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These Tangled Vines
by Julianne MacLean
Ever wonder if your family has anything to hide?
On her deathbed, Lillian Bell tells her daughter, Fiona, a secret: the quadriplegic father that raised her isn't her biological father. While 18-year-old Fiona is out of time to ask her mother deeper questions, she learns that her biological father, Anton, lives in Tuscany, Italy... and that the father that raised her has no idea, and should never find out the truth.
Twelve years later, after keeping her secret close, Fiona receives a surprise call from Tuscany telling her that Anton passed away and left her property in his will. Fiona is bewildered at the news, but decides to take a "work trip to London" while secretly going to Italy to see the property, meet a family that didn't know she existed, figure out the mystery of her mother's affair with Anton, and discover why she was included in the will.
I love the shift in perspective between Fiona (in 2017) and Lillian (in 1986) as the story is pieced together and the twists and turns of family secrets, love, and forgiveness come out and fall into place. Add this to your summer reads list, because I promise you will want to go on this trip to Tuscany! Also buy some pasta and wine because I also promise you will be hungry.
Thanks to Lake Union Publishers for the ARC!
On her deathbed, Lillian Bell tells her daughter, Fiona, a secret: the quadriplegic father that raised her isn't her biological father. While 18-year-old Fiona is out of time to ask her mother deeper questions, she learns that her biological father, Anton, lives in Tuscany, Italy... and that the father that raised her has no idea, and should never find out the truth.
Twelve years later, after keeping her secret close, Fiona receives a surprise call from Tuscany telling her that Anton passed away and left her property in his will. Fiona is bewildered at the news, but decides to take a "work trip to London" while secretly going to Italy to see the property, meet a family that didn't know she existed, figure out the mystery of her mother's affair with Anton, and discover why she was included in the will.
I love the shift in perspective between Fiona (in 2017) and Lillian (in 1986) as the story is pieced together and the twists and turns of family secrets, love, and forgiveness come out and fall into place. Add this to your summer reads list, because I promise you will want to go on this trip to Tuscany! Also buy some pasta and wine because I also promise you will be hungry.
Thanks to Lake Union Publishers for the ARC!