The Sisterhood

Name: The Sisterhood
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Helen Bryan
ISBN: 9781469291239

Author: Helen Bryan

Narrator: Laura Roppé

Unabridged: 14 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/30/2013

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women, Sagas

Synopsis

Menina Walker was a child of fortune. Rescued after a hurricane in South America, doomed to a life of poverty with a swallow medal as her only legacy, the orphaned toddler was adopted by an American family and taken to a new life.As a beautiful, intelligent woman of nineteen, she is in love, engaged, and excited about the future—until another traumatic event shatters her dreams. Menina flees to Spain to bury her misery in research for her college thesis about a sixteenth-century artist who signed his works with the image of a swallow—the same image as the one on Menina’s medal.But a mugging strands Menina in a musty, isolated Spanish convent. Exploring her surroundings, she discovers the epic sagas of five orphan girls who were hidden from the Spanish Inquisition and received help escaping to the New World. Is Menina’s medal a link to them, or to her own past? Did coincidence lead her to the convent, or fate?Both love story and historical thriller, The Sisterhood is an emotionally charged ride across continents and centuries.

About Helen Bryan

Helen Bryan was born in Virginia, grew up in Tennessee, and is a longtime resident of London. A former barrister, she is the author of an award-winning biography of Martha Washington. She was inspired to write War Brides “by the true war-time stories of family and friends in the United States and England, and by the little-known stories of the brave young women who joined Churchill’s Special Operations Executive.” This is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Always on June 02, 2017

Honestly I wish this book had only been about the people who's backstories we hear and not Menina because she was such a bore, all her parts made me want to skip ahead. The only parts with her that weren't painful to read were the ones when she's in the monastery already. That said I really enjoyed......more

Goodreads review by Fabiana on May 31, 2013

I read this quickly and enjoyed it, but... I have some complaints. I liked: - Sor Beatriz with Salome, and Sor Esperanza - How the convent was about protecting women - Menina finding the paintings. (view spoiler)[ - How Menina chose herself over Theo. (hide spoiler)] I didn't like: - How it kept introducing new characters and telling......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 30, 2013

Author Helen Bryan has hit a home run with her sprawling saga, The Sisterhood. The novel is composed of two intertwined stories, with one story played out against the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition in the 16th century, the other taking place in modern times. The modern story followed Menina Walk......more

Quotes

“There is much to admire in Helen Bryan’s second novel…The research that Bryan has invested in this novel shows, making the historical parts of the book a fascinating look at 16th-century Spain and early South America. Those who love romance and like to explore alternatives to the overtly male-centered version of Christianity would like this book.” —Historical Novels Review“The author kept me on the edge of my seat…I cannot wait to read more.” —Night Owl Reviews Top Pick (4 ½ stars)