 e-boek)
Die skrywer balanseer die swaar met ’n paar elemente wat mens opnuut laat glo in ubuntu, aan medemenslikheid. Soos ’n taxibestuurder wat kinders kosteloos laat saamry, bure wat omsien na mekaar.
Die seun met die swaeltjie is sopas aangewys as die wenner in die Lapa Jeugromankompetisie. Die teikengroep is jongmense van ongeveer 11jaar en ouer, maar beslis nie daartoe beperk nie. Baie geluk aan Fanie Viljoen met hierdie prestasie.
Neem 'n reis na die pragtige Skotland saam met Frances, wat soek vir heling
Sunet du Plessis is ’n indrukwekkende nuwe stem in Afrikaanse romans. Sy is wel deeglik onderlê in die taal en skryfkuns, weliswaar met artikels en kortverhale en gewapen met ’n BA in tale. Groete uit Skotland is haar debuutverhaal en wel in die geestelike fiksie genre.
Vergelyk jy die skrywer se biografie met dié van die fiktiewe karakters in die storie, is daar genoeg parallelle om te verseker dat die storielyn geloofwaardig is. Frances beleef ’n pynlike ontnugtering wat haar noop om Skotland toe te gaan, na waar haar oorlede ma se wortels lê. Die manlike hoofkarakter wat sy daar ontmoet, is ook ’n Suid-Afrikaner, ’n jong predikant met ’n groot trauma in sy verlede – die besonderhede waarvoor die leser moet wag tot byna aan die einde van die verhaal.
Een van die boublokke van die storielyn, is die kontroversiële kwessie van homoseksualiteit. Die skrywer hanteer dit sensitief sodat geen leser, wat jou oortuiging mag wees, sal aanstoot neem nie. ’n Verdere bousteen is die feit dat slegte dinge ook met goeie mense gebeur. Verhoudings wat op verskillende maniere uitgedaag word, is volop in die ryk storielyn.
‘n Beeld wat my bybly, is dié van skanse wat mense om hulself bou. “Ons kan nie die skanse wat mense om hulle bou met die geweld van ons oortuigings afbreek nie. Maar, ons kan oorstap en by hulle vuur gaan sit, na hulle luister en dáár wees vir hulle.” (p.182)
Groete uit Skotland is uitgegee deur Luca, die geestelike druknaam van Lapa Uitgewers.