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THE MORNING THE LETTER ARRIVED, May Powers awoke with a premonition. Read the first page
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By Clare
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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. Hannah is to join May once their father passes on, when finally the day comes for Hannah to set off across the Atlantic little does she know she will not be re-united with her sister.
Hannah finds her sisters marital home and whilst her sister is not there she comes across her brother-in-law Gabriel and soon enough a heady attraction develops between Gabriel and Hannah. But, with her sister now passed on Hannah starts to wonder what really did happen to May.
This story set in the 17th century is an immense page turner, initially I was drawn to this book because the blurb on the back describes this as a comparison to Philippa Gregory of whom I am a great fan, but this book is more than just comparison it gives a great setting if this period in history of America with a brilliant storyline that will have you intrigued and desperate to know what happens next.
All the characters are superbly developed there wasn't a character in this book who was un-interesting and the storyline is an out & out winner, definitely far more worthy of just a comparison to Philippa Gregory, the ending in my humble opinion did feel slightly rushed but, this does not detract from the story in any shape or form.
Fabulous!!
Hannah finds her sisters marital home and whilst her sister is not there she comes across her brother-in-law Gabriel and soon enough a heady attraction develops between Gabriel and Hannah. But, with her sister now passed on Hannah starts to wonder what really did happen to May.
This story set in the 17th century is an immense page turner, initially I was drawn to this book because the blurb on the back describes this as a comparison to Philippa Gregory of whom I am a great fan, but this book is more than just comparison it gives a great setting if this period in history of America with a brilliant storyline that will have you intrigued and desperate to know what happens next.
All the characters are superbly developed there wasn't a character in this book who was un-interesting and the storyline is an out & out winner, definitely far more worthy of just a comparison to Philippa Gregory, the ending in my humble opinion did feel slightly rushed but, this does not detract from the story in any shape or form.
Fabulous!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Hamstead
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The Vanishing Point
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 reputation at home is damaged beyond salvage. Her sister Hannah goes out to join her, but finds on arriving that May had died in childbirth and the widower is living alone with his dogs. Hannah joins him on his lands, but as the days pass and the attraction grows between them, she starts to question what really happened to her sister.
This is a beautifully written page turner with plenty of suspenseful twists to keep you guessing. The characters are all finely drawn and believable and the novel evokes a strong sense of time and place. Being a true romantic at heart I particularly fell for Gabriel and was a little wistful about the ending - but it suited the story and I'm not complaining. In style and content I was a little reminded of Sara Donati. Readers of her novels will probably enjoy The Vanishing Point very much. I look forward to reading more of Mary Sharratt's work.
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 reputation at home is damaged beyond salvage. Her sister Hannah goes out to join her, but finds on arriving that May had died in childbirth and the widower is living alone with his dogs. Hannah joins him on his lands, but as the days pass and the attraction grows between them, she starts to question what really happened to her sister.
This is a beautifully written page turner with plenty of suspenseful twists to keep you guessing. The characters are all finely drawn and believable and the novel evokes a strong sense of time and place. Being a true romantic at heart I particularly fell for Gabriel and was a little wistful about the ending - but it suited the story and I'm not complaining. In style and content I was a little reminded of Sara Donati. Readers of her novels will probably enjoy The Vanishing Point very much. I look forward to reading more of Mary Sharratt's work.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Anne Herries
Format:Paperback
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
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Fine novel!
Set in 17th century England and the New World 'the Vanishing Point'is a good novel that will give readers many pleasurable hours of reading. Read more
Published 8 months ago by H. Lacroix
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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
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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
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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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An absorbing tale, sensitively written.
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... Read more
Published on 20 July 2006 by Mrs. M. Hooper
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