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A review by mandylovestoread
The Buchanan Girls by Emily Madden
5.0
Oh Emily Madden.. what a story. An emotional page turner that had me completely engrossed from start to finish. I loved Heart of The Cross so much and now The Buchanan Girls sits up there as some of my favourite historical fiction books. This was another book that I did not want to end, becoming very attached to these characters, in particular Ivy.
Dual timelines of 1941 and 2008 Sydney. In 1941, we meet the Buchanan twins, Olive and Ivy. They might look the same but that is where the similarities end. Olive is spoilt and demanding, and all she wants to do is marry and live the life of an officers wife. Ivy on the other hand wants to do something that matters with her life. Against her fathers wishes she joins the Australian Women’s Army Service and travels o Townsville to help the troops. There she makes news friends and falls in love for the first time. But life is never straight forward, especially in times of war. The twins will both learn the harsh reality of that and their lives will never be the same again.
In 2008, Madeleine has come back to Sydney from her job and cheating husband in New York. She is hurt, heartbroken and grieving. She wants to take this time to work out what she really wants from her life and does she want to stay married the other side of the world. Her grandmother is her rock and the more time she spends home, the more she learns of her family’s past.
It is a beautiful story, so full of wonderful characters and twists. I loved Ivy and really didn’t like Olive much at all. I felt like I knew them and i felt their happiness and their pain.
Thank you so much to Harlequin Australia for sending me this advanced copy to read.
Dual timelines of 1941 and 2008 Sydney. In 1941, we meet the Buchanan twins, Olive and Ivy. They might look the same but that is where the similarities end. Olive is spoilt and demanding, and all she wants to do is marry and live the life of an officers wife. Ivy on the other hand wants to do something that matters with her life. Against her fathers wishes she joins the Australian Women’s Army Service and travels o Townsville to help the troops. There she makes news friends and falls in love for the first time. But life is never straight forward, especially in times of war. The twins will both learn the harsh reality of that and their lives will never be the same again.
In 2008, Madeleine has come back to Sydney from her job and cheating husband in New York. She is hurt, heartbroken and grieving. She wants to take this time to work out what she really wants from her life and does she want to stay married the other side of the world. Her grandmother is her rock and the more time she spends home, the more she learns of her family’s past.
It is a beautiful story, so full of wonderful characters and twists. I loved Ivy and really didn’t like Olive much at all. I felt like I knew them and i felt their happiness and their pain.
Thank you so much to Harlequin Australia for sending me this advanced copy to read.