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A carregar... The Wedding Dress (edição 2012)por Rachel Hauck
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A very good book! I liked the history and getting to know the characters! ( ) This book was recommended for me by Goodreads, probably due to my interest in historical fiction; however, I found the history element was not the main focus. It was primarily a Christian allegory, where the storyline appeared to be secondary to the message. I was interested in finding out the various stories behind the wearers of the wedding dress, but found the characters to be rather one-dimensional. If you like Christian romance, you will probably enjoy this novel. There are really no surprises in this grown-up version of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, centered this time around a wedding dress that turns up in an old trunk purchased on impulse by bridal shop owner Charlotte Malone. The fact that the narrative switches back and forth between Charlotte, dragging her feet on finalizing her own wedding plans in 2012, and Emily Canton, feeling ambivalent about her forthcoming wedding in 1912, sets it all up and there’s certainly never any doubt in the reader’s mind that there’s going to be a direct connection between the two. The fun here is in the journey, and of course in rooting for each of these women to make what the reader has already identified as the right choice. Hauck does lift it out of the generic Christian Romance rut by setting the novel in Birmingham, Alabama and acknowledging that city’s often-troubled history of racial strife with a subplot that feels organic to the story. Non-believers can choose to accept the strange little man in the purple shirt as an angel … a pixie … a messenger of fate, or the embodied spirit of the Traveling Wedding Dress, but whatever he is, this reviewer instantly pictured him as being played by actor Leslie Jordan. (Sorry. Once I got that image in my head, it just would not go away.) Drop your pre-conceptions and just enjoy this one for what it is. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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HTML: Four brides. One dress. A tale of faith, redemption, and timeless love. Charlotte owns a chic Birmingham bridal boutique. Dressing brides for their big day is her gift--and her passion. But with her own wedding day approaching, why can't she find the perfect dress--or feel certain she should marry Tim? Then Charlotte purchases a vintage dress in a battered trunk at an estate sale. It looks brand-new, shimmering with pearls and satin, hand-stitched and timeless in its design. But where did it come from? Who wore it? Who welded the lock shut and tucked the dog tags in that little sachet? Who left it in the basement for a ten-year-old girl? And what about the mysterious man in the purple vest who insists the dress had been "redeemed"? Charlotte's search for the gown's history--and its new bride--begins as a distraction from her sputtering love life. But it takes on a life of its own as she comes to know the women who have worn the dress. Emily from 1912. Mary Grace from 1939. Hillary from 1968. Each with her own story of promise, pain, and destiny. And each with something unique to share. For woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte's heritage, the power of courage and faith, and the beauty of finding true love. .Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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