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The Pearl Sister: Book Four (The Seven Sisters 4) by [Lucinda Riley]

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From the breathtaking beaches of Thailand to the barely tamed wilds of colonial Australia, The Pearl Sister is the fourth “brilliantly written” (Historical Novel Society) novel in New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley’s epic Seven Sisters series. “Fans of Kristin Hannah, Kate Morton, and Riley’s previous novels will adore” (Booklist) this adventurous and moving story about two women searching for a place to call home.

CeCe D’Aplièse has always felt like an outcast. But following the death of her father—the reclusive billionaire affectionately called Pa Salt by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe—she finds herself more alone than ever. With nothing left to lose, CeCe delves into the mystery of her origins. The only clues she holds are a black and white photograph and the name of a female pioneer who once lived in Australia.

One hundred years earlier, Kitty McBride, a Scottish clergyman’s daughter, abandons her conservative upbringing to serve as the companion to a wealthy woman traveling from Edinburgh to Adelaide. Her ticket to a new land brings the adventure she dreamed of and a love that she had never imagined.

When CeCe herself finally reaches the searing heat and dusty plains of the Red Centre of Australia, something deep within her responds to the energy of the area and the ancient culture of the Aboriginal people. As she comes closer to finding the truth of her ancestry, CeCe begins to believe that this untamed, vast continent could offer her what she never thought possible: a sense of belonging, and a home.

With Lucinda Riley’s signature “meticulous research and attention to detail” (Booklist), The Pearl Sister is an immersive saga that “will keep readers glued to the page” (RT Book Reviews).

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“Kitty's tangled history and its equally snarled connections to CeCe's origins unravel at a leisurely pace, with much lore about pearl fishing, aboriginal culture, and Australian race relations adding interest.” (Kirkus Reviews)

"Riley’s meticulous research and attention to detail immerse readers in historical background and bring CeCe and Kitty to life. Fans of Kristin Hannah, Kate Morton, and Riley’s previous novels will adore this." (Booklist)

“A unique dual timeline saga, rich with history and setting as well as emotion. This fourth book follows CeCe to discover her roots, as three of her sisters have done before her, but also to discover herself — and the journey is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Riley has a distinct gift for setting, and as such the locales along CeCe’s travels come alive under her masterful pen. From the beaches of Thailand to the Australian outback to a London flat, the landscapes are vividly drawn and lushly atmospheric. The dual timeline aspect is seamlessly integrated with the story and will keep readers glued to the page, waiting to see how it all connects.” (RT Book Reviews)

“Brilliantly written. Reading like a stand-alone, it’s full of evocative details about cities, the countryside, flora, and fauna, which makes the scenes come alive. Separated by nearly a century, the characters’ storylines and dialogue are captivating and hold our interest...Highly recommended." (Historical Novel Society)

Praise for The Shadow Sister:

"Riley's engaging and mezmerizing story of self-discovery and love...can be perfectly read as a standalone. This book will appeal to readers of Edwardian novels and Jane Austen-style fiction." (Library Journal (starred review))

"Set in the bucolic English countryside, this will appeal to fans of Kristin Hannah, Kate Morton, and Riley’s earlier novels." (Booklist)

“Engaging…the stakes heighten as Star discovers her true heritage and destiny. Another pleasant jaunt." (Kirkus Reviews)

"The perfect curl-up-in-an-armchair read."

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"The Shadow Sister really is Lucinda's best yet. The scope of this series is breathtaking and each book is more captivating than the last" (Iona Grey, author of Letters to the Lost )

"Wonderful! Absolutely impossible to put down! The Seven Sisters books just keep getting better and better." (Tracy Rees, author of Amy Snow )

"A deliciously twisting plot with clues cleverly paced along the way. I could hardly wait to solve the mystery of Star's origins. Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart." (Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter’s Wife )

"Lucinda Riley is one of the strongest authors in this genre of historical fiction. Her ability to weave stories together, using modern-day and historical settings, is top-notich...excellent detail, heart-wrenching romance, and an engaging mystery." (Historical Novel Society)

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Lucinda Riley was the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels, including The Orchid House, The Girl on the Cliff, and the Seven Sisters series. Her books have sold twenty million copies in thirty-five languages globally. She was born in Ireland and divided her time between England and West Cork with her husband and four children. Visit her website at LucindaRiley.com.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074ZKXGM4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Illustrated edition (January 23, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 17688 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 702 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #35,383 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #20 in Historical Australian & Oceanian Fiction
- #61 in Historical Irish Fiction
- #194 in British & Irish Literary Fiction

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Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.

Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year – an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter.

In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote a series of books for children called ‘The Guardian Angels’ series.

Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written.

Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.

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Annette G.

... sadly, not my favorite one!

