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Lädt ... The Color of Lightvon Karen White
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The Color of Light. Karen White. 2005. What an easy read after Blood Meridian and Wise Blood. White is a step above a lot of Southern Romance writers. She reminds me of Anne Rivers Siddons. Just divorced, pregnant Jillian takes her young daughter and returns to Pawley’s Island, N.C. The island is the only place she’s ever felt safe and loved. Grace, her daughter, who has imaginary friends immediately starts talking to a new friend, Lauren. Lauren is the name of Jillian’s best friend who disappeared without a trace years ago. Linc has also returned to the island. He was Lauren’s boyfriend who was blamed for her disappearance. There you have it: all the elements for a good southern romance! keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:An emotionally moving novel of a woman in search of a new beginning and a man haunted by the pastâ??from the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels. At thirty-two, Jillian Parrish finally finds the courage to put herself in the driverâ??s seat of her life. Pregnant and recently divorced, she and her seven-year-old daughter find refuge and solace on Pawleys Island, South Carolinaâ??Jillianâ??s only source of happy childhood memories. Summers spent at her grandmotherâ??s beach house had been Jillianâ??s sanctuary from indifferent parentsâ??until her best friend Lauren Mills disappeared, never to be found. Linc Rising, Laurenâ??s boyfriend and Jillianâ??s confidant, had been a suspect in Laurenâ??s disappearance. Jillian had never doubted his innocenceâ??but because her parents had whisked her back home to Atlanta, she never got a chance to tell him. Now, a resentful Linc is back on Pawleys Islandâ??renovating the old Mills house. And as ghosts of the past are resurrected, and as Jillianâ??s daughter begins having eerie conversations with an imaginary friend named Lauren, Jillian and Linc will uncover the truth about Laurenâ??s disappearance and about the feel Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Jillian's refuge was her grandmother's house on Pawley's Island. Her grandmother was more of a mother to her than her own mother.
While a teenager one of her best friends disappeared and the best friend's boyfriend was accused of her disappearance. The book delves into this mystery and how this episode shaped Jillian and Linc (the boyfriend) and their need to come back to Pawley's Island.
The book opens with a pregnant Jillian moving back to Pawley's Island with her 6 year old daughter. She has come back to heal after her divorce and to discover who she is. Jillian's daughter calls her Jilly-bean instead of Mommy. Over the course of the book, Jillian discovers who she is as a mother and discovers she likes it and is a good mother.
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