8/15/2023 0 Comments Randhouse st petersburgThe runaway bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Thanks to Suzy Approved Book Tours, the author, and publisher for the complimentary copy. The storytelling grabs you and won’t let go. Even though Eliza and Sofya are born privileged, they never lose sight of how they can help others, and there is unequivocal beauty in that and honesty in how Kelly depicts it. Lost Roses is the glorious story of the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka. The tables are turned on Sofya and her family, and I think about that all the time- the luck one has to be born in whatever country- one that has freedoms, or one that is filled with every day war and danger. There was a poignant moment when Sofya looked down at her young son Max after seeing a starving peasant baby, and she reflected on Max’s luck of being born to her into her family of wealth. Eliza Ferriday is a strong, formidable character, and Sofya and Varinka’s stories will break your heart for different reasons. Martha Hall Kelly’s storytelling is just as captivating and alluring as it was with Lilac Girls. Petersburg, and Paris, and illuminates the places and their people during this time of strife, violence, and uncertainty. They hire Varinka, a young peasant girl, to serve in their household, but she brings danger along with her.Īcross the world, Eliza is doing everything she can to help Russians escape the revolution, when suddenly she stops hearing from Sofya. Sofya’s family must flee the city to the family’s country manor because a revolution is on the brink. She flees safely to the United States but wishes she could have brought Sofya and her family with her. While Eliza’s in Russia, Austria declares war on Serbia, and Russia’s tsar is likely to fall. Eliza and Sofya’s close friendship is formed years prior while the pair lived in Paris. Petersburg, Russia with Sofya Streshnayva, a Romanov cousin. In 1914, Germany is gaining power and war is possibly on the horizon. Lost Roses is Caroline’s mother’s story, along with two other women affected by World War I. In Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly gave us Caroline Ferriday as a real life heroine of her time during World War II. Lilac Girls is one of my favorite historical fiction reads, and HF is my favorite genre. Happy Monday! Welcome to my stop on the Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly blog tour sponsored by Suzy Approved Book Tours! Lost Roses will be published on Apvia Random House/Ballantine Books! Kelly’s debut, Lilac Girls, is on my favorites’ list and will forever be one of the best works of historical fiction I’ve read, so you can imagine I’ve been on pins and needles waiting for her newest work…and to find out it’s a prequel to Lilac Girls- ah-may-zing news! Please read on to see what I thought!
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