Ella in Bloom

Name: Ella in Bloom
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Shelby Hearon
ISBN: 9781470355180

Author: Shelby Hearon

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/18/2013

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Literary Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Award-winning author Shelby Hearon, an adept observer and commentator on human nature, focuses on the joys and sorrows of family relationships. Her latest success in marrying style to subject is Ella in Bloom, a novel exploring how it's never too late to make peace with yourself and with others. Terrell has asked her sister, Ella, to conceal her adulterous affair from the family. When Terrell dies in a plane crash just hours later en route to meet her lover, the lie takes on a life of its own. Having spent life in the shadow of her "perfect" older sister, Ella comes face to face with unexpected challenges. Struggling to be honest, Ella feels love blossom in her heart for Rufus, Terrell's grieving spouse. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan voices the changes in Ella's thoughts, actions, and words with great emotional depth, making the listener feel a connection to this blooming woman, a woman we all know.

Reviews

Goodreads review by AngryGreyCat

Ella in Bloom is a book I received for free in exchange for a fair review from BEA. This would best be described as a family drama, I suppose. A story of two sisters, a favourite child and a lesser. The golden child, Terrell, dies and Ella, the not-so-golden, somewhat disgraced, child is left to try......more

Goodreads review by Allison

This was an easy read, but was slow at parts. I definitely felt for the main character and her judgemental mother. However at parts the book was awkward, kind of stumbling around but overall a nice story line. I would recommend for someone looking for a cute and interesting story.......more

Goodreads review by Marisa

Just ok. The book didn't really seem to have a clear line of what it was about, and it was kind of a strange mashup all at once of Ella and Red having something, the weirdness with the dead sister, and then the drama with the parents. It was just a lot to press into a relatively short book, and I'm......more

Goodreads review by Theresa

A decent summer fast read. A little predictable, but good for the beach.......more