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The sun sister : Electra's story / Lucinda Riley.
To the outside world, Electra d'Apliese seems as though she is the woman who has everything: as one of the world's top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. But beneath the veneer, and fuelled by the pressure of the life she leads, Electra's already tenuous control over her mental state has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters as babies from around the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain, and as those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother ... In 1943, Celia Arundel arrives in Nairobi, Kenya, to join her new husband on his family coffee plantation. After a sheltered upbringing in England, she is astounded and horrified by the antics of her fellow ex-pats in the infamous Happy Valley set. Then Bertie, her husband, brings home the daughter of the Chieftain of the local Maasai tribe to live under his protection due to kidnap threats from a neighbouring tribe, and a strange bond begins to form between them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982110659 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 643 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Atria Books paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria paperback, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2019 by Macmillan"--Title page verso. Sequel to: The moon sister : Tiggy's story. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 643). |
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| Subject: | Addicts > Fiction. Adopted children > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Fathers > Death > Fiction. Genealogy > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Models (Persons) > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. England > Fiction. Kenya > Fiction. Kenya > History > 20th century > Fiction. Nairobi (Kenya) > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Riley | 31681010445898 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Simon and Schuster
This epic and immersive novel in the spellbinding Seven Sisters series spans the glittering streets of modern-day New York City and the sweeping plains of 1940s colonial Kenya in a journey of discovery and wonder.
Electra dâAplièse is a top model who seems to have it all: beauty, fame, and wealth. But beneath the glittery veneer, sheâs cracking under all the pressure. When her father dies, she turns to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain. As friends and colleagues fear for her health, Electra receives a shocking letter from a stranger who claims to be her grandmother.
In 1939, New Yorker Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenyaâs Lake Naivasha region for the exciting chance to stay with her godmother, the famous socialite Kiki Preston. But after a sheltered upbringing, sheâs astounded by the hedonistic antics of the other ex-pats in the infamous Happy Valley set. Cecily soon grows to love her stunning but complicated new home, and she even accepts a proposal of marriage from an enigmatic older cattle farmer. After a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecily feels isolated and alone. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life forever.
Featuring Lucinda Rileyâs âengaging and mesmerizingâ (Library Journal, starred review) storytelling and filled with unforgettable and moving characters, The Sun Sister explores how love can cross seemingly impossible boundaries.