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018

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Let me start by saying how much I love the Seven Sisters series, and the way Lucinda Riley tells more than one story in each book. I am always eagerly awaiting the next installment. As with the other books, it was wonderful to follow one of the sisters and to find out what her background was. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the story of the Pearl Sister as much as the three previous books. The whole Thailand and Ace part didn't fit into the story, especially given the way the story ended, and was more confusing than helpful in my opinion. The part about the pearl business in Australia could have been interesting but had holes in the story, and Kitty was a character I couldn't find very likable. I liked CeCe as a person, but there were too many coincidences in her journey to make it believable. I didn't want to give the book only 3 stars, 5 stars wouldn't be justified in my opinion, and 3.5 stars are not possible, hence the 4-star review.

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A great read

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018

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I was very eager to read this book so ordered it from England as it has not yet released in the U.S.. As in all of the novels in the series, this one is about a sister who was adopted as a baby. CeeCee, learns about herself and her birth family along with the reader. Parts of the novel take place in the present while the story of CeeCee's birth family takes place in the past. The parts of the novel join together well. The characters are vivid and their stories well developed. Australia is the setting for much of the novel and the historical background was fascinating; I learned about pearl divers, the fate of children who were sent to orphanages because of being aborigine and Caucasian and about aboriginal art and beliefs. Some suspension of disbelief is required but I was more than willing. If you enjoy historical/present tense novels with a good story in a long book, this one is for you!

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P. Blevins

The best of the series so far

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2019

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The Pearl Sister: Seven Sisters Book 4 is by Lucinda Riley. Lucinda Riley has outdone herself on this book. Her descriptions of Australia bring the heat and humidity right into the room with the reader. The story she uncovers about the pearl merchants and their attitude towards the aborigines is horrific. That there were people like Kitty Mercer who looked at them as people is encouraging. Lucinda’s description of CeCe’s life as a dyslexic is troubling. How many people are going through life like she is, unable to read information brochures, maps, and newspapers, not through lack of education; but by a physical disability. Her book makes you think about things you really haven’t thought of in some time if ever. CeCe’s journey to find herself and her art is fascinating.
After Star left for her life with Mouse and Rory, CeCe found herself adrift and somewhat angry. She had protected Star all their lives because Star wouldn’t talk or couldn’t get the right words out. What CeCe hadn’t realized, was how much she had been helped and protected by Star from her dyslexia. She knew she had relied on Star for her school papers and things like that; but to now be completely on her own without Star to interpret, she began to see that she might have been overprotective of Star for her own benefit not Star’s. However, they were both off finding their own lives. CeCe’s was leading her to Thailand and possibly Australia.
In Thailand, she had not taken into account the holiday and found herself without a room. She ended up sleeping in a cave on a private beach when she was caught by security guards. They were dragging her out when Ace, a man she had met earlier on the beach, stepped in. He offered her a room in the house he was staying in. She ended up staying with him for a week, sleeping in his spare room and sharing his dinners. They were getting to know each other or as much as he would expose of himself. He kept his story to himself except for his boyhood in Thailand. He was very secretive and careful that no one knew where he was staying. However, a nosy reporter located him and managed to get hold of a picture of Ace and CeCe. Since CeCe had left early that morning after giving Ace a copy of the photos which the security guard had had developed for her, he assumes she had betrayed him. CeCe knew nothing of this until she finally arrived in Australia to find she had been associating with a wanted man.
Since there is nothing she can do for Ace, CeCe continues her search for her biological family. Ace had started her journey by reading her a book about Kitty Mercer and she manages to continue the story via a CD of her life. Although her life was interesting, the connection between Kitty and CeCe still alludes her. Can she find out?

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Compelling

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021

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All of the books in the series I have read so far are in the "I don't-want-to-put-it-down" category (just finished book No. 4, the Pearl Sister). The author's description of locales woven into each of the books is especially interesting. I particularly liked this one because I know I will never get to Australia, but through Lucinda Riley's words, I feel as though I've been there.
The only downside to this book was an egregious editing error, which was a surprise as one of the many things I like about this series is the lack of same. Kitty's maiden name is McBride; however, when her half-brother turns up, she wonders who this person could be with a name "the same as hers." His last name is not McBride, but Mackenzie. That error aside, I highly recommend this read. I am looking forward to the others and the solving of the PaSalt mystery!

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Cavalier

You get great writing, love

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2018

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I am so loving the Seven Sister’s series. Just finished The Pearl Sister. I have gone through all of the first four so quickly. I can’t wait for the next one. Hurry! You get great writing, love, mystery, history....I love it! I did not know about Australia and the Pearl industry. That was fascinating to read about. The first book including the building of the Rio statue was also extremely interesting. The story of Edvard Grieg and his music was amazing. I have visited his home in Norway. I could just picture it all while reading Ms. Riley’s story. I have also been to the area in England where Beatrice Potter lived. I am hoping Tiggy’s tales take place in Scotland because we were there two years ago. Like I said can’t wait for book five.

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J Stanley

Cece's Story

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2018

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I love the concept of finding out each sister's story and then still leaving us wondering how it will all tie together (which I hope it will in a much later book?) In this fourth sister's, Cece's, story, the book travels to Australia for her answers. As in the previous books, I find the background story much more interesting and well written than the present day. It's strange how differently they read and how much better the dialogue and characters are in the past stories. Very puzzling. This is definitely a series to be read from book 1. I will definitely be awaiting book 5!

