

Sinossi
Cornovaglia, metà Ottocento. Florence Buckley nasce a Braggenstones, un piccolo villaggio di contadini, unico nastro verde in una distesa di brughiere paludose, spazzate dal vento e dalla pioggia. Venuta al mondo in una notte carica di funesti presentimenti, Florrie ha la singolare capacità di percepire distintamente i sentimenti altrui e di riuscire a prevedere in qualche modo gli accadimenti. Divenuta una tredicenne alta e snella come una giovane betulla, in un tiepido settembre le viene offerta la possibilità di guadagnare un po' di denaro lavorando come cameriera al ricevimento di Mr e Mrs Beresford di Truro. La ragazza accetta con entusiasmo, attratta dall'idea di affacciarsi a un mondo completamente sconosciuto. Mentre osserva rapita quell'universo di luci e colori in cui si muovono affabili gentiluomini e nobildonne raggianti di gioia, la sua attenzione viene catturata da due giovani uomini, i fratelli Grace, Sanderson e Turlington, eredi di una delle famiglie più ricche e discusse di Inghilterra. Qualcosa suggerisce alla ragazza che l'incontro con i Grace non è stato affatto casuale, un presentimento che non l'abbandona fino al giorno in cui Nan, sentendosi vicina alla fine della sua vita, decide di rivelarle un segreto a lungo taciuto: Florrie è una Grace.
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- Pagine: 459
- Data di uscita: 11-07-2019
Recensioni
Tracy Rees has certainly not suffered from the Second Novel Syndrome that has cursed many a writer. I think I might have enjoyed this one even more than Amy Snow. I would read a hundred pages in a sitting before I barely realised I had. (In a good way) The setting is the harsh but beautiful Cornish
Booktrail map of locations! link: Florence Grace I love reading Tracy Rees. What a different novel to her first but equally as compelled and with the same charm and wit in her writing. Florrie is very charming and honest - the whole book is in first person so you really get inside her head and live h Leggi tutto
Last year Tracy Rees published her debut novel, the absolutely incredible Amy Snow which was the winner of the Richard and Judy search for a bestseller competition. With such high profile names attached to a book you might be tempted to say sure that was going to sell well anyway and get plenty of a Leggi tutto
Cornwall, halverwege de 19e eeuw. Florence – Florrie – Buckley is opgegroeid op de uitgestrekte heide van Braggenstones en leidt daar een eenvoudig, eerlijk, gelukkig en vrij leven. Ze heeft in haar jonge leven al veel verlies gekend, maar ze heeft het goed bij haar oma, ze is intelligent en leergie Leggi tutto
This was a great book that I have devoured from the first page,tho it was rather staid and sluggish in the beginning while Florrie lived on the moors but it picked up once she moved to London and became a Grace. Once Florrie moved to London she had to completely change her ways and everything about w Leggi tutto
After reading The Hourglass and loving it, I wanted to read more from this author and Florence Grace, her second novel, has been another fabulously enjoyable read ! We follow Florence from her life in Cornwall where she has a very simple life and feels totally at home, through her time in London with Leggi tutto
I listened to this in audio, and five stars to the narrator. As for the story, I listened to this book after reading Amy Snow (I enjoyed that story). Three stars isn't a negative review. I enjoyed the story, but I wasn't engrossed in it. Turlington annoyed the daylights out of me-- and I suppose tha Leggi tutto
"Florence Grace" is Tracy Rees's second novel. Last year I read her debut "Amy Snow" ( I can see a pattern coming here!) and I was totally delighted with this book, and I was so looking forward to the new release. It is always exciting to see how the author manage with the success of the first book
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