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Lisa Van Allen

3.5 of 5 Votes: 1
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Books by Lisa Van Allen
The Night Garden: A Novel (2014)
language
English
3.36 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: I enjoyed this very much. It is the love story of Sam and Olivia. Olivia runs the Pennywort Farm with all of its garden mazes. It also is home to women called penny loafers who walk the maze to get answers to their troubles while working at the farm for room and board. Sam and...
The Wishing Thread (2013)
language
English
3.53 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: Disappointing. I like historical fiction. This was not that. It's a "yarn" about three sisters who reunite at their aunt's funeral. They each bring their own baggage and find that this is the time to examine their past and their future together. They have a history of magic in th...
Die Wünsche meiner Schwestern (2013)
language
English
3.53 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: Hard book for me to rate. . . The story for me is a 3, the writing more of a 4. For me, one strength of the book is Lisa Van Allen's knack for description that paints the sense of time and place. I am not a big fan of magical stories, and I'm not a knitter. I think that made the ...
Wishing Thread (2014)
language
English
3.53 of 5 Votes: 1
review 1: The book left me dissatisfied, like something was missing. Maybe it was the comparisons to Sarah Addison Allen whose books I love. It just didn't hold up for me. It wasn't a bad one-time read but I won't buy it and I won't be anxious to read another by the same author.It does, h...
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