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The Bride's House
From the New York Times bestselling author of Whiter Than Snow and Prayers for Sale comes a novel about the secrets and passions of three generations of women who have all lived in the same Victorian home called the Bride's House.
It's 1880, and for unassuming seventeen-year-old Nealie Bent, the Bride's House is a fairy tale come to life. It seems as if it is being built precisely for her and Will Spaulding, the man she is convinced she will marry. But life doesn't go according to plan, and Nealie finds herself in the Bride's House pregnant---and married to another.
For Pearl, growing up in the Bride's House is akin to being raised in a mausoleum. Her father has fashioned the house into a shrine to the woman he loved, resisting all forms of change. When the enterprising young Frank Curry comes along and asks for Pearl's hand in marriage, her father sabotages the union. But he underestimates the lengths to which the women in the Bride's House will go for love.
Susan is the latest in the line of strong and willful women in the Bride's House. She's proud of the women who came before her, but the Bride's House hides secrets that will force her to question what she wants and who she loves.
Sandra Dallas has once again written a novel rich in storytelling and history, peopled by living, breathing characters that will grab hold of you and not let you go.
It's 1880, and for unassuming seventeen-year-old Nealie Bent, the Bride's House is a fairy tale come to life. It seems as if it is being built precisely for her and Will Spaulding, the man she is convinced she will marry. But life doesn't go according to plan, and Nealie finds herself in the Bride's House pregnant---and married to another.
For Pearl, growing up in the Bride's House is akin to being raised in a mausoleum. Her father has fashioned the house into a shrine to the woman he loved, resisting all forms of change. When the enterprising young Frank Curry comes along and asks for Pearl's hand in marriage, her father sabotages the union. But he underestimates the lengths to which the women in the Bride's House will go for love.
Susan is the latest in the line of strong and willful women in the Bride's House. She's proud of the women who came before her, but the Bride's House hides secrets that will force her to question what she wants and who she loves.
Sandra Dallas has once again written a novel rich in storytelling and history, peopled by living, breathing characters that will grab hold of you and not let you go.
374 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Sandra Dallas
50 books1,898 followersAward-winning author SANDRA DALLAS was dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. Sandra’s novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and human dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films.
A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week. A staff member for twenty-five years (and the magazine’s first female bureau chief,) she covered the Rocky Mountain region, writing about everything from penny-stock scandals to hard-rock mining, western energy development to contemporary polygamy. Many of her experiences have been incorporated into her novels.
While a reporter, she began writing the first of ten nonfiction books. They include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the Independent Publishers Assn. Benjamin Franklin Award.
Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published eight novels, including Prayers For Sale. Sandra is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, and two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, for The Chili Queen and Tallgrass. In addition, she was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Assn. Award, and a four-time finalist for the Women Writing the West Willa Award.
The mother of two daughters—Dana is an attorney in New Orleans and Povy is a photographer in Golden, Colorado—Sandra lives in Denver with her husband, Bob.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/sandra...
A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week. A staff member for twenty-five years (and the magazine’s first female bureau chief,) she covered the Rocky Mountain region, writing about everything from penny-stock scandals to hard-rock mining, western energy development to contemporary polygamy. Many of her experiences have been incorporated into her novels.
While a reporter, she began writing the first of ten nonfiction books. They include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the Independent Publishers Assn. Benjamin Franklin Award.
Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published eight novels, including Prayers For Sale. Sandra is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, and two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, for The Chili Queen and Tallgrass. In addition, she was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Assn. Award, and a four-time finalist for the Women Writing the West Willa Award.
The mother of two daughters—Dana is an attorney in New Orleans and Povy is a photographer in Golden, Colorado—Sandra lives in Denver with her husband, Bob.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/sandra...
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September 4, 2025
8. The Bride’s House by Sandra Dallas is a novel I really wanted to be a 4/5 ✨ It is about 3 generations of women who go through the same challenges and loses over and over. It was the same situations just different players. By the 3rd generation I was just over it.
March 22, 2011
I was really quite riveted by this story. I can't say I turned the final page having learned anything or had food for thought or cried, but I was entertained.
It's about three different women during three different times in the same house, the Bride's House.
