Bibliograph

Three words for goodbye, a novel, Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

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Three words for goodbye, a novel, Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Three words for goodbye

Responsibility statement

Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"New York, 1937: Europe is in turmoil and a second world war seems inevitable, but Violet Bell has unfinished business and needs her granddaughters' help. Estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers reluctantly agree to travel to Paris, Venice, and Vienna together, echoing a journey Violet took forty years earlier inspired by famed reporter and globetrotter Nellie Bly. In each city they'll deliver a letter in which Violet will say goodbye to one of the most important people in her life. Clara, ever dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it is also a chance to embrace her love of art, which her fiancé does nothing to encourage. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions as a writer, determined to report on the growing threat of Hitler's Nazi Party and Mussolini's control in Italy. Constantly at odds with each other as they travel on the luxurious Queen Mary and the Orient Express, and explore the sights of Paris and Venice, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can honor Violet's wish, until a shocking family secret brings them closer together. But as they reach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten their reconciliation again. As political and sibling tensions rise, the pair are glad to return to America, but fate has a final hand to play in their journey aboard the Hindenburg"--, Dust jacket

Target audience

adult

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3 words for goodbye

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Contributor