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lamom77's review against another edition
2.0
I feel kind of bad giving this a low rating. I am sure plenty of people would really enjoy this book, but for me, I do not like this style of writing that is overly descriptive of every detail and everything is so perfect and gorgeous. The storyline was okay, but the characters grated on my nerves.
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs
Camille Adams, a photographer and I love hearing about her craft.
The film is Malcolm Finnemore's and he has a very old film strip that he wants digitized. She loves the challenge.
While doing the work the call from ER that her daughter, Julie is there and she's on her way...her doctor husband had died in the water...
Story also follows Finn, history professor in Provence, France who's a volunteer with historic cemetary-chronilogging things left on headstones.
He's looking for his father still when his sister came across the unexposed film of things his dad had taken...
Interesting what draws them together and the link they have...
Love hearing of the locations and all the photography things all the mystery things they find and investigate.
This book is so much more detailed than the authors other works I've read-like her style but this takes the cake and icing. So much research has gone into this book and story is told in such a nice way.
Conflict with weight and interesting how the grandfather is the one to console his granddaughter from his own experience.
Book goes back in time to her father's parents growing up in France during the war and what they have to do to survive.
Problem for me is going back to the past and then forward to the present and future, several times. Wish it just had started in past and brought us up to date.
Not sure which section I like the best as they are all woven together.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Camille Adams, a photographer and I love hearing about her craft.
The film is Malcolm Finnemore's and he has a very old film strip that he wants digitized. She loves the challenge.
While doing the work the call from ER that her daughter, Julie is there and she's on her way...her doctor husband had died in the water...
Story also follows Finn, history professor in Provence, France who's a volunteer with historic cemetary-chronilogging things left on headstones.
He's looking for his father still when his sister came across the unexposed film of things his dad had taken...
Interesting what draws them together and the link they have...
Love hearing of the locations and all the photography things all the mystery things they find and investigate.
This book is so much more detailed than the authors other works I've read-like her style but this takes the cake and icing. So much research has gone into this book and story is told in such a nice way.
Conflict with weight and interesting how the grandfather is the one to console his granddaughter from his own experience.
Book goes back in time to her father's parents growing up in France during the war and what they have to do to survive.
Problem for me is going back to the past and then forward to the present and future, several times. Wish it just had started in past and brought us up to date.
Not sure which section I like the best as they are all woven together.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
kdurham2's review against another edition
4.0
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When a traumatic event happens to Camille Palmer it sends her life down a completely different path and affects the way she lives and the way she parents her daughter. She now lives with fear and it has limited what she is willing to do. When some interesting artifacts end up in her father's life it sends them down a road that could possibly change her life forever.
This was a women's fiction and a historical fiction all tied up together. It had just a hint of historical fiction, but it was so perfect. If you are hesitant to read historical fiction, don't hesitate on this one, it was just the right dash! For the women's fiction parts, it had great heart and characters with a story that centers around a woman who is stuck and you really watch her grow in this book.
When a traumatic event happens to Camille Palmer it sends her life down a completely different path and affects the way she lives and the way she parents her daughter. She now lives with fear and it has limited what she is willing to do. When some interesting artifacts end up in her father's life it sends them down a road that could possibly change her life forever.
This was a women's fiction and a historical fiction all tied up together. It had just a hint of historical fiction, but it was so perfect. If you are hesitant to read historical fiction, don't hesitate on this one, it was just the right dash! For the women's fiction parts, it had great heart and characters with a story that centers around a woman who is stuck and you really watch her grow in this book.
reneesmith's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite genre—dual time line/WW II & contemporary—from a talented story teller and narrator combo. Once I started listening, I could not stop! Great listening experience. Really enjoyed it.
ryamarrelli's review against another edition
4.0
3.75! I thoroughly enjoyed this, though a few parts were a bit too cheesy for my taste! But all of the different stories wove together really nicely!
rebelbelle13's review against another edition
3.0
Here, again, we have a case of the summary over-selling and misrepresenting the story inside the dust cover. We are promised a dual narrator perspective- one from war torn France in 1944, and one from the present day. Camille and Julie are billed as spending the summer in France. These things happen, but not until halfway through the novel. For the bulk of the story to actually begin, we need to slog through teenage drama, Camille's grief, and Henry's secrets. When the viewpoint finally changes to Lisette in World War II, it's so jarring that you have to double back and read it again to make sure that you didn't miss anything. We don't get much of a lead up to Henry's mother's story- we just get tossed in and the author assumes we'll learn to tread water fast. Why didn't the book begin with a flashback to whet our appetite, then sprinkle in bits of Lisette's childhood throughout the first half of the book? It doesn't make sense to start the book one way, then halfway through completely change the structure. Lisette and Hank's story and Camille's and Julie's summer in France feel completely rushed, since Wiggs took half the novel to get them to the proper setting.
The idea was good- Wiggs ended up tying the generations together through photographs, and the way the mysteries were slowly revealed was intriguing enough to keep me going- but I can't help but think that this has been done before, and better, with authors like Danielle Steel. Wiggs' characters didn't really leave much of an impression on me, and I will probably promptly forget them. Camille's reticence to give Finn a chance and the way she raised her dead husband on a saintly platform got old after awhile, and I found myself rolling my eyes more than once at her stupidity and stubbornness.
All in all, it was ok, if a little predictable. It did end on a happy note for everyone, and sometimes you just need a story like that in your life.
The idea was good- Wiggs ended up tying the generations together through photographs, and the way the mysteries were slowly revealed was intriguing enough to keep me going- but I can't help but think that this has been done before, and better, with authors like Danielle Steel. Wiggs' characters didn't really leave much of an impression on me, and I will probably promptly forget them. Camille's reticence to give Finn a chance and the way she raised her dead husband on a saintly platform got old after awhile, and I found myself rolling my eyes more than once at her stupidity and stubbornness.
All in all, it was ok, if a little predictable. It did end on a happy note for everyone, and sometimes you just need a story like that in your life.
marbooks88's review against another edition
4.0
A story of a Mom afraid of life after a tragic accident killed her husband, a teenage girl yearning to escape a high school which is far from the safe haven her Mom thinks it is & a mystery from the past. A story of family, and love, and life, and living when nothing is certain. 4 ⭐️ read
manaledi's review against another edition
3.0
this tried to be too many books all in one so none of them were actually done well. part romance, part historical fiction, part ya.
jbrooks1976's review against another edition
5.0
Map of the Heart was Fantastic!!!! This book is my favorite book of Susan Wiggs so far, and my favorite read of the year!! The book takes you on a journey of two countries and two times. It is filled with passion, promise, and hope. I loved it!!