Nealie's tale begins in 1880.. She falls in love with one man, marries another, but still ends up in the Bride's House. There's a bit of a moral in this part. "The grass is not always greener on the other side" kept popping into my head.
The second tale is Pearl, Nealie's daughter. Whereas Nealie had some spunk and was a bit fearless (I mean it was 1880 and she ran away from home and just off and got herself knocked up right there in a field.. In 1880 that kind of behavior recquired a spark of rebelliousness), Pearl is spineless. She irritated me a bit, always cowtowing to her Papa, allowing him to "toss out" every one of her suitors. She also didn't seem to age.. I mean she doesn't marry till she's fifty, but her mentality didn't really seem that much older.
She gave me a chuckle, however, in the one instance she did stick up to Papa.. "Papa, you would investigate Jesus Christ and find him a charlatan if He wanted to marry me!" LMAO!!!
The last part is her daughter Susan and I was grateful this part was the shortest cause Susan is a user. She has a perfectly good man in an Air Force guy named Peter and leads him along with no intention of marrying him. He sticks up for her, he's there for her, he has courage. But what does she pine for? This gawd awful, spineless, draft dodging Joe. UGH.
That last part prevents this from being a five star read. I hated Susan and I also found it utterly preposterous that TWICE in three generations, a man is willing to marry a woman preggers with another's brat. No way.
However, it did make for enteraining reading. One tiny little quirk: Sometimes the book goes off on a "telling" spree instead of "showing." It worked well though because the book would have been immensely long if the author had not done this.
It's about three different women during three different times in the same house, the Bride's House.
Nealie's tale begins in 1880.. She falls in love with one man, marries another, but still ends up in the Bride's House. There's a bit of a moral in this part. "The grass is not always greener on the other side" kept popping into my head.
The second tale is Pearl, Nealie's daughter. Whereas Nealie had some spunk and was a bit fearless (I mean it was 1880 and she ran away from home and just off and got herself knocked up right there in a field.. In 1880 that kind of behavior recquired a spark of rebelliousness), Pearl is spineless. She irritated me a bit, always cowtowing to her Papa, allowing him to "toss out" every one of her suitors. She also didn't seem to age.. I mean she doesn't marry till she's fifty, but her mentality didn't really seem that much older.
She gave me a chuckle, however, in the one instance she did stick up to Papa.. "Papa, you would investigate Jesus Christ and find him a charlatan if He wanted to marry me!" LMAO!!!
The last part is her daughter Susan and I was grateful this part was the shortest cause Susan is a user. She has a perfectly good man in an Air Force guy named Peter and leads him along with no intention of marrying him. He sticks up for her, he's there for her, he has courage. But what does she pine for? This gawd awful, spineless, draft dodging Joe. UGH.
That last part prevents this from being a five star read. I hated Susan and I also found it utterly preposterous that TWICE in three generations, a man is willing to marry a woman preggers with another's brat. No way.
However, it did make for enteraining reading. One tiny little quirk: Sometimes the book goes off on a "telling" spree instead of "showing." It worked well though because the book would have been immensely long if the author had not done this.
July 7, 2011
I was so disappointed, because I've really liked some of her books. I kept thinking it would get better and it would come together in the end. The more I think about it, it's just making excuses for women who sleep around. Apparently, it's a charming family legacy. Yuck!
March 5, 2012
This book was fine to read, but not anything great. It was not very profound, not a great plot either. It was fun, and light reading, although really predictable. I liked the setting, because it is close to home and familiar to me, which was fun and I want to go see the actual places in the book now. The story is basically about 3 generations of women that all keep secrets and all made the same mistakes. Maybe if they had been more open and honest about their lives, they could have prevented the following generations from repeating their problems. Also, they all had their problems solved by 3 better than life men that had a perfect ability to forgive and love them no matter what. It all worked out too easily and happy for my sake. Although, I generally do like my endings have a good dose of "happily ever after", I also prefer them to be more realistic than this.
March 12, 2019
I've enjoyed most of Sandra's books so far. This one did not stand up to the others. My least favorite thus far. I wouldn't spend the money or have this one on my book shelf at home.
I am feeling like the more recent her books, the more she feels she needs to put more detailed intamacy in them that quite frankly, isn't needed. I felt like her older books were more wholesome and now these more recent ones are turning trashy.
