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The Manicurist (2011)

by Phyllis Schieber(Favorite Author)

3.06 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1611940451 (ISBN13: 9781611940459)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Bell Bridge Books

review 1: This book had so much potential! However, none of what I thought could have been a great story transpired. Instead, it was a long, drawn-out process of Tessa giving herself grief over nothing, trying to second guess herself, and letting the choices of others influence her direction. To me, she could have been a great character, and she turned into a mousey one. She said she didn't like her "gift" and didn't like using it....yet she is a manicurist? What kind of hogwash is that? What a shame this story took the turns it did.
review 2: The Manicurist by Phyllis Schieber tells the story of Tessa and her mother Ursula and how the both come to terms with mental illness. It also tells the side story about her husband Walter and his family. A very poignant and e... morendearing story of two women who are the same but oh so different. The story is told in the viewpoint of Tessa. As a result of a surprise visit to the salon she works as a manicurist, of an elderly woman, Fran, who tells Tessa that she knows something about her mother. Told with Tessa's memories that encompass 25+ years we come to know Tessa, Ursula, Fran and Regina, Tessa's daughter intimately.Ursula disappeared and was presumed dead after a deadly car accident killed Dennis, Tessa's father and Ursula's husband, and all Tessa has of her mother is memories. Tessa also has the ability to sense things that are going to happen, thus her love of being a manicurist as a palmist. This story is at times funny and sad and I enjoyed it very much, although the review copy I had had such tiny print (footnote print as my husband said) that I had a hard time reading it. But read it I did as I wanted to see what happened with this family and if they could reconcile their differences. I assume the finished copy will be more legible. less

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