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| Original Title: | The Beckoning Hills |
| ISBN: | 0763617040 (ISBN13: 9780763617042) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Quantock Quartet #2 |
Ruth Elwin Harris
Paperback | Pages: 300 pages Rating: 3.98 | 181 Users | 14 Reviews
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| Title | : | Frances's Story (The Quantock Quartet #2) |
| Author | : | Ruth Elwin Harris |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 300 pages |
| Published | : | January 7th 2002 by Candlewick Press (first published October 29th 1987) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. European Literature. British Literature. Romance |
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I do enjoy this author's style and bright characters! She lets you see beyond what the characters say, and into what they feel. That said, I liked Sarah's Story better, mainly because of the kind of person Sarah was. Frances is very different from her sisters. She lives in her own world made of paint and she tries to keep it that way, not letting herself become too bothered by the outside world.She loves her family, and would do nearly anything for them. But she doesn't come out of her paint box often or long enough to completely understand them. That frustrated me, because I wanted her to SEE everything more like Julia, Understand more like Gwen and try to please people who mattered like Sarah. But she doesn't entirely understand herself, and puts paint above people and relationships thinking she didn't need them. So how could I expect her to do those things? I don't know, but I did.
That's part of the beauty of this book though, we see the four sisters grow up, we see them make decisions that change their lives and we see the grow mentally. When The Great War comes, Julia takes action, Gwen silently watches with open eyes and a steady hand, Sarah keeps working at school and Frances ignores it all as best as she can while everyone else's lives spin out of control.
That's the first half of the book in a nutshell, and to me it was good, but a bit unsatisfactory. The second half sees the war finally hits Frances right in the face, and at last she opened her eyes to see beyond her easel.
Then I really enjoyed the book. Frances came alive, she worked for something that meant more to her than making beautiful pictures. I love how she gained the trust of her friends who couldn't quite believe that this new Frances was real. Better, she came to understand what really made her tick, and it wasn't paint though that did mean a great deal to her.
Despite a happy ending I thought it was kind of depressing, I'm not sure why. Perhaps because it was almost too happy, too late?
PG Light swearing, one character is a bit bohemian.
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Ratings: 3.98 From 181 Users | 14 ReviewsCriticize About Books Frances's Story (The Quantock Quartet #2)
I do enjoy this author's style and bright characters! She lets you see beyond what the characters say, and into what they feel. That said, I liked Sarah's Story better, mainly because of the kind of person Sarah was. Frances is very different from her sisters. She lives in her own world made of paint and she tries to keep it that way, not letting herself become too bothered by the outside world. She loves her family, and would do nearly anything for them. But she doesn't come out of her paintRuth Elwin Harris says that her historic quartet of novels, THE SISTERS OF THE QUANTOCK HILLS, had its beginnings while she was growing up during World War II. To escape the wartime bombing, she and her brother were sent to live with their grandfather in rural Somerset, England. His house and garden became the model for Hillcrest, the Purcell sisters' family home in the four-part series. AnotherI do enjoy this author's style and bright characters! She lets you see beyond what the characters say, and into what they feel. That said, I liked Sarah's Story better, mainly because of the kind of person Sarah was. Frances is very different from her sisters. She lives in her own world made of paint and she tries to keep it that way, not letting herself become too bothered by the outside world. She loves her family, and would do nearly anything for them. But she doesn't come out of her paint
At first I felt like I was re-reading Sarah and felt impatient but as the story progressed I was drawn more and more into Frances' story and it was excellent. Looking forward to beginning the next book shortly. I was so fortunate to be able to borrow all four at the same time.
This was the first time I had reread this series in many, many years, and for the most part I still enjoyed it. I did, however, find these books rather more slowly going than I remember them being. The writing is very descriptive - beautiful! Yet descriptive. And yet there were scenes I remember being powerful and heartbreaking that on this reread felt emotionally lacking. An interesting reread of a series I remember fondly, but not sure I would recommend to many younger readers today (even if
After her parents die, Frances, the eldest of the Purcell sisters, is responsible for three younger siblings. She alternates between worrying about them and obsessing about her own career as an artist, and is convinced that romantic love would simply distract her from fulfilling her potential. This may be unfair to the man that both she and her youngest sister love.
This is in a series. I just read Sarah's story and liked it so kept reading the series. I have a feeling this one will be better than the last.
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