Attic Treasures: Grandma's Doll/Fishing for Love/Seeking the Lost/This Prairie (Heartsong Novella Collection) [Paperback]

Wanda E. Brunstetter (Author), Tammy Shuttlesworth (Author), Pamela Kaye Tracy (Author), Janet Spaeth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 20, 2005

Lydia Dunmore is preparing to move from her country house to a retirement home in the city and has invited her four granddaughters to choose something to keep from her attic of long-forgotten treasures. Sheila seeks a doll she played with as a child, Kimber is intrigued by an old fishing tackle box, Lauren cherishes an antique christening gown, and Jessica takes an intricately designed wooden box. The journey begun in a dusty attic leads each to new discoveries about her own life, and none of them realize the impact these items will have on their futures.

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Book Description

In this four-in-one romance, a journey begun in a dusty attic leads four women to new discoveries about their lives, and none of them realize the impact long-forgotten treasures will have on their futures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (April 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593102739
• ISBN-13: 978-1593102739
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #894,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely loved this book!!!, April 20, 2006

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N. Douglas "booked on reading" (Hamilton, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Attic Treasures: Grandma's Doll/Fishing for Love/Seeking the Lost/This Prairie (Heartsong Novella Collection) (Paperback)

I can't even remember how I even found this book but I am so happy that I did! I just loved it! I saw it on amazon but then got it from our local library. It is a book written by four different authors but they are all writing about the same Grandmother and four cousins who are picking out their special remembrance of the childhood spent at their Grandmother's victorian home. The first story I thought I didn't care for but by the time it was finished I did! It just got better from there. By the end of the fourth story I just didn't want it to end. I loved this book so much I have ordered the four books advertised in the back since I couldn't find them at the library. This is an enjoyable read. No heavy stuff just good clean reading!!! We need more of it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attic treasures and more, November 14, 2007

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Nadia N. Rehmani "Nadia N.Rehmani" (U.S.A) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Attic Treasures: Grandma's Doll/Fishing for Love/Seeking the Lost/This Prairie (Heartsong Novella Collection) (Paperback)

I liked these little stories.It's hard to always have a lot of time at once to read a more detailed story with children,grandchildren and all the rest we women have to do! I read them all picking up the book again and again .
Nadia Rehmani

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Am I missing something?, August 31, 2005

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Ms. Mentor (Huntington, IN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Attic Treasures: Grandma's Doll/Fishing for Love/Seeking the Lost/This Prairie (Heartsong Novella Collection) (Paperback)

For the life of me, I don't understand why this book would get a rave review in the slightest. I couldn't even finish it.

Reading through the first story was like reading through a first draft of a book, and one I would have expected from a beginner. This first tale, about an antique doll, wastes a great deal of time on ordinary "everyday speech" dialogue rather than having anything happen--i.e., "How are you?" "Oh, I'm okay." "Are you going to the store now?" and such. The story is dull, the characters all sound the same, the heroine has no drive whatsoever, the spiritual element is preachy--and the ending is completely predictable. I stuck with it anyway, hoping it would get better. It never did.

The second story in this collection--about some antique fishing lures--unfortunately, isn't any better than the first. The two main characters are supposed to be grown young women, but their speech, their reactions, and their emotions sound more like 12-year-olds. And yes, I say the "two main characters" because in my mind they're indistinguishable one from the other. Nothing stands out about either of them; they talk the same, they react the same, they're interchangeable. Nothing memorable about 'em...and so I let them go, along with my hopes for the rest of the book.

In short...this is a sleeper, not a keeper.