I did enjoy the three generations stories and the twist and secret at the end..... I just wish she would keep her books clean. I'm sure in today's society most would find what I find offensive not but..... I did and do. I don't need to know where a man puts his hands or other things that are going on. Nuff said.
I am feeling like the more recent her books, the more she feels she needs to put more detailed intamacy in them that quite frankly, isn't needed. I felt like her older books were more wholesome and now these more recent ones are turning trashy.
I did enjoy the three generations stories and the twist and secret at the end..... I just wish she would keep her books clean. I'm sure in today's society most would find what I find offensive not but..... I did and do. I don't need to know where a man puts his hands or other things that are going on. Nuff said.
December 18, 2022
Sandra Dallas rarely disappoints. Her characters are well defined and their stories intriguing. The Bride's House is an easy read about three generations of women who occupy a house nicknamed The Bride's House in a silver mining town outside of Denver. Great read.
May 30, 2023
Three generations of women—Nealie, Pearl, and Susan—reside in the "bride's house" and have more in common than even they realize.
Set in 1880, 1910, and 1950, The Bride's House provided an inside look at life in a mining town. As with other books I've read by this author, I really enjoyed the writing style and the story kept me intrigued. What secrets will be revealed by each of the women? And what will they learn from them? I enjoyed learning a bit more about mining and loved that it mentioned the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Denver since I am familiar with both universities.
Location: 1881 Georgetown, Colorado
Set in 1880, 1910, and 1950, The Bride's House provided an inside look at life in a mining town. As with other books I've read by this author, I really enjoyed the writing style and the story kept me intrigued. What secrets will be revealed by each of the women? And what will they learn from them? I enjoyed learning a bit more about mining and loved that it mentioned the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Denver since I am familiar with both universities.
Location: 1881 Georgetown, Colorado
April 14, 2011
Rating: ****
Review: So, what happens when you get an advance copy of a book in the mail from a publisher and it just happens to be the The Bride’s House by Sandra Dallas? Well, of course you sit down to read the back cover and then you are so intrigued you sit down to read a few pages. The next thing you know you have finished the book – in one night. That is what I did. Although I was already a big fan of her books I found the style of writing to be different than her other books – wonderful in a slightly more lush style - and the story will resonate with women of all ages about the choices we make from the options that life brings to us. The three generations of women in this novel are “Nealie,” a battered but strong girl who strikes out on her own to build a new life in Colorado during the late 1800’s and finds love with two very different men. Later comes another woman, quiet and dutiful who must find her own happiness as she lives a life shaped by her father’s memories. Finally, there is Susan, a child of privilege who may have the chance to find her dreams in Georgetown, Colorado. The legacy of the house all three women have shared and loved is the tie that binds and the place of secrets – “The Bride’s House.” Will the house bring them happiness or heartache? With the Colorado mining industry as the historical background, Sandra Dallas weaves another tale of lives touched by love, misery, heartache, misunderstandings, loss and hope. A saga for those who enjoy her books and for anyone with a yearning for a touch of romance or a passion for historical novels. Beautifully written, the characters are voiced with understanding and love. Truly an effort worthy of the author’s reputation for excellence!
Review: So, what happens when you get an advance copy of a book in the mail from a publisher and it just happens to be the The Bride’s House by Sandra Dallas? Well, of course you sit down to read the back cover and then you are so intrigued you sit down to read a few pages. The next thing you know you have finished the book – in one night. That is what I did. Although I was already a big fan of her books I found the style of writing to be different than her other books – wonderful in a slightly more lush style - and the story will resonate with women of all ages about the choices we make from the options that life brings to us. The three generations of women in this novel are “Nealie,” a battered but strong girl who strikes out on her own to build a new life in Colorado during the late 1800’s and finds love with two very different men. Later comes another woman, quiet and dutiful who must find her own happiness as she lives a life shaped by her father’s memories. Finally, there is Susan, a child of privilege who may have the chance to find her dreams in Georgetown, Colorado. The legacy of the house all three women have shared and loved is the tie that binds and the place of secrets – “The Bride’s House.” Will the house bring them happiness or heartache? With the Colorado mining industry as the historical background, Sandra Dallas weaves another tale of lives touched by love, misery, heartache, misunderstandings, loss and hope. A saga for those who enjoy her books and for anyone with a yearning for a touch of romance or a passion for historical novels. Beautifully written, the characters are voiced with understanding and love. Truly an effort worthy of the author’s reputation for excellence!
