The Geometry of Sisters, Luanne Rice
The Geometry of Sisters, Luanne Rice
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The Geometry of Sisters

Author: Luanne Rice

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne, Jaclyn Gaines

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/14/2009

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Romance, Women


Synopsis

What is one sister without the other? Is it even possible to imagine?

New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice explores the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that hold together three pairs of remarkable sisters. Here in the halls of Newport Academy, a unique private school that has attracted generations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, an unforgettable lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin….

After years away, Maura Shaw has returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to teach English at the academy. Behind her lies her life as the perfect Midwestern wife and mother, a life that seemed on the surface to be all she had ever wished for. That illusion vanished in a storm off Mackinac Island in the wake of an accident that engulfed Maura’s husband and her older daughter, Carrie. Now, with her son and younger daughter, she hopes to find a new beginning.

Newport has never failed to infuse Maura with a sense of mystery and hope. But for fourteen-year-old Beck, the move is a painful upheaval from everything she has ever loved—especially her sister, Carrie. Ever since her sister disappeared, Beck has retreated into the world of mathematics, where principles are permanent, unlike so many other things in life. Without Carrie, Beck has lost half of herself—the half that would have fit in at the elite private school she and her brother, Travis, will now attend. The half that made things right. Still, Beck clings to the hope that her sister will return to them.

Beck isn’t alone in her struggle to adjust. At sixteen, Travis is juggling a long-distance first love and an attraction to an expensive-looking girl with a wicked sparkle in her eye. And for Maura, ghosts linger here—an unresolved breach with her own beloved sister and a long-ago secret that may now have the power to set her free….

Set against the breathtaking beauty of the New England coast at its most dramatic, populated by a cast of indelible characters, The Geometry of Sisters is Luanne Rice at her most compelling, a dazzling world to which readers will want to return again and again.

About The Author

Luanne Rice is the author of twenty-six novels, most recently Last Kiss, Light of the Moon, What Matters Most, The Edge of Winter, Sandcastles, Summer of Roses, Summer’s Child, Silver Bells, and Beach Girls.  She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Quinn on July 13, 2012

I hate saying bad things about books because I know first hand the amount of work that goes into writing, editing and publishing the damn things. Luanne Rice is one of my favorite authors when it comes to an easy, uncomplicated read. The problem is I think she tried to get a little too complex in exp......more

Goodreads review by Lolly K Dandeneau on May 27, 2009

This book was okay- however the love story within was just too hokey for me to be real. The youngest daughter's problems were interesting and she was a little character but everyone else in the book seemed flat. I realize most women rave about these types of novels, I just felt the book could have b......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 07, 2022

A heart warming story of a family making a big change...where they live and where they will be attending school, plus a new job for the mom. The move was to New Port, Rhode Island. They found it hard to fit in at first. In time the teens were popular.......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on January 10, 2011

I'm a little torn on the rating for this one. The main focus was the importance of the relationship between sisters, and what happens when that relationship is strained. But, I was bothered by the use of the "f" word a couple of times (seriously unnecessary), and what happened between JD and Maura a......more


Quotes

“The always insightful and engaging Rice explores the mystical bond between sisters as she portrays families learning what it means to love and forgive.”—Booklist