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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I carried this book with me for several weeks and each time I started it, something put me off of continuing. Finally, after months, I decided that I just had to get it read. I did like the story, but thought it was slow until the last bit, then I really got into it and was sorry it ended so quickly. (  )bookladymn | Jul 9, 2009 |   I no longer own this book but must add it back to this physical catalog of my library to satisfy those in charge of the Early Reviewer Program. Since I do not have a copy of the book nor access to my original review, I do not remember specifics. However I do remember that I really enjoyed the setting, the plot and the character of Towner Whitney. That the book did not have the feel of a debut book. That I would definitely read other books by this author. (  )cathyskye | Jul 8, 2009 | The Whitney women have a reputation around Salem. No, they're not witches, they're lace readers. Towner Whitney returns to the city when her great-aunt Eva dies under suspicious circumstances. Towner is not fond of Salem. She can't remember clearly what happened to her there as a girl and she lives in California now, as far away from Salem as she can get. Officer John Rafferty finds himself assigned to the case, trying to untangle the threads of what happened both to Eva and Towner, for the lives of the Whitney women are as complex as the lace they weave. Loved this one. Beautifully atmospheric yet fully grounded in the Salem culture. I was glued to this book. And the ending… yeah, it got me. I had no idea it was coming. And it changed the whole story. For hours afterward I was thinking about the repercussions. A reread is a must. ( )VictoriaPL | Jun 29, 2009 | A very interesting story. Parts were confusing and a knowledge of Salem and the witch trials certainly helped. I thought that Towner was schiophrenic so I was off on that. The "idea of "reading lace" is interesting. I would read this author again. (  )swinemil | Jun 27, 2009 | This book was very appealing and interesting to me. I don't think it is great literature, but the characters were different, and the plot twists were not expected. I liked the new age atmosphere and the strong female characters. I am still wondering who May's husband/lover was. ( )jensenyetta | Jun 24, 2009 | 0.050 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061624764, Hardcover)
Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator of The Lace Reader, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations, but the disappearance of two women brings Towner home to Salem and the truth about the death of her twin sister to light. The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing tale that spirals into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths in which the reader quickly finds it's nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction, but as Towner Whitney points out early on in the novel, "There are no accidents." (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:51 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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