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Well, I think it's fantastic, but I wrote it, so I'm biased :)
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I'm already a fan of Maria Savva's work, so I was excited to win a free copy of Coincidences, and I wasn't surprised to find the story engaging, the characters believable and the action to move me from page one.
The story is one I related to on a personal level as what propells it forward is a young girl(Alice)'s search for identity as those around her attempt to protect her from reality. Alice is haunted and intrigued by a photograph of her father, a man who left his family when Alice was just a ...more
The story is one I related to on a personal level as what propells it forward is a young girl(Alice)'s search for identity as those around her attempt to protect her from reality. Alice is haunted and intrigued by a photograph of her father, a man who left his family when Alice was just a ...more
This is a revision of Maria Savva's first book of the same title, which had been released in hardcover more than a decade ago. The story follows Alice, a young woman who grew up never knowing her father. She sets out to learn why he'd walked away so long ago, and what she finds has her questioning her own identity.
Coincidences is a story of hope and pain, secrets and lies, and, above all, love. We're taken into the heart of complicated family dynamics, where sometimes the wrong things are done f ...more
Coincidences is a story of hope and pain, secrets and lies, and, above all, love. We're taken into the heart of complicated family dynamics, where sometimes the wrong things are done f ...more
'Coincidences' is Maria Savva's first novel. This book presents a story about a twenty one year old Law student called Alice Turnball. Alice's father left home when she was two and her mother had to cope and bring Alice up on her own. Alice is very close to her mother and her friends are also very loyal to her. As a result of this the people in Alice's life have never actually let her down. Alice also has a developing romance with a boy called Andrew who is a fellow student. All could not be bet
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This is the first novel I ever wrote. The book is about Alice, a young girl, who is looking for her father. Her father left the family home when Alice was just two years old and her mother has been very secretive about the past. These secrets are, however, about to be uncovered by Alice when she wakes up one night after having a strange dream and then various coincidences occur which lead her to seek her father. Will Alice be able to live with the truth that her mother has kept from her for so l
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Coincidences (Maria Savva)
Alice never knew her father. Her parents were divorced when she was very young. Her mother never spoke much about him, accept that he left them. Now that she is 21 years old and at University , she is beginning to become more curious about her father. After a frightful dream, unexplained pains in her arm, and a newspaper article, she decides it is time to find her father. But what she finds is secrets, lies, fears of abandonment. She faces these fears and continues on a ...more
Alice never knew her father. Her parents were divorced when she was very young. Her mother never spoke much about him, accept that he left them. Now that she is 21 years old and at University , she is beginning to become more curious about her father. After a frightful dream, unexplained pains in her arm, and a newspaper article, she decides it is time to find her father. But what she finds is secrets, lies, fears of abandonment. She faces these fears and continues on a ...more
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