1928, Paris
A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is.
As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one’s safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come when he must flee once more.
2008, the Aegean
The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan, to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly.
To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed, another question emerges. The sisters must confront the idea that their adored father was someone they barely knew. And even more shockingly: that these long-buried secrets may still have consequences for them today.
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As the bitter wind whipped up a flurry of snow before them, the two young boys pulled their thinning fur coats tightly around their faces. Prologue (Tobolsk, Siberia, 1925)
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(Macmillan, 11 May 2023, e-book, 713 pages, borrowed from North Ayrshire Libraries via Borrowbox)
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ATLAS: THE STORY OF PA SALT | Lucinda Riley
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I’ve enjoyed the Seven Sisters series. I loved Atlas The Story of Pa Salt. I was quite sad to reach the end of the series. I might read them again sometime. Like the other books in the series, this moves between Pa Salt’s past and the present with the sisters, now united with the missing seventh sister on a special trip a year after Pa Salt’s death. I enjoyed Pa Salt’s story as much as the revelations that took place in the present. His story and how he came to adopt the sisters and lose the missing sister is compelling and heart-breaking. I didn’t want this book to end. I’d recommend it.
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