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Publisher:
St Martins Press |
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ISBN:
0312305230 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover |
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Genre:
Fiction / Historical / England Pre WW II / Family |
Reviewer:
Barbara Buhrer |
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Sisters
Three
By Jessica
Stirling
Lizzie
Peabody has three daughters.
Polly,
married to the questionable Dominic Manone, lives in luxury, but
is unhappy in her marriage, and involved in an affair with Dominic's
right hand man, Tony Lombard.
Babs
is married to Jackie Hallop, whose garage business which is really
an automotive chop shop that is financed by her sister's shady husband,
Dominic. Third sister Rosie is unmarried, deaf, and working as a
research cataloguer for a publisher. She falls in love with Kenneth
MacGregor, a police detective who is investigating Dominic.
When
Dominic becomes involved in a dangerous project which will threatens
the stability of the British government as well as his life and
that of his family, everyone's future hangs in the balance.
Set
in London during the time immediately preceding the beginning of
England's entrance in World War II, Sisters Three captures
the atmosphere of the times and place, giving voice to the prevailing
tumultuous emotions. It the engrossing and warm story of the love
and loyalty of these women, and their struggle to survive the problems
confronting them.
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