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THE MORNING THE LETTER ARRIVED, May Powers awoke with a premonition. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Mary Sharratt has written a book about the hardship of life in the backwoods, endured by the early settlers. This is a story of hopes and dreams, and of the brutal reality that shatters such dreams.
Gabriel and Hannah's love is envitably doomed, because it is forbidden by events that neither can control, and yet it shoots across the sky like the comet of May's dreams and holds the reader in thrall. I loved this book from the first to the last and shall eagerly await further books of this class. Far ahead of many 'best sellers' this is a book you should not miss if you love the historical.
Linda Sole
Gabriel and Hannah's love is envitably doomed, because it is forbidden by events that neither can control, and yet it shoots across the sky like the comet of May's dreams and holds the reader in thrall. I loved this book from the first to the last and shall eagerly await further books of this class. Far ahead of many 'best sellers' this is a book you should not miss if you love the historical.
Linda Sole
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The tale follows the fortunes of Hannah Powers and her sister May, two very different characters who both make the long journey from England to the new world at the end of the 17th century. The harsh life of the colonists is vividly portrayed as as backdrop for a story that contains love, mystery, danger and passion. This is no ordinary love story and Mary Sharratt's prose makes this book a joy to read.
Linda Hooper
Linda Hooper
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This novel is a fantastic blend of thriller, historical fiction, the supernatural, and great storytelling. The characters are vibrant, sympathetic, and unforgetable. I was deeply drawn into their lives. You also learn a lot of history in the colonial American period. The details were so rich, I thought I was there.
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A haunting and elegaic novel
'The Vanishing Point' is a haunting and elegaic novel about a time and place that is not too well-known to UK readers, namely the early days of Colonial America. Read more
Published on 21 May 2008 by nicola slade
compelling story, exquisite literary writing
I got very little sleep until I finished this compelling story of two sisters in colonial America. One is supposedly dead of childbirth, and the other who comes from England in... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2007 by Stephanie Cowell
The Vanishing Point
May and Hannah are two sisters who live with their father, May being promiscuous is sent off to Maryland for an arranged marriage with their father's cousins son Gabriel. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2007 by Clare
absorbing read
I gulped down Mary Sharratt's latest novel with great enjoyment. I love the way the narrative shifts and the story emerges with many twists and turns along the way. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2006 by Katy
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A story of two sisters in colonial Maryland. May, a buxom lass of carnal appetites is sent off to the colonies to an arranged marriage after her... Read more
A story of two sisters in colonial Maryland. May, a buxom lass of carnal appetites is sent off to the colonies to an arranged marriage after her... Read more
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