Dreams of Falling, Karen White
Dreams of Falling, Karen White
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Dreams of Falling

Author: Karen White

Narrator: Shannon McManus, Cassandra Campbell, Susan Larkin

Unabridged: 16 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

One of PureWow's "Best Beach Reads of Summer 2018"

New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this contemporary women's fiction novel, set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, about lifelong friends who share a devastating secret.

On the banks of the North Santee River stands a moss-draped oak that was once entrusted with the dreams of three young girls. Into the tree's trunk, they placed their greatest hopes, written on ribbons, for safekeeping—including the most important one: Friends forever, come what may.

But life can waylay the best of intentions....

Nine years ago, a humiliated Larkin Lanier fled Georgetown, South Carolina, knowing she could never go back. But when she finds out that her mother has disappeared, she realizes she has no choice but to return to the place she both loves and dreads—and to the family and friends who never stopped wishing for her to come home.

Ivy, Larkin's mother, is discovered badly injured and unconscious in the burned-out wreckage of her ancestral plantation home. No one knows why Ivy was there, but as Larkin digs for answers, she uncovers secrets kept for nearly fifty years—whispers of love, sacrifice, and betrayal—that lead back to three girls on the brink of womanhood who found their friendship tested in the most heartbreaking ways.

About The Author

Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty previous books, including The Night the Lights Went Out, Flight Patterns, The Sound of Glass, A Long Time Gone, and The Time Between, and a coauthor, with Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig, of The Forgotten Room.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 31, 2023

It’s summer and that means book candy and chick-lit. Karen White, a prolific New York Times bestselling author, released “Dreams of Falling” in June with rave reviews. She’s a solid formulaic author who rarely disappoints when one needs to indulge in their guilty pleasure of book candy. In this story......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on June 05, 2018

Larkin needed to come home from New York because her mother was missing. What she found was that over the years a lot of things were missing and quite a few things were kept secret. Larkin found secrets about her mother and her family at every turn. When she asked why she wasn’t told, the answer was ig......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on May 06, 2019

Favorite author alert! Slipping into a Karen White book is a guaranteed inviting escape, and Dreams of Falling is Karen White at her best. Larkin left Georgetown, South Carolina nearly nine years ago. It’s complicated. When she learns her mother has disappeared, she has to return. Larkin loves Georg......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on July 06, 2018

Larkin Lanier enjoys her life in New York City where she has lived for almost a decade. One day she learns that her mother, Ivy, is missing. This forces her back to her hometown of Georgetown, South Carolina which she has avoided since high school. The trip back is awkward since she has had little c......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 31, 2018

A riveting tale of friendships and promises that lead to a lifetime of secrets. SUMMARY “Friends forever, come what may” was the dream three young women wrote on a ribbon in April 1951. Margaret, Ceecee and Bitty placed that ribbon in the opening of a special moss-covered tree on the banks of the Nort......more


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Praise for Dreams of Falling

“Three lifelong best friends. One dark secret that will reverberate for generations to come. Told in multiple timelines of the present and the past, this is Southern fiction at its best. A novel about dreams, friendship, and family, Dreams of Falling will make you long for home.”—PopSugar

“Intricate storytelling across generations and time periods, using eloquent language, makes for deep characterization alongside a brisk-paced plot. Full of family secrets and southern charm, Dreams of Falling serves equal helpings of drama and comfort to fans of Dorothea Benton Frank, Mary Alice Monroe, and Barbara Claypole White.”—Booklist

“Atmospheric and rich, White's writing is an indulgent pleasure to read...Offering a blend of women's fiction, romance, mystery and a touch of historical fiction, Dreams of Falling dips in and out of time, subplots and characters' consciousness with grace and fluidity. It showcases White's skill at building a cast of emotionally rich characters, as she juggles the fears and desires of five strong-willed women, all at the brink of revelation and disaster. Her keen emotional insights and warm authorial voice invite the reader into her stories the way one might welcome home a long-lost daughter.”—Shelf Awareness

“White’s lovely tale of enduring friendship brings coastal South Carolina to life and examines the redemptive powers of love and loss”—Publishers Weekly

“A multi-generational novel of friendship, second chances, betrayal, and long-held secrets, Dreams of Falling is a poignant piece of Southern fiction, one that will stay with you long after the final chapter.”—Historical Novel Society

“This wonderfully woven novel has it all—intrigue, romance, echoes of lingering regrets—and the pages are brimming with compelling characters. Dreams of Falling is the best kind of novel—it’s a past-and-present love story expertly wrapped in mystery. Karen White never fails to deliver.”—Susan Meissner, bestselling author of As Bright as Heaven

"Kate White once again works her literary magic...once you open that first page, you will be a captive reader and cannot let go until everything is explained."—Fresh Fiction