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Tree of Pearls (Paperback)

by Louisa Young (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo (7 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0002261693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002261692
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,239,107 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Tree of Pearls is the final instalment in the Evangeline Gower trilogy. Louisa Young's heroine is as slangy and stroppy but she has a gloriously romantic heart, something often missing from the other literary modern misses. Evangeline's tender passion embraces her daughter Lily, the five-year-old "octopus of love"; the two men in her life, mysterious tempting Sa'id and long, tall Harry, all cheekbones and louche cockiness. Evangeline, ex- belly dancer and single mother, has attitude and intelligence, and a glorious understanding of what makes life worth the living. Once again Evangeline has Eddie Bates on her case. This psychopathic villain caused strife in Desiring Cairo, and his sinister shadow once again draws her to Cairo and Luxor to sort him out once and for all. She' s accompanied by his ex-wife Chrissie, and her own romantic dilemmas: Harry or Sa'id, Sa'id or Harry. The story unfolds slowly and gracefully, with a gorgeous sound track for the heartache and dangerous events: "and then, oh glorious joy, Umm Khalthoum singing Enat Omri--You Are My Life. Whenever I hear it my backbone grows longer and my foot arches, I begin to sway and to feel a mild but definite yearning for the weight of a heavily sequinned band around my hips."

Louisa Young doesn't stick to a plain old story but allows Evangeline digression and musings that shimmer and sparkle. She contemplates mythology, the colours of the landscape and the sky, the rapture in Egyptian love songs. Tree of Pearls is seductive, romantic and realistic. Evangeline Gower is redeemed by love but remains strong and independent, and in control of her own life: "I close no doors, I send love. I am not wasting away for you." --Eithne Farry



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on Louisa Young's trilogy: 'Spectacularly worth reading' The Times 'Tough, tender, sexy, funny' Esther Freud 'Hits an all too rare note of intelligent escapism' She 'Streetwise and literate' Options 'Wry, perky, entertaining' The Observer 'Engaging, wise-cracking, likeable, brilliantly sustained... funny, humane and utterly readable' Good Housekeeping

Suspend your disbelief and climb aboard the last in the Angeline Gower trilogy. If you've read the previous two you'll be very pleased to re-unite with our heroine in her latest adventure. If you're new to the story, you'll soon catch up with the past and be caught up with the present. We're eight weeks on from Angeline's last trip to Egypt. She and five year old Lily are coming to terms with Harry's presence in their lives as Lily's father. Their London domesticity is once again shattered by the news that Eddie Bates, Angeline's tormentor of old, is on the loose. Angeline must return to Egypt, with an unlikely ally - Eddie's wife Chrissie, who now knows she is not a widow. Angeline doesn't want to go, but it is a chance to see her beloved S'aid, and to tell him some very special news... (Kirkus UK)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite book, 3 Nov 2004
By Ms. N. Brown "nikki5044" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Louisa Young's prose is beautiful and so well-crafted that it seems effortless. Her characters are human and believable and so much of her writing about feelings and relationships strikes a real chord with me. I read this book in a day, despite having a million other things to do and find it inconceivable that other readers wouldn't enjoy it!
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars satisfying conclusion to a trilogy, 1 Nov 2001
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This review is from: Tree of Pearls (Paperback)
The prose can be thoroughly seductive and verging on the literary, even though the novel is far too entertaining to qualify for the literary tag (usually reserved for the unreadably turgid rather than brilliantly written).
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2.0 out of 5 stars A novel of exotic adventure and intrigue, 12 Feb 2001
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Tree of Pearls is a first-person narration by Angeline Gower, an ex-belly dancer with an Egyptian lover and a past lover/enemy named Eddie Bates who has illegally entered Britain. In order to track Eddie down and finally get some peace, Angeline goes back to Egypt to find out why he came to Britain. The story itself is quite boring and the writing undistinguished. One problem with the first person narration is that the characters are seen only through Angeline's eyes and as a result never attain a voice of their own. Such solipsism sometimes has its place, but unfortunately, Angeline makes the reader into her confidant, often explaining motivations which were better left unsaid. As a result, there is no subtlety, only Angeline's garishly obvious voice.
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