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Rice, Luanne. (Author). Lee, Ann Marie. (Added Author).

Summary: With every New York times bestseller, Luanne Rice illuminates yet another of the secret wonders of the heart. Now she brings back two of her most beloved characters to tell of their journey across the sea to unravel the mysteries of a shared past--and two undying love affairs. Sister Bernadette Ignatius has returned to Ireland in the company of Tom Kelly to search for the past--and the son--they left behind. For it was here that these two long-ago lovers spent a season of magic before Bernadette's calling led her to a vocation as Mother Superior at Star of the Sea Academy on the sea-tossed Connecticut shore. For Tom, Bernadette's choice meant giving up his fortune and taking the job as caretaker at Star of the Sea, where he could be close to the woman he could no longer have but whom he never stopped loving. And while one miracle drew them apart, another is about to bring them together again. For somewhere in Dublin a young man named Seamus Sullivan is also on a search, dreaming of being reunited with his own first love, the only "family" he's ever known.

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  • ISBN: 9781415938980 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 1415938989 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • Physical Description: electronic
    electronic resource
    remote
  • Publisher: [Santa Ana, Calif.] : Books on Tape, 2007.

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General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 12:23:50.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Ann Marie Lee.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 178167 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Nuns -- Fiction
Couples -- Fiction
Connecticut -- Fiction
Genre: Romantic suspense fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.

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  • AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2007 December/January 2008
    Popular romance writer Luanne Rice explores the interrelationships of four characters: a nun, her steadfast lover, their son, and a girl from a children's home whom he loves. This is a beautifully read story that examines the nature of love in its infinite variety: divine love, platonic adoration, parental love, spiritual bonding, family affection, and sexual love. Blair Brown guides listeners through this emotional, sentimental, even mystical story with grace and fluidity. Her grasp of accents--Irish, Boston, generic American--is perfect, and her delivery flawless. This is an enjoyable listening experience for romantics. D.L.G. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews - Audio And Video Online Reviews 1991-2018
    This pleasing romantic saga begins in a Catholic orphanage in Ireland with two orphans forming a strong emotional bond. Fast-forward 23 years, and orphans James and Kathleen, though still emotionally connected, are living apart, in Ireland and the U.S. James' birth parents, Sister Bernadette Ignatius and Tom Kelly, characters introduced in Rice's Sandcastles (2006), travel to Dublin to try and find the son they gave up prior to Bernadette entering the convent. Containing both native Irish and U.S. characters, the novel gives Lee opportunities to transition between accents. She easily reflects the Boston accent of an elderly nun as well as the upper-crust Newport, Rhode Island, accents of Kathleen's employers and other American dialects. Her gentle Irish brogue is never intrusive or over the top, nor is her subtle lowering of tones for the male characters. Moving along at a fast clip, this is a satisfying romance. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.
  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2007 April #2
    (See Prepub Alert, LJ 3/1/07) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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