Julia's Sister [Import] [Hardcover]

Charlotte Vale Allen (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (February 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727811274
• ISBN-13: 978-0727811271
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Charlotte Vale-Allen was born in Toronto and lived in England from 1961 to 1964 where she worked as a television actress and singer. She returned to Toronto briefly, performing as a singer until she emigrated to the US in 1966. She sold her first novel Love Life in 1974. Prior to this book's publication she contracted to do a series of paperback originals, with the result that in 1976 three of her books appeared in print. Her autobiography, the acclaimed Daddy's Girl, was actually the first book she wrote but it wasn't until 1980, after she'd gained success as a novelist, that the groundbreaking book was finally published. One of Canada's most successful novelists, with over seven million copies sold of her 39 books, Ms. Allen's work has been published in all English-speaking countries, in Braille, and have been translated into more than 20 languages. The mother of an adult daughter and grandmother of twins, since 1970 she has made her home in Connecticut.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Suicide, Feminism, and a little Romance Thrown in for good measure, July 11, 2007

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Cynthia L. Sparks (Crown Point, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Julia's Sister (Paperback)

Charlotte Vale Allen's books tend to touch upon certain social issues. In Julia's Sister, Allen touches upon suicide and feminism. Abigail is Julia's sister. Although outwardly successful, Julia commits suicide in her penthouse apartment. Abigail becomes romantically involved with the detective, Harry, who is assigned to investigate her sister's undetermined death. Abigail decides she wants a child, so she intentionally becomes pregnant by Harry. However, Abigail could also see that Harry was not the person she wanted to build a future with, so she left him. The book then shows the struggle and bias that Abigail faced as an unwed mother.
Julia's Sister was written in the late 1970's, and society, and our values have changed a lot since then. It is one of Allen's earlier works. Although it is not her best work, I have yet to read a bad book by Charlotte Vale Allen.