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Wow. was not expecting the ending. Slow start but it progressed and I couldn't put the book down.
In France in 1939, Soline is working with her mother in their dress shop preparing wedding dresses with “happy endings.” Her mother, who is known as “The Dress Witch,” stitches happiness into the gowns with family spells and a little magic. Soline is a talented designer who does not feel she has the family’s magical gift. She dreams of leaving the dress shop and becoming famous for designs of her own. Then the Nazis arrive. While working as a volunteer in the hospital, Soline meets Anson, an Ame...
Another winner from Barbara Davis, THE KEEPER OF HAPPY ENDINGS is the perfect read for anyone who believes in happy endings, whether they come from magic, fate, or the perseverance of strong women. Told through the heartbreak of two engagements lost to tragedy forty years apart, the story weaves together contemporary loss with the horrors of Nazi-occupied France to find healing and second chances.At the core is a simple question: Can you break free of generations of family patterns to chase your...
Loved this book. Very well written and very interesting.
Like a wedding gown lovingly crafted, THE KEEPER OF HAPPY ENDINGS is stitched through with secrets, romance, and mystery sure to enchant—and leave readers believing in the magic of second chances. Highly recommended.
I guess I should have known better, since the title even includes the words, "happy endings." But wow, this story was full of more convenient coincidences than probably any other I have ever read! It has all the makings of an overly sappy Hallmark movie. Totally not my preference. This was my free Amazon First Reads selection for Sept and my mind must have been on a different planet when I chose this one, or it was totally mis-described, because this is NOT the kind of book I would normally choo...
*Fate and Chances*This book is an emotional journey charting a young French woman Soline Roussel who had a wonderful mother who owned a enchanting bridal shop and taught Soline to sew where a touch of magic worked with the needle & thread. Everyone who buys the gowns seemed to have a happy ending. All this changes in the blink of an eye when Soline loses everything she holds dear due to World War ll. She goes on to work as a volunteer in a hospital and meets an American man Ansen who is helping
This book is probably my favorite so far this year. Trust me, this is one you will want to pre-order. Great story, great characters, and beautiful prose. This is definitely one of my top ten books of the year.
I last read a book by this author 2 years ago, again with the Kindle First offer. I really enjoyed it but marked it down to 4* for some silly mistakes, only to find those same mistakes still feature in this one as well !! It is baffling that nobody spots them, let alone corrects them !She persists in writing about french windows without writing French properly....even my red squiggly line autocorrect thing picks it up as I compose this review !! This time she does it with chardonnay, too, which
Who doesn’t wish for a wedding that everyone says “Aww and they lived happily ever after”?Story alternate between two women Soline and Rory from two different eras with different past. It weaves through years in France and now the US.Rory (Aurora) Grant is leasing and renovating a building that had been in a fire, as she knows it will be perfect for her art gallery. While cleaning up she comes upon a box with letters, memorabilia and a vintage wedding gown inside. She figures she will return it