April 23, 2018
I enjoyed this book as it went through the years covering three women's lives in one family.
September 8, 2024
Another new author for me. Story started slowly ( yawn), but I am glad I pushed on. Lots of twists and the book was worth reading. I will read another book by this author. I'm glad I read this one!
September 6, 2018
Another great read by Dallas! I was getting a little bored with part III, but it really came through at the end. Good storylines through the generations and how really connected our lives are and have been, even though we may not know it.
May 23, 2012
I was really looking forward to Sandra Dallas's latest novel. I have mostly enjoyed 3 other novels by her. While this book was O.K. (2 stars means its O.K.) and a fast read, it really wasn't so great. I kept thinking it was a bit "korny" as I was reading. It tells the story of 3 generations of women who all seemed quite shallow in their relationships and life.
It seemed that to keep the readers interest, the author would throw in a "tragedy", but then pull back on it, so it wasn't too bad. Instead of getting emotionally involved with the characters, I thought them silly and not genuine.
I am sorry about my review. Most readers seemed to love this book. But, then, we are all different.
It seemed that to keep the readers interest, the author would throw in a "tragedy", but then pull back on it, so it wasn't too bad. Instead of getting emotionally involved with the characters, I thought them silly and not genuine.
I am sorry about my review. Most readers seemed to love this book. But, then, we are all different.
January 14, 2019
I did not want to put this book down. I found myself thinking about the characters as I went about my day.
I hated finishing the book because I wanted more.
I hated finishing the book because I wanted more.
October 2, 2024
I really enjoyed this book. A story of three generations of women. Short and sweet with a little twist.
July 30, 2025
Kinda a dud until the last few chapters. I’ve enjoyed the other novels I’ve read by Sandra Dallas but not so much this one.I recommend The Persian Pickle Club, The Last Midwife and Where Coyotes Howl.
September 5, 2025
I enjoyed this book. I love a good generational story and the secrets behind it but also has a good ending.
November 22, 2025
Ratings:
Writing 3
Story line 3
Characters 3
Impact/enjoyment 3
Overall rating 3
Writing 3
Story line 3
Characters 3
Impact/enjoyment 3
Overall rating 3
February 27, 2013
This was not my favorite Sandra Dallas book. I can't decide between 2 and 3 stars. I didn't mind the first half of the book for the most part, but the second half I really started to dislike it. Well, not even the second half even. Just the Susan chapter through the end of the book. Like the book, I'll separate my review into three parts so as not to spoil the entire thing at once.
Nealie:
Pearl:
Susan:
Ultimately the book read WAY too much like Chick Lit than Historical Fiction for me. There were too many fantastical, romantic aspects of this book for me to like it too much past the first half.
Nealie:
Pearl:
Susan:
Ultimately the book read WAY too much like Chick Lit than Historical Fiction for me. There were too many fantastical, romantic aspects of this book for me to like it too much past the first half.
March 31, 2011
I won this book through first reads, and I absolutly LOVED it. I almost didn't enter for this book, and now I'm wondering why I had doubts. This book tells the story of three generations of women, and the trials of life and love they endure.
Nealie, who had experienced more heartache in her short years then most people do in an entire life time is the first. Her back story kind of broke my heart. But the upside is that she experiences true love, and to me she truly embodies the saying "better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all."
Pearl, her daughter, doesn't really live until she is well passed the age her mother died. She is the very image of her mother, but lacks the spirit. To be honest at this point I thought this book might have lost me. I was worried that the things I loved about the heroine of part 1 weren't going to surface and I was going to get bored. But I'm happy to say I didn't, and remembered that every character needs a point to grow from. Why write about a fully self aware, confident person? There would be no story to develope! It is incredibly satisfying to become invested in the well being and happiness of a character in a novel.
