“It’s been a long time since I’ve been so thoroughly engrossed in a novel . . . The Lost Castle kept me spellbound!” —Tamera Alexander, USA TODAY bestselling author of To Whisper Her Name and Christmas at Carnton
Broken-down walls and crumbling stones seemed to possess a secret language all their own.
What stories would they tell, if she finally listened?
Ellie Carver arrives at her grandmother’s bedside expecting to find her silently slipping away. Instead, the beloved woman begins speaking. Of a secret past and castle ruins forgotten by time. Of a hidden chapel that served as a rendezvous for the French Resistance in World War II. Of lost love and deep regret . . .
Each piece that unlocks the story seems to unlock part of Ellie too—where she came from and who she is becoming. But her grandmother is quickly disappearing into the shadows of Alzheimer’s and Ellie must act fast if she wants to uncover the truth of her family’s history. Drawn by the mystery surrounding The Sleeping Beauty—a castle so named for Charles Perrault’s beloved fairy tale—Ellie embarks on a journey to France’s Loire Valley in hopes that she can unearth its secrets before time silences them forever.
Bridging the past to the present in three time periods—the French Revolution, World War II, and present day—The Lost Castle is a story of loves won and lost, of battles waged in the hearts of men, and of an enchanted castle that stood witness to it all, inspiring a legacy of faith through the generations.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Lost Castle
Book Author: Kristy Cambron
What do you like about this book:
" . . . the story we're writing in this life, day by day, it's a gift from God and we can't afford to waste a minute of it."
The lives of three women, separated by generations, change in a minute's time. As one watches her grandmother slip away into the oblivion of disease, her heart is challenged to solve the mystery of a photograph that seems to matter more than either of them can ask or think. Another, has what should have been the most wonderful night of her life, torched by the flames of a political revolution that finds its intended target. Yet a third volunteers her life for the cause of freedom, when those she loves become victims in one of the worst wars the world has ever known.
At the center of it all lies a castle. Majestic, beloved, courageous; its walls protecting the stories of those who gave up their hearts when its foundation crumbled, only to rise again; in spite of the fact that there was a "lady who disappeared into the grove one night, and never returned", or perhaps it was because of her.
Kristy Cambron has written a masterpiece.
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