The Keeper Of Happy Endings / Barbara Davis
1,001 Days of Awesome Reads - Day 129
I’ve become a real fan of Barbara Davis and her lovely, insightful way of looking at the world and writing about it.
A couple of books ago (THE LAST OF THE MOON GIRLS), Davis’ storytelling shifted, and she started including magical elements in her books.
It’s a really great mix for her, because magic in books always allows an author to be more creative and whimsical, and Davis uses this aspect in her stories to great and elegant effect.
In THE KEEPER OF HAPPY ENDINGS, she uses light magical touches to explore complicated topics and delve into family tensions and betrayal, love lost and found, and the long, dark shadow of mean-spirited men.
Along the way, she weaves two women’s stories together through letters, a family legacy of magical tailoring, and lost loves.
An enchanting book by a charming writer. (And I really enjoyed THE LAST OF THE MOON GIRLS too.)
Definitely recommend!
Happy reading!
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from the cover of THE KEEPER OF HAPPY ENDINGS
An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls.
Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget.
Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Soline’s old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory’s and Soline’s lives begin to surface. It’s clear that they were destined to meet—and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.
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I really enjoyed both of these books as well. The author was new to me prior to reading her books.