Susan, Pearl's daughter, and obviously Nealie's granddaughter, finishes off the story, bringing everything together full circle. I really don't want to say too much, because I would hate to accidently spoil this wonderful story for someone else.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of historical fiction, or coming of age stories. It was interesting to see how each woman's experiences were similar, and different, because of the time they grew up in. I am so glad I decided to enter for this book because it really brightened my day when it came in the mail, and I really, really enjoyed the heck out of it. This is a great addition to my shelves and will be reread for years to come.
Nealie, who had experienced more heartache in her short years then most people do in an entire life time is the first. Her back story kind of broke my heart. But the upside is that she experiences true love, and to me she truly embodies the saying "better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all."
Pearl, her daughter, doesn't really live until she is well passed the age her mother died. She is the very image of her mother, but lacks the spirit. To be honest at this point I thought this book might have lost me. I was worried that the things I loved about the heroine of part 1 weren't going to surface and I was going to get bored. But I'm happy to say I didn't, and remembered that every character needs a point to grow from. Why write about a fully self aware, confident person? There would be no story to develope! It is incredibly satisfying to become invested in the well being and happiness of a character in a novel.
Susan, Pearl's daughter, and obviously Nealie's granddaughter, finishes off the story, bringing everything together full circle. I really don't want to say too much, because I would hate to accidently spoil this wonderful story for someone else.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of historical fiction, or coming of age stories. It was interesting to see how each woman's experiences were similar, and different, because of the time they grew up in. I am so glad I decided to enter for this book because it really brightened my day when it came in the mail, and I really, really enjoyed the heck out of it. This is a great addition to my shelves and will be reread for years to come.
February 22, 2015
The Bride's House by Sandra Dallas is another great historical novel by Dallas set in the mining town Georgetown, Colorado. This novel revolves around the lives of 3 women, Nealie Bent, her daughter Pearl Dumas Curry and granddaughter Susan Curry. Nealie Bent, newly arrived in Georgetown, falls in love with one man and ends up pregnant and married to another man, Charlie Dumas. However, she dies in childbirth and Charlie ends up raising Nealie's daughter Pearl who he is as devoted to as if she were his own biological daughter. Charlie is possessive of Pearl and sends away Frank Curry, the only man she ever loves. However, Pearl is more fortunate than her mother Nealie and ends up marrying Frank 30 years later. Miraculously, she has a child, Susan, at the age of 50 years who ends up loving Georgetown as much as her mother and grandmother do. In the end, she finds love with a man in Georgetown as well. Throughout the story, Dallas weaves in Colorado mining history and not only the life of not miners in Georgetown, but Colorado miners in general. There are secrets in this family that are kept throughout these 3 generations of women, including Pearl's secret which is not divulged until nearly the end of the book. In all of Dallas' books, the characters are well developed and that holds true for this novel as well.
July 18, 2011
I wanted to get my hot little hands on a copy of this book when I first saw that it was up for early review. Alas I was not picked and disappointed I waited patiently for it to come in to my library. I loved the Diary of Mattie Spencer and this looked like a similar historical fiction work. The premise of this book is that there are three generations of women from the same family that inhabit a house called the Bride's House in Colorado. It is so named because the first woman Nealie was a bride when she moved in and became the first resident. I loved the first story of the love triangle between Nealie, Will, and Charlie. I couldn't put this part of the book down even though it followed a very predictable story. Naive girl falls for good looking cad who loves and leaves her in a lurch pregnant so that dull and dependable guy can bail her out. The secrets that these people keep set in motion events that affect the next two generations. The second part of the story focused on Nealie's daughter Pearl and her love Frank. The final and least interesting storyline to me focused on Pearl's daughter Susan and her beau's Peter and Joe. I don't think this novel was enjoyable as my favorite Sandra Dallas novel but it was still a good read.
October 24, 2011
I like Sandra Dallas and feel her books are a great escape. This one, follows three generations of women in a Colorado home, nicknamed The Brides's House, purchased in 1880. Georgetown is a mining town and Nealie is a hard working, uneducated servant who is easily swept off her feet by a mining investor. One third of the book (the best third, I thought) is her story. The second third, Pearl's story, is also interesting and the characters are mostly realistic and finely crafted. The book fell apart for me a bit in 1950 when we reach Susan's story. The coincidences and parallels were a little too "pat." Still, Sandra Dallas writes well and her feel for historic details is terrific. This is a bit of historical fiction crossed with a beach read or what I call "Historical-Fiction-Light." That's not a criticism, sometimes it's just what I need. A quick read and a feel-good story.
