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A carregar... The Legacy (2010)por Katherine Webb
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I was disappointed in the ending. It was a well written book, but I felt a bit let down. ( ) Erica y Beth Calcott son hermanas, pero no es mucho lo que comparten: Erica, la menor, es una mujer de carácter, decidida a gobernar su pequeño mundo; Beth, en cambio, es un ser frágil que ya intentó una vez quitarse la vida y ahora lucha por recuperarse y cuidar de su hijo. Las dos hermanas deciden pasar unas vacaciones de Navidad en la mansión de la familia. Es ahí, en ese caserón lleno de altillos y sótanos, donde la memoria de las hermanas se despierta, y poco a poco va revelándose una historia misteriosa que empezó hace casi cien años, cuando una mujer desesperada dejó las praderas americanas para volver a Inglaterra, llevando consigo algo más que unas maletas. Erica quiere saber, Beth quiere olvidar, y el aire se llena de imágenes lejanas que van tomando cuerpo hasta explicar lo que de verdad sucedió una tarde de verano, cuando las dos eran niñas. I just read the last hundred pages and was entirely engrossed with the ending. When I first started the book, I found that I spent a lot of time questioning what was happening and who the people were and what time period the actual novel was taking place. My questions were eventually answered as I kept reading . . . glad I did! The story is actually told by two different people - Caroline and her life around 1900's in America and then Erica and her life around 2010. In order not to give away too much of the plot, I will quote something from the back cover of the book. "Erica and Beth Calcott return to the house where they spent idyllic summers as children. As Erica sorts through her late grandmother's belongings, strange fragments of family history, and vivid memories, break the surface of the present day . . . Memories of their cousin, Henry, who disappeared one summer long ago. Of their grandmother, a bitter woman, full of a deep, dark hatred. As Erica sifts through remnants of the past, a secret emerges, reaching all the way back to a beautiful heiress in turn-of-the-century Oklahoma. As past and present converge, Erica and Beth must come to terms with two terrible acts of betrayal - and the heartbreaking legacy left behind." sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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After the death of their grandmother, Erica Calcott and her sister Beth return to Storton Manor in Wiltshire, England, where they, while sorting through her things, decide to discover what really happened to their cousin Henry whose disappearance tore the family apart so that the past can be laid to rest. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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