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Nelly

Little bit like wading through treacle on this one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2018

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I LOVE these books so much, and was up until just recently excited about working my way through a series. Haven’t done that since Harry Potter books came out many moons ago. But The Pearl Sister has been open on my Kindle for about 3 months, I am struggling to get through it. I like it, but I don’t love it, and thats the shame because my expectations have been set with the other books and so I’m dissapointed because I just can’t seem to flow with it like I did the others. It feels a bit unrealistic at times, and I try to roll with it but have to stop and do something else, whereas with the others I was engrossed and couldn’t put the book down. I want to say it feels contrived, but I guess thats a good description of the whole series, not in a negative way, but the whole storyline has an element of that. This book just tries a bit too hard, and there are parts to it that I think ‘really’. Anyway, I’m considering skimming through the last few pages, or just pushing on. I don’t feel good about not completing it, as I really cant wait for The Moon Sister in November. I guess lets be realistic, you cant always get on with all of the books, I’m sure there was one Harry Potter book that dragged a bit. So in a positive frame of mind, bring on the next one.

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patricia

What can I say,another masterpiece, and there is still more to come

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2017

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The seven sisters are like a golden nugent. It is unique and exciting. Each sister interweaves her story around the others, Each sister is totally different yet simaler. I thought personally that the the Pearl Sister was the best . I really enjoyed the Aboriginal history. It was a culture I knew nothing about so I can now build on the information within this book . I thought Ce Ce was a lovely person that caught my interest from page one. I like the fact that there is some interplay with the other sister so you catch up with their life. Although each book is a long read, I just zoom through the pages. If you read just one book in 2018 make sure it' s the Peal Sister. Looking forward to the Moon Sister which will be published next year.

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Pierrebleu

Fab

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2020

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Another fantastic book in the series.
I didn’t expect to like CeCe but I was wrong.
She has her frailties and lack of self belief which all becomes very apparent in the story.
Personally I didn’t like the relationship development between Kitty and her husband’s brother. For me that’s forbidden territory but I guess it added significantly to the story.
What I like about the book and development of CeCe’s character is that, like the previous books in the series, it’s left open for our imagination to think what we would like to think, lots remains unanswered.
The story again is very well crafted with a wonderfully expert link to the past and the story around those forbearers.

There are still unanswered questions as to why these girls were adopted and how come the adopting dad was on the spot at the time. Also who is he and how did he make his money? Is he really dead?
Why was there no seventh sister? I doubt we will get answers.

The fifth sister, Tiggy, is next and I really don’t know what to expect as not much of her personality has been unveiled so far.

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Kindle Customer gillyflower

Mot hugely wowed by this one!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2018

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If you have read the other books in this series, then I think its hard not to become somewhat addicted!! The first and second are still my firm favourites. I was interested and eager to read CeCe's story, but found myself far more absorbed in the back story of Kitty McBride. I enjoyed reading about Thailand and the Red Centre in Australia. If there was one thing that did perplex me, it was a character who appeared in the Thai section. At the end of the book, I did ask myself what was the point of him. Also there were too many convenient co-incidences and for me a rather rushed ending. However very enjoyable overall and how can you miss out on the story of one of the Seven Sisters.

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Ivy Snow

A truly beautiful story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2021

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This novel moves between a dual narrative: CeCe in the present, and her ancestor Kitty, in the past. Their fates will converge in the story towards the end, but first we must travel through the sometimes joyous, sometimes devastating paths of Kitty’s lives. The dual narrative between Kitty and CeCe brings you just enough to get you really invested in each character before bringing you back to the other time frame. The perfect way to get you turning through those pages!

I thought CeCe was a really interesting character in this series so far. In the previous books, she comes across as fairly unlikeable and a real hinderance to her sister, Star. Coming into this book, I wasn’t sure if I would want to like CeCe. Discovering more about her, and why she comes across the way she does, was one of my favourite character ARCs out of the entire series. CeCe is an artist in her bones, but drops out of her course in London and isn’t sure who she is. Discovering her connection to Australia and the culture of the Aboriginal people awakens a renewed sense of purpose in her and brings art back to into her life, and allows her to carve a new life out for herself in the process. The way that the author describes her feelings that she is unable to find the words for, and emotions that she is sure other people feel but aren’t quite there for her was powerful and incredibly interesting.

In the past narrative, we have Kitty’s story, which was one of my favourites! Leaving behind her strict life in Scotland for a brutal and scorching Australian town, she is stuck between two brothers who both love her. Choosing based on her head and not her heart, she makes a life for herself in Broom, but tragedy seems to just keep following her around. There are decisions she makes that were definitely frowned upon in terms of both class and gender, so she’s not only brave but an intersectional feminist at a time where it was really hard to be. I obviously thought she rocked! Her ending was also one I had been hoping and praying for, and I loved that she finally got what I wanted for her.

This is truly immersive fiction, and the settings in Thailand and Australia were sometimes idyllic, sometimes wild and absolutely an escape. Starting this series is not something you’ll regret!

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