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Sandcastles
Author: Luanne Rice
Book Information
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780553587678 - ISBN-10: 0553587676
Publication Date: 6/26/2007
Pages: 448

Book Description:
Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughters–Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia–at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent school’s beautiful seaside campus, over which Honor’s sister-in-law, mother superior Bernadette Ignatius, keeps a benevolent and watchful eye. No one could have foreseen the day rebellious Regis would come home with the stunning news that she was getting married. Nor could anyone have guessed how that sudden announcement would soon change all their
lives forever.

Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home, the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband, brilliant photographer and sculptor John Sullivan, broke her heart–and tore their little family apart. Now, hearing of Regis’s impending marriage, John has ended his self-imposed exile and returned to the family he’s always loved more than anything on earth. What he finds is one daughter still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely remembers him, and a third who may be in more trouble than anyone knows. And then there is Honor herself–and a passion that may have been interrupted but that has never waned.

Some things, like sandcastles, don’t survive the changing tides. But love, family, and friendship–just as fragile–have a way of standing against anything. It will take nothing short of a miracle to heal the rift between father and daughter, husband and wife, the past and the present–but a miracle is exactly what is in the works at Star of the Sea Academy. The only question is: Do you believe?


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Mag M. from CANFIELD, OH wrote on 9/30/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is an interesting, family oriented book, with unusual characters. It will be one that you won't forget.

Eldora R. from LAKESIDE, MT wrote on 8/23/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

An unforgettable exploration of the most elusive miracle of all: how a broken family might be made whole again.

Toni C. (Crochetmama) from WILMINGTON, DE wrote on 7/20/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Not what I've come to expect from this author but a good read none the less. Nice to see some of the Hubbards Point gang here.

Lisa O. from SHAKOPEE, MN wrote on 7/18/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great book with a great family story. Irish family.


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Brenda H. (onebusywoman) from MOUNT JULIET, TN wrote on 3/14/2008...


great and easy read. sweet and romantic.

Michele B. (Stardust4Mason) from MYRTLE BEACH, SC wrote on 1/14/2008...


I enjoyed this book, but I found it a bit slow. It took me forever to read because it never actually hooked me and I would pick up something else to read instead. But it was ok. Not her best work by far.

Linda S. (lindy3b) from CORTLAND, NY wrote on 11/15/2007...


This is a book about a Connecticut family that finds themselves questioning their Catholic beliefs, Irish heritage and family loyalty. I enjoyed it and I hope you will too.