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Amys Geheimnis (2013)

by Deborah O'Brien(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

3548611605 (ISBN13: 9783548611600)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

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review 1: Mr Chen's Emporium is set in a small Goldrush town in outback New South Wales. The novel contrasts the Millbrooke of 1870 with the Millbrooke of today. In 1870 Amy Chen has been recalled to Millbrooke to care for her ailing mother. She is young, romantic, and somewhat stifled by her strict clergyman father. She meets Mr Chen who runs an Emporium in the township and despite her fathers disapproval and the towns predjudice against the 'celestials' falls in love. In the present day Angie has come to visit Millbrooke with her girlfriends. She is mourning the loss of her husband and discovers Millbrooke as a refuge in which to restart her life. She falls in love with the Manse which is where Amy's family lived and despite the concerns of her sons and friends makes the move. As ... moreshe becomes a part of the community she finds a few of Amy's things hidden away and forms a connection. The two stories are beautifully intertwined. Without ever knowing each other the two women become important to each other and as readers we see the parallels between their lives. This book was a joy to read. It was funny and sad and uplifting and in the end compelling. I really needed to know what happened to both of these women. I became invested in their lives just as Angie became invested in Amy's.
review 2: Just finished reading this and found it a delight to read. A lovely Australian novel that tells the story of 2 women, one in the gold rush era & the other in present day both at a crises point in there lives, making decisions that their friends or family don't agree with. Well worth the read, the only thing I found disappointing was that the final part of the story for one woman felt rushed and the story not told with enough detail. less

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