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On her 29th birthday, Valency Stirling awakens to a life that she knows will never change. Under the thumb of an autocratic mother and a poor relation in a large domineering family, for years her only refuge has been in her dreams of a mystical Blue Castle, where beauty and kindness reign.
To add to her bleak future, she’s experiencing heart spasms. Visiting a doctor without the approval of her clan is a daring act but Valency seeks out the local heart specialist in secret. The result is dire: she has one year to live. Shocking as the news is, the specter of death isn’t nearly as upsetting as the realization that she hasn’t yet really lived.
Ever docile and obedient, she’s now compelled to tell her relatives exactly what she thinks of them. Her mother’s disapproval and silences have no effect on her. Her curiosity about the natural world, dormant for years under strict rules of behavior, is set free.
As her world opens, she finds a purpose in her life as she makes friends with the town reprobate, his disgraced daughter, and a man of dubious reputation. The lush Canadian pine woods beckon. Certainly, an unlikely place to find a Blue Castle?
© 2022 Spoken Realms (Ljudbok): 9798200998371
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Ljudbok: 14 juni 2022
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4.3
Unga vuxna
On her 29th birthday, Valency Stirling awakens to a life that she knows will never change. Under the thumb of an autocratic mother and a poor relation in a large domineering family, for years her only refuge has been in her dreams of a mystical Blue Castle, where beauty and kindness reign.
To add to her bleak future, she’s experiencing heart spasms. Visiting a doctor without the approval of her clan is a daring act but Valency seeks out the local heart specialist in secret. The result is dire: she has one year to live. Shocking as the news is, the specter of death isn’t nearly as upsetting as the realization that she hasn’t yet really lived.
Ever docile and obedient, she’s now compelled to tell her relatives exactly what she thinks of them. Her mother’s disapproval and silences have no effect on her. Her curiosity about the natural world, dormant for years under strict rules of behavior, is set free.
As her world opens, she finds a purpose in her life as she makes friends with the town reprobate, his disgraced daughter, and a man of dubious reputation. The lush Canadian pine woods beckon. Certainly, an unlikely place to find a Blue Castle?
© 2022 Spoken Realms (Ljudbok): 9798200998371
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Ljudbok: 14 juni 2022
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3 aug. 2023
En smula förutsägbar och orealistisk, men...tja...rar.
Josefine
3 sep. 2023
4,5 ⭐️ Nej men detta var en sån fröjd att ta del av, en riktigt trevlig överraskning. Jag råkade spoila mig själv en del i början genom att söka upp en karaktärslista som visade sig vara lite för detaljerad i sina beskrivningar (så jag rekommenderar inte att göra så). Trots detta fick (ganska spoilerkänsliga) jag alltså en mycket bra läsupplevelse. Framför allt uppskattade jag att detta verkligen är en rolig och fyndig berättelse, och utöver detta lyckades jag också bli helt fängslad av storyn. (Läst inom projektet #100böcker100år som fjärde bok, utkommen 1926)
Malin
21 feb. 2024
Välskriven fristående roman om rika och fattiga amerikaner och kvinnlig frigörelse på tidigt 1900-tal. För den som gillar Anne på Grönkulla, Lilla huset på prärien och liknande!
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