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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Listened to on Audiobook downloaded from Audible, this details the story of Towner, who returns to her home town of Salem Mass., after her great aunt goes missing. She has spent years away on the other side of the country and her return makes her start to confront many secrets that have been buried, including the domestic abuse of her aunt, and the sexual abuse of her twin sister and her subsequent suicide. [return]Towner is an unreliable narrator (she says so right at the beginning), and the time she has spent in the hospital ( ) Let me start with the positives...the descriptions of the town and houses, the atmosphere of Salem...hmm...I'm really trying hard to dig up something. Because ultimately, I didn't really like the book. I was not a fan of how convoluted the story was but I understand the author's idea for writing the story this way. Being in the mind of person with mental health issues means you are also only getting what they know and see and think. I did not really like the main character but she did have a lot going on in her life. I wanted to love it...the story is right up my alley of stories I enjoy...but overall I just didn't enjoy it. I did finish the whole book though, so that's saying something. Sophya aka Towner has returned home to Salem, Massachusetts after finding out her Aunt Eva was reported missing. The women in the family have a special gift of reading lace, something Towner avoided. As she deals with the disappearance of her Aunt, she begins to deal with the ghosts of her past. Will she be able to pick up the pieces when all is revealed? This was a fascinating story of Salem and those considered witches. That stood as the bäckdrop to Towner's story, which had many twists right until the very end to keep you engrossed. There are also many emotional moments, so keep a box of tissues handy. My opinion of this varied the deeper I got in. I had a hard time keeping straight the relationship of the adults Eva, Emma, & May The main male characters were pretty dysfunctional also. Although we never learn much about Rafferty's past, he at least is doing his best to help others. I liked the setting on the ocean/bay, the mix of tourist boats and lobster boats, and that Towner was proficient with boats--perhaps as a midwesterner I am enamoured of the sea.
For 15 år siden, da Towner Whitneys liv ble lagt i grus, sverget hun på to ting: At hun aldri skulle sette sine ben i hjembyen Salem igjen. Og at hun aldri mer ville lese i kniplinger. For Towner har arvet denne sjette sansen, den mange av Whitney-klanens kvinner er utstyrt med, den som gjør dem i stand til å spå andres skjebne. Det er bare ett eneste menneske som kan få Towner tilbake til Salem: Grandtante Eva - den beste kniplingleseren av dem alle. Nå er den gamle kvinnen sporløst borte. Kan Towner finne sannheten om familiens dypt bevarte hemmeligheter i Evas forlatte hus? "Kniplingenes hemmelighet" foregår i fargerike Salem, byen som er berømt for fortidens utallige heksebål. Historien om Towner favner vidt og er spenningsroman, slektskrønike, historisk skildring og magisk fortelling - men først og fremst er det en sterk og varm beretning som fanger leseren fra Towners første, skjebnesvangre ord: Mitt navn er Towner Whitney. Nei, det er ikke helt sant. I virkeligheten er fornavnet mitt Sophya. Tro aldri på det jeg sier. Jeg lyver i ett sett. Jeg er en gal kvinne - dette siste er san Belongs to SeriesSalem (1) AwardsDistinctions
A young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers has returned to her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, for rest and relaxation. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived, however, when her aunt drowns under mysterious circumstances. No library descriptions found.
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