More Than Words Can Say - A Novel

Zusatztext "MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY crosses genres and combines romance with mystery while managing to avoid becoming sappy or overly sentimental. The way Robert Barclay toggles between a summer at the beginning of the Second World War and a summer in the present is done masterfully." Informationen zum Autor After graduating from Colgate University with a B.A. in economics and a minor in art history! Robert Barclay enjoyed a successful career in business! also serving as chairman of his industry-related consulting group. After selling his business! he devoted his time to writing. His previous novels include If Wishes Were Horses and More Than Words Can Say . He lives with his wife in Florida. Klappentext From the author of If Wishes Were Horses comes a novel of long-buried secrets and self-discovery! showing us that sometimes what goes unsaid is more powerful than words. . . Chelsea Enright never expected to inherit her grand-mother’s lakeside cottage deep in the Adirondacks—a serene getaway that had been mysteriously closed up decades ago. This is no simple bequest! however! because when Chelsea finds her grandmother’s WWII diaries! she’s stunned to discover that they hold secrets she never suspected . . . and they have the power to turn her own life upside down. Even more surprising is the compelling presence of local doctor Brandon Yale! and Chelsea soon finds her “short stay” has stretched into the entire summer. She cannot put this cottage and her family’s past easily behind her—and the more she learns about the woman her grandmother truly was! the more Chelsea’s own life begins to change . . . and nothing will ever be the same again. Zusammenfassung “I normally do not read male authors but someone recommended [Barclay] and all I can say to her is thank you.” — Fresh Fiction With his powerfully emotional debut! If Wishes Were Horses ! author Robert Barclay immediately joined the ranks of Nicholas Sparks! Richard Paul Evans! and Robert James Waller. His second novel of love and hope! More Than Words Can Say ! only confirms his place among them. A profoundly moving multi-generational family story centered around a woman’s return to her late grandmother’s lake cottage and the long-buried secrets she uncovers there! More Than Words Can Say will linger long in the heart and memory. ...

Product details

• Authors: Robert Barclay
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.2011
• EAN: 9780062107046
• ISBN: 978-0-06-210704-6
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Time Travel, adirondacks;early reviewers;fiction;wwii;2010;2011;2012, FICTION: Romance / Clean & Wholesome, FICTION: Multiple Timelines, FICTION: Romance / Later in Life