Fourteen-year-old Rebecca Grace Shaw and Caroline Anne Shaw, her older sister, are as close as any sisters can be until tragedy strikes. A storm capsizes a boat occupied by Carrie and her father, Andy. Andy drowns and Carrie, full of guilt, runs away.
After searching a year for Carrie, Becca and her brother Travis move to Newport, Rhode Island, where their mother Maggie has accepted a teaching position. Newport is Maggie's home and also where J.D. Blackstone, Maggie's first love, lives as an invalid following a terrible fall from a bridge.
Becca, devastated without Carrie, is disturbed since the tragedy and compensates by stealing small items. As their search for Carrie continues, Becca is humiliated when her stealing is revealed and she chooses to run away. No one knows that Carrie spent time at the same hospital where J.D. was recently recovering from near-death and in a coma.
J.D. and Maggie were deeply in love when they were younger and admit it is still so. Becca only wants to find again the love she shared with Carrie. Now everyone is searching to reunite their family and restore the love and trust they once shared, enabling them to once again be complete.
Luanne Rice has written a moving, heart-rendering tale of a "perfect" family split apart by tragic circumstances and striving to restore what they once had. The characters are unique and interesting. She portrays each and every one as a unique personality. It's a moving story with a terrific look into each of their souls. The plot will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next. I would recommend this novel as very worthwhile reading.
What is one sister without the other? Is it even
possible to imagine? New York Times
bestselling author Luanne Rice explores with the
penetrating insight for which sheβs acclaimed to explore
the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that
hold together three pairs of remarkable sistersβa bond
that proves powerful and true even in the face of loss and
tragedy. Here in the halls of Newport Academy, a unique
private school that has attracted generations of rebels,
outcasts, and visionaries, a poignant and unforgettable
lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to
beginβ¦.After years away, Maggie Shaw has
returned to Newport 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. Ahead lie long-buried truths
cracked open by the unfathomable loss of her husband and
eldest daughter. Newport has never failed to
infuse Maggie with a sense of mystery, romanceβand hope.
But for fourteen-year-old Beck, the move is a painful
upheaval from everything she has ever lovedβespecially her
sister, Carrie. Ever since her father and sister
disappeared into the storm-tossed waters off Mackinac
Island, 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
herselfβthe 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. For her
body remains undiscoveredβand only Beck knows about
Carrieβs last day, about her plans. Beck isnβt
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 Maggie, ghosts linger hereβan unresolved
breach with her own beloved sister and a long-ago secret
that may now have the power to set her freeβ¦. 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.
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