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The Sun Sister

Pages
656
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

An epic and transporting novel, the latest installment of the “heart-wrenching, uplifting, and utterly enthralling” (Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List) Seven Sisters series, unravelling between the dazzling streets of modern-day New York City and the breathtaking plains of 1940s colonial Kenya. Electra d’Aplièse is a top model who seems to have it all: beauty, fame, and wealth. But beneath the glittery veneer, she’s 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 Kenya’s Lake Naivasha region for the exciting chance to stay with her godmother, the famous socialite Kiki Preston. But after a sheltered upbringing, she’s 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 Riley’s “engaging and mesmerizing” (Library Journal, starred review) storytelling and filled with unforgettable and moving characters, The Sun Sister explores how love can cross seemingly impossible boundaries.

About the author

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Lucinda Riley

Lucinda Riley (born Lucinda Edmonds, 16 February 1965 – 11 June 2021) was a Northern Irish-born author of historical and family-saga fiction, and a former actress and ballet dancer. She published her early novels as Lucinda Edmonds before adopting the pen name Lucinda Riley in 2010. She is best known for The Seven Sisters, an eight-book series that has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Riley was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died in 2021; her son, Harry Whittaker, completed the fin...