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The Vanishing Point (Paperback)

by Mary Sharratt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books (2 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0618462333
  • ISBN-13: 978-0618462339
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 413,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read, 4 Sep 2006
By Hamstead (Midlands UK) - See all my reviews
  
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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling and haunting novel, 16 Jul 2006
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
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling read, 20 May 2006
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars 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 14 months ago by nicola slade

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 17 Jun 2007 by Clare

4.0 out of 5 stars 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 25 Sep 2006 by Katy

5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2006 by Mrs. M. Hooper

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