The Sister's Gift
Barbara Hannay
Reviewed by Helen
Barbara Hannay writes beautiful stories, heartfelt with emotion, her characters are very easy to become friends with and this one is up there with the best, I loved getting to know Freya, Pearl and Billie and of course my visit to Magnetic Island was just awesome. I do hope that you will enjoy this one as much as I did.
Freya as a young girl gave the best gift she could to her older sister, Pearl a baby but she also lost a lot by doing this the man she loved and the closeness that she had with her sister. Freya moves away from Magnetic Island and starts a new life she is a strong vibrant woman and she marries and is happy, but does not see her sister or her niece Billie, she has kept the promises she made to Pearl, but now her life is crumbling she is divorced and has just lost everything except her little dog Won Ton, struggling with what she will do when she is offered a job working on Magnetic Island helping Billie run the family restaurant while Pearl and her husband are travelling and she jumps at the chance.
Freya and Won Ton arrive much to the displeasure of Pearl but Billie is determined to keep Freya there because Billie is struggling with secrets of her own and she has never worked out why the sisters are not close, Billie is also worried about her mother and the reason for the sudden trip. Billie and Freya are working well together and getting closer every day they both open up about their lives to a certain degree.
I never miss a Barbara Hannay story and the reason is because her stories are just awesome, they pull you in and make you feel a part of the story, the emotion flowing through the words is fabulous and this one is so very good, I absolutely loved Freya the strength and courage she showed with everything that had gone on had me cheering her on and Billie a beautiful young woman who coped so well with her problems and the happenings and Pearl she had her reasons for being the way she was at times. But will these three woman get everything worked out and have the family love shining through as it should, you really need to read this one.
Thank you Penguin Random House AU for the copy to read and thank you Barbara Hannay for a true keeper of a story.
Freya as a young girl gave the best gift she could to her older sister, Pearl a baby but she also lost a lot by doing this the man she loved and the closeness that she had with her sister. Freya moves away from Magnetic Island and starts a new life she is a strong vibrant woman and she marries and is happy, but does not see her sister or her niece Billie, she has kept the promises she made to Pearl, but now her life is crumbling she is divorced and has just lost everything except her little dog Won Ton, struggling with what she will do when she is offered a job working on Magnetic Island helping Billie run the family restaurant while Pearl and her husband are travelling and she jumps at the chance.
Freya and Won Ton arrive much to the displeasure of Pearl but Billie is determined to keep Freya there because Billie is struggling with secrets of her own and she has never worked out why the sisters are not close, Billie is also worried about her mother and the reason for the sudden trip. Billie and Freya are working well together and getting closer every day they both open up about their lives to a certain degree.
I never miss a Barbara Hannay story and the reason is because her stories are just awesome, they pull you in and make you feel a part of the story, the emotion flowing through the words is fabulous and this one is so very good, I absolutely loved Freya the strength and courage she showed with everything that had gone on had me cheering her on and Billie a beautiful young woman who coped so well with her problems and the happenings and Pearl she had her reasons for being the way she was at times. But will these three woman get everything worked out and have the family love shining through as it should, you really need to read this one.
Thank you Penguin Random House AU for the copy to read and thank you Barbara Hannay for a true keeper of a story.
5 stars
Published August 4th 2020 by Penguin eBooks
