Emma's Secret (A Harte Family Saga)

by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Hardcover, 2004

Collection

Description

Fiction. Literature. HTML: The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns in Emma's Secret, an audiobook that showcases the storytelling power of Barbara Taylor Bradford. Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma Harte and the guardian of her vast business empire, believes that everything Emma left to the family is secure. However, beneath the surface, sibling rivalry and discontent flare. Linnet and Tessa, her daughters, are as different as two women can be. One of them wants desperately for the empire to be hers but has a devastating secret that may put her very life in danger. Into this volatile mix walks Evan Hughes, a young American fashion designer who is looking for Emma Harte. But Emma has been dead for thirty years. And Evan bears an uncanny resemblance to Paula O'Neill. Troubled by Evan's presence, Paula turns to her grandmother's recently discovered wartime diaries to find the truth, and Emma comes vividly back to life. The decades fall away. It is London in 1940: the Blitz. Emma, working hard under war-time conditions, is also holding her family together as bombs drop, sirens wail, and her sons go off to war. While she struggles with grief, her indomitability, willpower, and strength come to the fore. As the pages unfurl, Paula discovers the secret Emma took to the grave to protect others, a secret whose repercussions inevitably change lives and may shake a dynasty to its very foundations..… (more)

Rating

(52 ratings; 3.1)

User reviews

LibraryThing member raggedtig
Not impressed in the least with this book. Characters popped up out of nowhere, the storyline was dry, and I just lacked any kind of care at all for any of these characters. The climax of the story was the biggest disappointment. You figure that Bradford builds you up so much on who the father is
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going to be just to find out that it's someone that hasn't been mentioned in this novel until the last few pages. Horrible.
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LibraryThing member Nancy-Jean
A continuing of the Emma Harte sage--she just keeps living on thru all of these related characters--I love Emma--the whole idea of her
LibraryThing member soosthemoose
I loved the first three books in the series and this is a nice continuation.

Publication

St. Martin's Press (2004), Edition: 1, 354 pages

Pages

354

ISBN

0312307020 / 9780312307028

Language

Original language

English
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