You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Lucinda Riley was born in Northern Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. The story, itself, is a dramatic tale filled with family, love, loss, grief, introspection, and new beginnings; as well as a comprehensive look into the composition of music and the art of sailing.

This novel contains the usual outlandish descriptions, and it would be lovely to harness the power that creates unnecessary fluff, and put it into creating more realistic and complex characters. These books flip from today and then right back to great grandparents time which is a lovely Idea and normally works but we get such a heartbreaking start before the first step back in time I wasn't really interested. Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four.

When I wrote about the first novel of the cycle, I assumed that each book, in addition to the theme of experiencing loss, finding a family and forgiveness, a love and adventure component, would be a story about one of the modern wonders of the world, and now I understand that I was wrong.

I went twice to Bergen, and visited the Grieg Museum at Troldhaugen – Grieg’s former home – and was actually allowed to sit at Grieg’s grand piano!kol pats neišgyveni netekties ir stipraus sielvarto, neįmanoma nuoširdžiai atjausti kitų, atsidūrusių tokioje pat padėtyje. After reading this book I won’t be reading any of the other books, this was super disappointing and way too long. If you have enough sense to recognize a situation as dangerous, don't just get your girlfriend to safety. For example, if Ally has had a conversation with any of her sisters at ‘Atlantis’, each location and the exact words spoken have to be double-checked for timing and accuracy – never mind keeping tabs on the detail of the underlying ‘hidden’ plot that runs through the books . The book is set across so many beautiful countries around the world, from the sky-blue sea in Greece to a country house on a island in Geneva to a backward village in Norway to it's city to another in Germany, the story simply guides the readers through many untrodden as well as beautiful destinations.

Loved these girls like a mother and worries about them, and they dont bother to get in touch to say they're OK or to ask for advice or anything. The coordinates of the birth point to Norway and will be associated with the history of the creation and the first performance of Grieg's Peer Gynt.The author has unfolded the stories of Ally and Anna strikingly and consecutively, with Anna's story breaking at such vital points that kept me anticipating real hard. The first book of the series,is much more interesting than this but ok i give it three stars since it wasn't that awful. Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death.

I'm not sure that I enjoyed Ally's story as much as Maia's, but this is still very solid and entertaining. und so ist es, Ally muss unglaublich schwere Zeiten durchmachen und doch findet sie Kraft und Hoffnung und manchmal sind es die kleinen Dinge, die zu Großem werden. During the ‘Halcyon days’, when the world was filled with joy, prosperity and tranquillity, her Greek namesake watched over the Mediterranean Sea, making it calm and safe for sailors.But be warned this isn’t a book you pick up and read in a couple of hours, it’s one of those stories that demands you pay attention but at the same time you get lost in its pages. Nothing to dislike especially if you like a bit of history, can't believe it took me this long to find them, but at least I don't have to wait for the next one to come out! The Insta-love romance with the insufferable Theo is fortunately brief and the outcome well sign-posted, so it isn’t too long before Ally embarks on her Scandinavian quest, then we shift to Anna’s story in 1975. When a second tragedy strikes, Ally travels to Oslo and learns the story of a talented young singer who was the first to perform Grieg’s famous musical adaptation of Peer Gynt. This hidden plot line run through the series and I have to ensure this is subtle and consistent through all the books.