Summer, 1934: Anne Dodge was raised by her old-money, New England Protestant father in the small coastal town of Warwick, Rhode Island. She has always been told that her Portuguese mother abandoned them when Anne was a small child, and died without ever contacting them again. After her mother's death, Anne learns that she has a half-sister, Maria Cristina, who was raised among Portuguese immigrants - and when Maria Cristina comes to stay with Anne and her father, ugly truths begin to surface about what really happened between her parents, catalyzing events that end in loss and rediscovery.
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"A little slow at first, but worth the read! "
— Alisonleonard1 (4 out of 5 stars)
" A little slow at first, but worth the read! "
— Alisonleonard1, 8/29/2013" Loved every page of this. "
— Meghan, 7/25/2013" OK. The book was mildly entertaining but ultimately predictable. "
— Mary, 7/15/2013" I took a lot of breaks reading this book. I had a hard time getting in to it. It ended up being okay. "
— Janey, 7/1/2013" A very tragic story. "
— Martha, 11/1/2012" 3 stars, however the read gets a giant thumbs down for the WORST Portuguese accent ever! It was a cross between Spanish and Italian with a feta topping! The story was just ok, only the RI location kept me from giving up. "
— Ellen, 9/19/2011Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.