November 21, 2011
Three generations of women live, love and have the same secret. The "Bride's House" is a beautiful victorian mansion in Georgetown, Olorado, a mining town in the Colorado Rockies. Nealie comes to the house as a newlywed, and dies in childbrith while her daughter, Pearl survives. Pearl lives in the house and serves as her father's secretary. While young, she has a failed romance, and later on in life marries this same suitor. She gives birth to Susan.
Susan lives with her family in Chicago, but they often go to the "Bride's House" for holidays. Susan has a romance with a Korean War soldier and also a local boy. She has a secret, also, which ends up being the same secret as her mother and grandmother.
Read the book to find out the secret. Along the way, you'll get a tour of Colorado and the Rockies. Decriptions of the coutryside are very vivid.
Susan lives with her family in Chicago, but they often go to the "Bride's House" for holidays. Susan has a romance with a Korean War soldier and also a local boy. She has a secret, also, which ends up being the same secret as her mother and grandmother.
Read the book to find out the secret. Along the way, you'll get a tour of Colorado and the Rockies. Decriptions of the coutryside are very vivid.
October 23, 2013
I'd give it a 2.5/3... The main characters were intriguing and lived a plausible life in their individual eras. The story line was well thought out and connected within one another in a smooth context. The twist at the end was an unexpected climax, and segued to a lovely finalization. However-- I was very disappointed (and shocked) by the strong sensuality/sexuality in certain spots. There were no foreshadowing reviews as far as I could see. Embarrassed to have to skip past those parts. The book certainly could have done without it. I wish it would have been more classily & discretely written in reference to those key elements. That alone causes me to not re-read it. **Don't misinterpret my "clean romance" category**. 14A
April 27, 2011
Once again Colorado's Sandra Dallas has written a wonderful historical novel. The Bride's House is set in Georgetown, Colorado. It's the story of three generations of women who live there. It starts out during the 1880s mining boom and bust and continues past the two wars - with three strong-willed women: Nealie, her daughter Pearl and then granddaughter, Susan, as well as, the other main character - Bride's House. It's more than three love stories. It is a history of the area, of women, and it's about secrets, lost love and friendships. Sandra does excellent research on all her books. It was a joy to read.
April 27, 2011
Once again Colorado's Sandra Dallas has written a wonderful historical novel. The Bride's House is set in Georgetown, Colorado. It's the story of three generations of women who live there. It starts out during the 1880s mining boom and bust and continues past the two wars - with three strong-willed women: Nealie, her daughter Pearl and then granddaughter, Susan, as well as, the other main character - Bride's House. It's more than three love stories. It is a history of the area, of women, and it's about secrets, lost love and friendships. Sandra does excellent research on all her books. It was a joy to read.
July 13, 2011
This was pure escape...a guilty pleasure...one page followed the next and the hours passed easily in a Colorado mining town, with conflicts arising out of rivals for the affections of a simple girl. Actually, there are three stories. It's a kind of family saga, but each one functions on its own, with some 'secrets' revealed at the end that tie them all together. Good historical detail, sweetly sentimental. I like this kind of book once in a while.
January 23, 2014
Using the comforting shelter of a home, Dallas tells the less than expected story of three generations of women who lived in the house. Each shared life altering events that are more common than our society admits. The story is filled with human emotion, experiences and candid revelations about life through a woman's eyes. I loved the story and was fascinated by the Victorian link each shared. I especialled liked the unique way the history of all three women was preserved and revealed.
July 19, 2011
A disappointment. Sandra Dallas's historical research is first rate, yet the storyline of three generations of "good" women who find themselves to be unwed mothers is tiresome and too coincidental. Making an "off-child" the secret legacy that binds the family females seems somewhat twisted. Shallow male characters with their guile and/or gullibility only add to the reader's frustration.
March 16, 2018
No, just no. The character development was terrible, the writing style shallow and the political view points at the end didn't match the story at all. I didn't like a single relationship, all dysfunctional. I won't be reading more by her, this was not a good read, not even a good fluffy read. If you want romance, read Amy Harmon!
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