The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

Julie Klassen
• 2022

When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. Emily and Georgiana agree, but Viola, w...ho wears a veil to cover a scar, detests the idea. Determined to stay together, the sisters begin the new venture. Instead of the elderly invalids they expect, however, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah is torn between a growing attraction to a mysterious Scottish widower and duty to her family. Meanwhile, the new situation exposes Viola's scars--both the visible and those hidden deep within--and her cloistered heart will never be the same.
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Sumár recenzie
Jemný, pomaly plynúci román Julie Klassenovej Sestry zo Sea View sleduje štyri sestry, ktoré po rodinnej tragédii musia prevziať zodpovednosť a nájsť spôsob, ako sa uživiť. Kniha evokuje svet Jane Austenovej vďaka dôrazu na sesterskú súdržnosť, spoločenské konvencie a tiché, ale silné emócie, pričom autorka verne vykresľuje prostredie devonshirského pobrežia. Sestry sa rozhodnú ubytovávať hostí a každá prispieva vlastnými schopnosťami a vnútornými zápasmi, čo posúva dej k osobnému rastu a vzájomnej opore. Je to dojímavý a nostalgický začiatok série, vhodný pre čitateľov, ktorí ocenia pomalšie tempo, historickú autenticitu a rodinné putá.

When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. Emily and Georgiana agree, but Viola, who wears a veil to cover a scar, detests the idea.

Determined to stay together, the sisters begin the new venture. Instead of the elderly invalids they expect, however, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah is torn between a growing attraction to a mysterious Scottish widower and duty to her family. Meanwhile, the new situation exposes Viola's scars--both the visible and those hidden deep within--and her cloistered heart will never be the same.