This is an intricate love story which will take you on an emotional journey.
Having survived a plane crash, Dawn decides that, instead of going home to her husband of fifteen years in Boston, she will fly straight to Cairo and her previous lover.
Going back to the world of archaeology, which she loved - the excitement of the discovery of a new tomb, even the hard conditions, lack of space and comforts – she is forced to face her feelings for the man she left behind all those years ago.
Did she make a mistake when she left him, or did she make the right decision? Will she be able to work alongside him on the project, or will their relationship pick up where they left off? I didn’t like the ending of this book, but I did enjoy the story!
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Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now?
Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully.
But when the plane she's on plummets, she finds herself thinking not of the perfect life she has, but the life she was forced to abandon fifteen years ago - when she left behind a career in Egyptology, and a man she loved.
Against the odds, she survives, and the airline offers her a ticket to wherever she…
Although I had previously read A Thousand Splendid Suns by the same author, I found And The Mountains Echoed to be far superior. The characters were very believable and endearing, and the writing was superb.
These stories about life in Afghanistan cover success and failure, sad times and happy times, and will tug at your heartstrings. Especially moving is Abdullah’s love for his young sister, Pari, whom he cared for like a parent when she was young before they were ripped apart.
I sometimes found this book hard to follow because of the constant jumps between characters and times, but this wouldn’t stop me from recommending it as a wonderful read.
This is a beautifully crafted, fictional story about the legendary racehorse and sire, Lexington. An amazing relationship developed over time between Jarrett and Lexington, which all horse people will understand.
This story is actually three stories in one, covering three different time periods, all centering around a painting of Lexington. A very clever concept and a story that all horse lovers will enjoy.
"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." -The New York Times Book Review
"Horse isn't just an animal story-it's a moving narrative about race and art." -TIME
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history
Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an…
This story is set around the beautiful Poinciana tree, with its amazing red flowers.
Suzanne Matthews arrives home from work to find the kitchen in disarray and her daughter missing. After searching the house, her eyes turn towards the garden, drawn to the Poinciana tree. Underneath its canopy, she sees her daughter slumped against its trunk.
When the police are unable to identify Jennifer’s killer, they turn their attention to her husband, Mark. While coping with her grief, she finds herself fighting to prove her husband’s innocence as her world is turned upside down. She is inspired by another woman who went with her husband to the Sudan as medical volunteers for a charity organization—a tale of raw emotion, desperation, and acceptance.
