The Keeper of Happy Endings

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but it just didn't do much for me. Too much telling, not enough showing. Or sewing, for that matter, given that it was supposed to be a central theme. We didn't really see the "dress witch" using her magic or making her charms. We could have seen the stories of some of the brides she'd helped, or have desperate Parisian women queuing outside her door during the war, clutching worn out dresses, handkerchiefs or even rags for her to embroider charms into to keep their loved ones safe. We didn't even experience her making one of her classic wedding gowns. Neither did we see Rory working on the textile art which apparently means so much to her. To sum up, The Keeper of Happy Endings is a story of hope, love, second chances, family, relationships, and happy endings. Decades later although she is established in her own bridal shop in Boston, her heart has not moved on. After an incident that means the shop is almost destroyed she allows it to sit there empty refusing to sell it. A young woman Rory Grant who has ambitions to own an art gallery is interested in leasing the property. Soline is reluctant until she hears that the girl has searched thoroughly and this property is the only one she feels drawn to. Rory (Aurora) Grant is leasing and renovating a building that had been in a fire, as she knows it will be perfect for her art gallery. While cleaning up she comes upon a box with letters, memorabilia and a vintage wedding gown inside. She figures she will return it to the owner of the building Soline Roussel.

What is The Keeper Of Happy Endings All About

This book is an emotional journey charting a young French woman Soline Roussel who had a wonderful mother who owned a enchanting bridal shop and taught Soline to sew where a touch of magic worked with the needle & thread. Everyone who buys the gowns seemed to have a happy ending.Thank you, NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing, for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. There are all sorts of heroes, and almost none of them will ever have something shiny pinned to their chests.”

The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis Review – The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis

I absolutely LOVED this book. What’s not to like - Paris, couture, second chances, family dynamics, and subtle magic? My first introduction to this author and I’ve already placed her on my ‘auto buy’ list.The characters, for me, were so completely likable. And there is a lot of dialogue which makes reading the book go faster for me. Rory’s situation brings Soline out of her self-imposed exile. Of course, life isn’t easy, and things change just when their bond deepens. An unexpected decision by Rory sets the ball rolling. Secrets are revealed, and a new ray of hope is found. But is it possible to hope for the elusive happy ending for either of them? Two women - Soline and Rory - one that owned a bridal salon who made magical wedding gowns that guaranteed happy endings and one who was starting an art gallery.

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Bridges can be built across the widest chasms, even when all we have to build with are broken pieces. “It’s time to stop punishing” Just as there have always been daughters who knew better. It’s a contradiction that is part of every woman’s journey—the need to shape in one’s own image versus the aversion to being shaped at all.” I liked the book club questions at the end. I don’t usually read this section but this time I did and they were fascinating! Although I’ve read a lot of books about that period in history, I always feel I learn something new about the events that happened at that time. She goes on to work as a volunteer in a hospital and meets an American man Ansen who is helping the war effort …. That’s all I will say.The first thing I liked about this book was the dual time frame. The book flips between present-day Boston which is set between about 1976 and 1985. The other time frame is 1943 France. Told through the heartbreak of two engagements lost to tragedy forty years apart, the story weaves together contemporary loss with the horrors of Nazi-occupied France to find healing and second chances. Alas, we women seldom get the life we would choose for ourselves. Instead, our lot is chosen for us, by those who claim to know best, and before we know it, we’ve been shaped into someone we don’t recognize, remade in someone else’s image.” yet understand. And then one day, Maman explained. Every soul creates an echo. Like a fingerprint or signature that becomes infused in the things around us. Who we are. Where we belong. What we’re meant to bring to the world. No two echoes are alike. They are ours and ours alone. But they’re incomplete—one half of a perfect whole. Like a mirror without a reflection. And so each echo is constantly seeking its other half, to complete itself. That is what we look for in a reading, a sign that the lovers’ echoes are a match.” It was pretty easy to figure out how things would go down, but that didn't detract at all from the pleasure of reading it.

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I last read a book by this author 2 years ago, again with the Kindle First offer. I really enjoyed it but marked it down to 4* for some silly mistakes, only to find those same mistakes still feature in this one as well !! It is baffling that nobody spots them, let alone corrects them ! All this changes in the blink of an eye when Soline loses everything she Soline Russel belongs to a family from Paris that specializes in ensuring happy endings for others. Their hand-stitched bridal gowns are known to bind the couple together forever. But the blessing is also a curse. No one in the family has had a happy ending of their own. Soline tries to challenge the curse only to realize she can’t. Her personal tagline of “A little history. A little mystery. A little romance” is actually perfect and exactly sums up her writing style.

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Every heart has a signature, a unique echo that ripples out into the world. And every echo has a match. When those echoes connect, they become so attuned that even if they be separated, they continue to seek one another.” of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis He has been angry with her all these years because he thought she didn’t want him once she found out he may never walk again and thought she had moved on to another lover (who was actually her gay best friend).