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Barbara Keating

Autor/a de To My Daughter in France

9 obres 381 Membres 11 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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An enjoyable book set in the late 50's through the early 60's about three school friends and their lives in mainly in Kenya, but also Ireland and London. I read it as a friend (Mary Smith) had given it a good review. The first in the Langani trilogy, I will look for the other two books.
 
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LisaBergin | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Apr 12, 2023 |
Wat een prachtig verhaal over liefde, trouw, ontrouw, lijden en verdriet en alles wat daar tussen in zit. Het verhaal speelt zich af in 1970 in Parijs, Dublin, Genève en de Languedoc en in de Tweede wereldoorlog, op ongeveer de zelfde plekken. Het laat zien hoe ingewikkeld relaties in elkaar kunnen zetten en dat mensen op de meest aparte manieren toch verbonden kunnen zijn. Verder kan ik er niet veel over zeggen zonder te spoileren.
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connie53 | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Aug 28, 2019 |
Blood Sisters is the first book in the Langani Trilogy. It begins in 1957 and continues into 1966. Three girls meet in a Kenyan boarding school and become inseparable. Hannah is the daughter an Afrikaner farmer, Sarah the daughter of a family that lives on the southern tip of Kenya near the Indian Ocean, and Camilla the daughter of a British diplomat and his socialite wife living in Nairobi.

The transition of Kenya to independence (1963) from Britain is a large part of the plot. The authors, sisters who grew up in Kenya during this period, don't shy away from the turbulence of those years. Each of the girls suffers through family crises, heartbreak and personal doubt as they mature, but they arrive at the end of the book stronger than ever.

It's been a long time since I've read a saga of this type and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though almost 600 pages it held my attention until the end and I've already got the second in the trilogy in my bookcase.
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clue | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Apr 6, 2018 |
In Borrowed Light by Barbara and Stephanie Keating is the final book in the Langari Farm trilogy about three women who grew up together in Kenya and are bound together by friendship. Although they all went separate ways in adulthood, they keep in touch and are always ready to come to each other’s aid.

This final book finally finds all three women back living in Kenya. Each one goes through a personal crisis and comes out all the stronger. Their loyalty to each other is tested by loss and betrayal but their enduring friendship sees them through the most difficult hardships.

Although this book started slowly and took a long time to develop the actual plot, I enjoyed this final volume and was happy to get closure on all the various storylines. The writing can be a little clichéd but the authors have the ability to draw their readers into the story and involve them in the drama. There is a definite need to read these books in order as both character development and story is drawn out over the three books.
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Obres
9
Membres
381
Popularitat
#63,387
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
11
ISBN
53
Llengües
9
Preferit
1

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