Sandcastles | 
|  | | | Title: | Sandcastles | | Author: | Luanne Rice | | Publisher: | Bantam | | Type: | Book / Mass Market Paperback | | Publication Date: | 26 June, 2007 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0553587676 / 9780553587678 | | List Price: | $7.50 | | Amazon Price: | $7.50 | |
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Product Description
Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughters–Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia–at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent school’s beautiful seaside campus, over which Honor’s sister-in-law, mother superior Bernadette Ignatius, keeps a benevolent and watchful eye. No one could have foreseen the day rebellious Regis would come home with the stunning news that she was getting married. Nor could anyone have guessed how that sudden announcement would soon change all their
lives forever.
Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home, the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband, brilliant photographer and sculptor John Sullivan, broke her heart–and tore their little family apart. Now, hearing of Regis’s impending marriage, John has ended his self-imposed exile and returned to the family he’s always loved more than anything on earth. What he finds is one daughter still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely remembers him, and a third who may be in more trouble than anyone knows. And then there is Honor herself–and a passion that may have been interrupted but that has never waned.
Some things, like sandcastles, don’t survive the changing tides. But love, family, and friendship–just as fragile–have a way of standing against anything. It will take nothing short of a miracle to heal the rift between father and daughter, husband and wife, the past and the present–but a miracle is exactly what is in the works at Star of the Sea Academy. The only question is: Do you believe?
From the Hardcover edition.
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Customer Reviews:
• Sandcastles 15 August, 2007
Very slow, boring. I couldn't get into it at all and quit reading it after a few chapters. I gave it to a friend and she did the same.
- Reviewed by customer ID: ADLUP1Z3BZSWD
• I Love Luanne Rice, But... 20 April, 2007
I just didn't love this book. I was so bored. The story seemed drawn out and so predictable. I pretty much knew what was going to happen before the end of the first few chapters.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A336FE20YZZL3A
• Ill Conceived And Poorly Written 07 July, 2008
Although I read a number of books, I do not typically submit book reviews; but this book was so poorly written that I felt compelled to comment. There is no need to repeat all of the negative comments from other reviewers, but they all are very accurate. The characters are poorly developed--not "real" people. Could Tom and Bernie possibly have had the same conversation several times a day every day for the past 23 years? Each character was on the brink of emotional meltdown at all times throughout the entire book; and the metaphors used to describe their emotional state were overworked in the extreme. This was my first Luanne Rice book, and it will, without question, be the last.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1MXLR2EPWK4L3
• Wonderful Read 06 January, 2008
enjoyable characters.Luanne realy knows how to write strong characters.I loved the relationship of the family and kept turning the pages in hopes that everything would tuen out good.Spellbinding and captivating you will not be dissapointed
- Reviewed by customer ID: AU9J64DJCMMOY
• Slow To Grab My Interest 02 August, 2007
I have read hundreds of books and a few of them have been authored by Luanne Rice. Sandcastles has a good plot but it didn't grab my interest like many of the books I have read. At one point in the beginning of the book, I almost put it down not to finish. This is very unlike me. Even if I don't particularly like a book, I will finish it. This book did not have me wondering what will happen next until 3/4 of the way through the book. When a book grabs me, I can't wait to carve out time in my day to find out what is happening next in the story. Sandcastles didn't do that for me. The story didn't flow nicely and got too caught up in the mundane. When I finish a book, I have a sense of loss because the characters exist no longer in that story. I did not get that from Sancastles. Although it had a good plot, it really could have been so much more. It seemed like the book was thrown together. It will be a while before I read one of Luanne's books again. I will definitely pay more attention to individual's reviews for the next Luanne Rice book I choose to read.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3EI8I7UFDJXI9
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