Description: Dartmouth students Kristina, Conni, Albert, and Jim seemingly inseparable friends. But they are bonded by dark, seductive secrets. Intense passions and simmering tensions have been building for years until a brutal act on a bitter cold night reveals shocking truths about each. This compelling narrative--with a surprise twist at the end--grips the reader from first page to last.
Brief description:
Paullina Simons is the author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman, as well as ten other beloved novels, a memoir, a cookbook, and two children's books. Born in Leningrad, Russia, Paullina immigrated to the United States when she was ten, and now lives in New York with her husband and an alarming number of her once-independent children.
Review Quotes:
Praise for Children of Liberty: "Readers will come to care about these characters and their plight and will take away a definite sense of what the siege of Leningrad actually meant on a personal level." - Booklist
"Extraordinary." - Teresa Medeiros, New York Times bestselling author
Praise for Lone Star: "Recalls Dr. Zhivago." - People
"Reads fast like a sudden surge of wind over the plains, and the book's momentum builds to tornado force." - USA Today