Reeling from a broken engagement, adopted nineteen-year-old Menina Walker flees to Spain to bury her misery by writing her overdue college thesis–and soon finds herself on an unexpected journey into the past. The subject of her study is Tristan Mendoza, an obscure sixteenth-century artist whose signature includes a tiny swallow–the same swallow depicted on a medal that is Menina’s only link to her birth family.
Hoping her research will reveal the swallow’s significance and clue her in to her origins, Menina discovers the ancient chronicle of a Spanish convent, containing the stories of five orphaned girls hidden from the Spanish Inquisition before they escaped to the New World. Learning about the girls’ adventures, the nuns who sheltered them, and Mendoza, Menina wonders if accident or destiny led her to Spain–and the discovery of a lifetime.
From bestselling author Helen Bryan comes The Sisterhood, an epic adventure filled with history, passion, and intrigue.
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Summary
Reviewer Name: mkircher I really wanted to read this book when it first came out, and as I started to get into the story, I connected with the character of Menina Walker. Bryan does a good job of hooking you into the story and once Menina is raped, you really start to care about this character. When she flees her exfiance and goes on a trip to Spain, then gets suddenly left behind by her group, robbed, and dumped on the doorstep of a convent, the reader really wants to know what will happen next. The problem is that from here on there is a ton of I really wanted to read this book when it first came out, and as I started to get into the story, I connected with the character of Menina Walker. Bryan does a good job of hooking you into the story and once Menina is raped, you really start to care about this character. When she flees her exfiance and goes on a trip to Spain, then gets suddenly left behind by her group, robbed, and dumped on the doorstep of a convent, the reader really wants to know what will happen next. The problem is that from here on there is a ton of