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A Fire Sparkling

By: Julianne MacLean
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Sarah Zimmerman
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An Amazon Charts and Washington Post best seller.

From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one woman's love, loss, and courage during wartime.

After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves, Gillian Gibbons flees to her family home for a much-needed escape, but when she finds an old photograph of her grandmother in the arms of a Nazi officer, Gillian's life gets even more complicated. Rattled by the discovery, Gillian attempts to unravel the truth behind the photos, setting her off on an epic journey through the past....

1939. England is on the brink of war as Vivian Hughes falls in love with a handsome British official, but when bombs begin to fall and Vivian’s happy life is destroyed in the blitz, she will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves....

As Gillian learns more about her grandmother's past, the old photo begins to make more sense. But for every question answered, a new one takes its place. Faced with a truth that is not at all what she expected, Gillian attempts to shine a light not only on the mysteries of her family’s past but also on her own future.

This gorgeously written multigenerational saga is a heart-wrenching yet hopeful examination of one woman's struggle to survive, perfect for fans of The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky.

©2019 by Julianne MacLean Publishing Inc. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
20th Century Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

“Julianne MacLean’s A Fire Sparkling is a beautiful, sweeping tale about love, courage, family secrets, and forgiveness that is impossible to put down.” (Jane Healey, best-selling author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club and The Beantown Girls)

“A wonderful, sweeping saga about the secrets we keep and the lies we tell in order to survive. Full of intriguing characters and set against the terrifyingly vivid backdrop of wartime London and Europe, Julianne MacLean certainly knows how to keep her readers guessing. I loved it!” (Victoria Connelly, bestselling author of The Rose Girls)

“War tests the bonds of family and the heart in Julianne MacLean's newest novel. A Fire Sparkling is a touching examination of the intricacies of love with a cleverly interlaced plot that kept me reading at a breakneck speed.” (Olivia Hawker, best-selling author of The Ragged Edge of Night)

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This book is so good you won’t want to put it down. Excellent reading 5 Star

A fire sparkling story

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Great story about war time and well told. Only criticism I have is in the inappropriate use of language, ie “super something ‘ is modern, no one referred to people as guys at that time, sidewalk is an American term, pavement is British etc. annoying little terms like that spoil it and continuity needs to checked - Gram in Grandpa Jacks chair is suddenly on the sofa?!!

Great story

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Really entertaining and intreging, very much recommended. Has a global feel to it. Enjoy.

Great story, well told.

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I have so much joy to convey about this book .It probably is the most enjoyable book that I have ever read.So enticing How could a writer have so many twists and turns in the book and it all made sence. It spanned from present day to the second world war.Wonderfully written

An absolutely wonderful book

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I love a story that catches me with a twist, and this book did that more than once. I found the Ameircan narrator a bit whiny though.

Lots of twists!

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