Sometimes fairy toles can come true-even for plain,shy spinsters like Missy Wright. Neither as pretty as cousin Alicianor as domineering as mother Drusilla, she seems doomed to aquiet life of near poverty at Missalonghi, her family's pitifullysmall homestead in Australia's Blue Mountains. But It's a brandnew century-the twentieth-a time for new thoughts and boldnew actions. And Missy Wright is about to set every self-righteous tongue in the town of Byron wagging. Because she hasjust set her sights on a mysterious, mistrusted and unsuspectingstranger ... who just might be Prince-Charming in disguise.
Geneva C. (pebblesgmc) reviewed The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper Short Novel Series) on + 86 more book reviews
This is a long time favorite of mine. The courage of the Ladies in the face of grinding poverty is beautiful. Some have noted the similarities between this story and the Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery. There are things they have in common but each story is unique also. There is a ghost in this story and not in the other. This ghost is a major part of the story. No I wont tell you how the ghost affects the story.. Read it for your self, it is well worth you time to do so:) 5*****
Karen S. (MKSbooklady) reviewed The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper Short Novel Series) on + 989 more book reviews
Short but full of a good story. Missy, whom life has almost passed by, finds her voice amidst all of the noise of her extended family.
Set in Austrailia just before WWI, the story is not quite fairytale, but very enjoyable.
Susan D. (dougbrimor) reviewed The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper Short Novel Series) on + 237 more book reviews
THE TIME IS JUST BEFORE WWI, THE PLACE A SMALL TOWN IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS NEAR SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, AND THE STORY IS COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH AT HER WARMEST AND MOST LIGHTHEARTED
