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Rose Senehi

Autor/a de Dancing on Rocks

9 obres 41 Membres 3 Ressenyes

Obres de Rose Senehi

Dancing on Rocks (2014) 11 exemplars
Pelican Watch (2004) 9 exemplars
Render Unto the Valley (2011) 8 exemplars
Carolina Belle: A Novel (2017) 3 exemplars
The Wind in the Woods (2010) 2 exemplars
Catching Fire: A Novel (2018) 2 exemplars
Shadows in the Grass (2001) 1 exemplars

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In Dancing on Rocks, her 4th novel in the Blue Ridge Series, Rose Senehi highlighted the history of tourist town Chimney Rock in the Appalachians Mountains. The Haydock famliy lost their child 25 years ago in the middle of the night. Did Georgie drown her? Was the river's current too strong? Georgie, now back visiting her mother's shop in the tourist area not only tries to reconnect with naturalist Ron Eliott, her youth love, currently hiking expert, but also tries to nurse her mother regaining health. Where Ron's not interested in Georgie's past, but eagier to capture her love, Georgie's sister and mother alternate between believing in blaming Georgie for everything that happened and hope for a safe return of their beloved baby Shelby. When a strange woman comes to town, hope glimmers.
The novel is a series of conversations, memories, secrets and discoveries. You will imagine yourself hiking through the mountains, descending to the river and reliving tragedies and waiting for the happy end for this mystery. Where people only have each other to rely on, the truth must be told. Senehi's book has vivid characters on universal emotions of a mother deeply missing her child, guilt and liberty.
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hjvanderklis | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Dec 20, 2014 |
When Georgie Haydock returns to her home of Chimney Rock, North Carolina to help care for her mother who took a bad fall, she is bombarded with memories of home. When she was just six-years-old, her baby sister vanished from their home in the middle of the night. Her mother never recovered and insists that her daughter is out there somewhere.

Her mother has run up credit card debt buying up tracts of land hoping to sell them for a huge profit. The debt has endangered the family general store that has been their livelihood for years. And Georgie's first boyfriend, the rugged and handsome naturalist Ron Elliot she ran out on on years ago with no explanation, wants to rekindle their relationship.

One of the reasons I enjoy reading is that a good story can take me places I've never been and make me feel like I am there. Senehi does just that with her seventh novel. The setting of the actual mountain town of Chimney Rock is a very real character in this story, and I fell in love with the tourist town and its quaint stores and townspeople who know everything about everybody. Anyone from a small town can relate to the wonderful scene where the older women prepare to make sandwiches for the emergency response team who are searching on the mountain for a missing person.

Fans of Nora Roberts' novels should pick up Dancing on Rocks, as Senehi mines similar territory and had gotten better with each successive book. There is a sweet romance between Georgie and Ron, and terrific family stories with Ron and his daughter and Georgie and her mother and sister and sister's sons. Every good novel has a secret and this one has a doozy- what really happened the night Georgie's sister disappeared?

The characters fascinated me, and I especially liked matriarch Dinah, even though her grief over her missing daughter caused her to treat her other daughters in an unthinking manner. She felt so real to me. Each of the characters are well drawn, they all have shade of gray instead of being stock good-or-bad characters.

Senehi discusses the extensive research she did for this novel in the acknowledgments section, which I found so interesting and greatly added to this captivating book. Anyone who likes nature and flora and fauna will get an added dimension of enjoyment to this novel, as Ron's work is also a big part of the story.

Reading Dancing on Rocks will have you heading for Trip Advisor to plan a visit to see this beautiful area of the country for yourself. And if you do, be sure to stop in to the cute little shops for some souvenirs.
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bookchickdi | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Aug 21, 2014 |
This is the first book that I have read by this author and after reading it I plan to go back and read her earlier books. The book takes place in Chimney Rock and her setting is as much a part of the book as her characters. You can tell that she knows and loves this part of North Carolina. Her main character is Gerogie, who left Chimney Rock right after high school to help her forget the mystery of her sister who disappeared at four years old. As the story story begins, she has gone back home to help care for her ailing mother and sees the former love of her life in town. The rest of the book is all about finding her way home and finding love. Its a fun read and really makes you want to pack a bag and take a trip to the NC mountains!… (més)
 
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susan0316 | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | May 27, 2014 |

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Obres
9
Membres
41
Popularitat
#363,652
Valoració
½ 4.3
Ressenyes
3
ISBN
18