Welcome to the Great Mysterious
Welcome to the Great Mysterious by Lorna Landvik
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lyzzybee
Rating - 10/10
Synopsis
Diva Geneva Jordan has performed for millions on stage, screen and television but now has a leading role in Minnesota. She has agreed to look after her thirteen-year-old nephew, a boy with Downs syndrome, while his parents take a long-overdue break. Though Geneva and her sister, Ann, are as different as night and day ('I being night, of course, dark and dramatic'), Geneva remembers she had a family before she had a star on her door. But so accustomed is she to playing the lead, finding herself a supporting actress in someone else's life is strange and unexplored territory. Then the discovery of an old scrapbook that she and her sister created long ago starts her thinking of things beyond fame. For THE GREAT MYSTERIOUS is a collection of thoughts and feelings dedicated to answering life's BIG questions - far outside the spotlight's glow...
A fantastic read! Although Geneva is at first self-centred & self-absorbed, the relationship she develops with her nephew Rich show us & herdself a much different side of her character & I grew to like her. The characters of Rich & Conrad were so well drawn & caused me to laugh out loud & shed a few tears
BookCrossing - bookring -
lyzzybee
Rating - 10/10
Synopsis
Diva Geneva Jordan has performed for millions on stage, screen and television but now has a leading role in Minnesota. She has agreed to look after her thirteen-year-old nephew, a boy with Downs syndrome, while his parents take a long-overdue break. Though Geneva and her sister, Ann, are as different as night and day ('I being night, of course, dark and dramatic'), Geneva remembers she had a family before she had a star on her door. But so accustomed is she to playing the lead, finding herself a supporting actress in someone else's life is strange and unexplored territory. Then the discovery of an old scrapbook that she and her sister created long ago starts her thinking of things beyond fame. For THE GREAT MYSTERIOUS is a collection of thoughts and feelings dedicated to answering life's BIG questions - far outside the spotlight's glow...
A fantastic read! Although Geneva is at first self-centred & self-absorbed, the relationship she develops with her nephew Rich show us & herdself a much different side of her character & I grew to like her. The characters of Rich & Conrad were so well drawn & caused me to laugh out loud & shed a few tears