Leila Meacham
Hardcover | Pages: 609 pages Rating: 4.04 | 14492 Users | 2061 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Roses |
| ISBN: | 0446550000 (ISBN13: 9780446550000) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Roses |
| Setting: | Texas(United States) |
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Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town's founding families. Cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick should have married but unwisely did not, and now must deal with the deceit, secrets, and tragedies of their choice and the loss of what might have been--not just for themselves but for their children, and children's children. With expert, unabashed, big-canvas storytelling, Roses covers a hundred years, three generations of Texans and the explosive combination of passion for work and longing for love.Describe Appertaining To Books Roses (Roses)
| Title | : | Roses (Roses) |
| Author | : | Leila Meacham |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 609 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2010 by Grand Central Publishing |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 14492 Users | 2061 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books Roses (Roses)
I think the best possible way to describe this book is that the shit hit the fan in the best and worst possible way. This book was so different from anything I have ever read before, with so many twists and turns that you never see coming. With enough drama to make Downton Abbey approve, unexpected changing of wills, characters you feel deeply for and torn between, a cursed plantation, and a way of communicating by roses, this book really has it all. I highly recommend this if you are looking"Roses" seemed like it would be a great read - being compared to "The Thornbirds" and all, I couldn't wait to pick it up...and now, I can't wait to put it down. Rarely do I abandon a read, neglect - yes, but leave for good? Almost never. I'm seriously contemplating it though.This novel seems to me like "Belle Cantrell" in disguise. I despise, loathe, detest the main character - who is a double-talking, self-denying, proud, stupid girl. Of course I couldn't find common ground with her! Nothing
This enthralling stunner, a good old-fashioned read, may herald the overdue return of those delicious doorstop epics from such writers as Barbara Taylor Bradford and Colleen McCullough. Meacham's multigenerational family saga, set in East Texas circa 19141985, charts the transformation of Mary Toliver, a wide-eyed 16-year-old heiress, into a calculating cotton plantation queen as hardheaded as Scarlett O'Hara. Her brother, Miles, goes off to WWI, returns home, but then goes back to France to
I read this book several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you like family sagas, this one is for you.
This book was okay, as long as you overlook all of the bad decisions the characters make throughout :) Roses has definitely got its share of intrigues, but compared to Somerset it felt a little bit too dragging and too convenient to me.
I would compare this family saga to Gone with the Wind only on a smaller scale!!! I was totally entrenched in the first 3/4s of the book... nearing the end I started feeling a lil disappointment!!! I found myself missing Mary's voice in the story... If not for that it would've gotten a strong 5 star rating from me!!! Still highly recommend!!!
Roses By Leila MeachamWhen receiving a red rose the receiver will know the sender means to apologize for his or actions in life or in business. If the recipient of the red raised wishes to grant forgiveness and accept the apology he or she will send white rose. Such is the basis for this upcoming novel by Leila Meacham which expands many generations and more than one century to tell. Mary Tolliver DuMont has little time left and is determined to set the record straight before her death. Living
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