The Missing Sister: Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters, 7)

Product Information

It is another colonial country controlled by the British but times are changing and turbulent and it might be for not much longer that the British continue to govern the country. Belle loved her new job – singing was her passion; to become a nightclub singer felt glamorous and held promise that she could advance her career over the years.

Each of the sisters is brought from legend to the modern world: Maia the nurturer, Ally the adventurer, Star the dreamer, CeCe the artist, Tiggy the spiritual one and Electra the rebel.

Her way of writing and evoking locations, together with the interweaving stories are a fascinating and very successful mix. Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. Firstly to travel to the other side of the world on her own but it also showed how tenacious and how strong willed and purposeful she was. Finally I felt there was no sophistication in the characters: everyone was deemed good or bad, with no inbetween. When an investigative journalist, an American by the name of Oliver, makes an appearance I was suspicious of him too.

Turning to writing, still as Lucinda Edmonds, she followed Lovers and Players with novels such as Hidden Beauty (1993), Enchanted (1994), Losing You (1997) and Playing with Fire (1998). Among his papers she found an old newspaper clipping which told of a baby’s disappearance from her pram in her parent’s garden in Rangoon.I liked the characters pretty well, and the intersecting timelines were not tedious the way they sometimes are. Biography: Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four.

Narrato su due piani paralleli con le vicende di Belle narrate in terza persona e i flash back di 20 anni prima raccontati dalla voce della madre, questo è un romanzo che lega il lettore a doppio nodo: non si può lasciare il libro sino al finale mozzafiato. Whether we get that final book, which I hope we do, or not, this series will always be a cherished favorite and I do hope if you haven’t read it, and you are a fan of family sagas and historical fiction, that you will pick it up. This was essentially an historical drama but Dinah’s attention to detail meant that I learned a lot about Britain’s occupying years in the country and region. La giovane giunge a Rangoon per lavorare come cantante in un grande albergo ma ha la segreta speranza di scoprire cosa è capitato alla sorellina scomparsa. With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.The storyline about Belle’s mother Diana and how she fell under suspicion, was an interesting angle. Riley is survived by Stephen, their two children, Leonora and Kit, the two children of her first marriage, Harry and Bella, and three stepchildren, Olivia, William and Max, as well as her mother and her sister, Georgia. It was only after I had related a dream to colleagues and friends and I was trying to pinpoint if anything had been going on in my life that I realised the connection!

They all seemed to have their own agenda but who was trying to cover up this secret and what would they do to stop Belle finding out the truth? To have a child stolen and then be expected to pick up the pieces of a shattered life is beyond comprehension and without compassion. You soon realise by the end just how much of an insight into the mystery and the heritage of the country you’ve experienced. Lucinda Riley, who has died of cancer aged 56, was seen on television in the 1980s as the runaway teenage daughter of one of the itinerant bricklayers in the hit comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet before leaving acting behind to become an author of romantic and historical fiction. La ragazza cova dentro di sé un misto di rabbia e di curiosità nei confronti della donna che l’ha generata e la notizia di avere una sorellina, appresa alla morte del padre, scatena in lei un vivissimo interesse.The depiction of Colonial Burma is right on target with other books I've read, and I'm glad to see Jeffries pin the drama in the book on a Brit, instead of a Burman. It all happened really fast, one moment he was wiping her tears and in the other, she was sealing their lips together. I’m always a fan of the dual narrative and I love the clever ways that this author has come up with to make her stories move back and forth with ease.