Siena Summer [Large Print] [Paperback]

Teresa Crane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1999

Set in Kent and Italy, this is the moving story of the lives of sisters Poppy and Isobel. 1918: WWI has just ended and the young sisters both fall in love with Kit, an injured airman - Poppy with an adolescent love, and Isobel with an adult love. Poppy is devastated when Kit and Isobel elope - Isobel is pregnant and they go to Italy. Italy 1928: Isobel, after ten years of silence, suddenly writes to Poppy asking her to come and visit - she needs help. Isobel had miscarried her first child and things in Italy hadn't come up to her naive and romanticised expectations - they had no money...However, Kit and Isobel now have a son, Robbie, and she is pregnant again - but depressed and miserable. The presence of a French woman, Eloise, seems strange to Poppy and is clearly the crux of Isobel's problems. Poppy discovers that Eloise has a strange hold on Kit and is determined to damage everything he loves. Poppy, still in love with Kit in her way, decides to get to the bottom of things.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'A tale to take you out of yourself.' DRIFFIELD POST 'a moving, passionate and treacherous tale.' ESSEX CHRONCILE, BRENTWOOD GAZETTE 'A well-written book with believable characters and an original and dramatic storyline.' HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Teresa Crane is the author of thirteen novels and was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award for TOMORROW, JERUSALEM. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 299 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786219823
• ISBN-13: 978-0786219827
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,394,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The story is plain with very little excitement, October 10, 2001

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"jamesjiao" (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Siena Summer (Paperback)

After reading Siena Summer by Teresa Crane, I personally would not want read it the second time.

The story started with some flair of brilliance and uniqueness. Nonetheless, it did not convey enough plot to grab readers' attention especially during the middle section of the story. It was mostly plain storytelling with very little climax and excitement and the ending was largely expectable.

It was a reasonably good love story, but it could have used more and better metaphors to describe certain situations, which, I personally think, are an important part of a love story.

The story, though lethargic in some sense, had described an extract of the Italian culture vividly and it was an enjoyable experience to read about another culture with a plot.

If you are seeking a brilliant love story, this is not the one to purchase. However, if you are seeking experience of another culture, you have a good book right here.

== James ==