Lone Star: A Novel, by Paullina Simons
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Lone Star: A Novel, by Paullina Simons
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From the bestselling, acclaimed author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman comes the unforgettable love story between a college-bound young woman and a traveling troubadour on his way to war—a moving, compelling novel of love lost and found set against the stunning backdrop of Eastern Europe.
Chloe is just weeks away from heading off to college and starting a new life far from her home in Maine when she embarks on a great European adventure with her boyfriend and two best friends. Their destination is Barcelona, but first they must detour through the historic cities of Eastern Europe to keep an old family promise.
Here, in this fledgling post-Communist world, Chloe meets a charming American vagabond named Johnny, who carries a guitar, an easy smile—and a lifetime of secrets. From Treblinka to Trieste, from Karnikava to Krakow, from Vilnius to Venice, the unlikely band of friends and lovers traverse the old world on a train trip that becomes a treacherous journey into Europe’s and Johnny’s darkest past—a journey that jeopardizes Chloe’s plans for the future and all she ever thought she wanted.
But the lifelong bonds Chloe and her friends share are about to be put to the ultimate test—and whether or not they reach Barcelona, they can only be certain that their lives will never be the same again.
A sweeping, beautiful tale that mesmerizes and enchants, Lone Star will linger long in the memory once the final page is turned.
Lone Star: A Novel, by Paullina Simons - Amazon Sales Rank: #356503 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-24
- Released on: 2015-11-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.02" w x 5.31" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 640 pages
Lone Star: A Novel, by Paullina Simons Review “A moving, compelling novel of love lost and found set against the stunning backdrop of Eastern Europe.” (Happy Ever After blog, USA Today)
From the Back Cover
Falling in love was the easy part . . .
Chloe and her three best friends are weeks away from finishing high school and beginning their new grown-up lives apart from one another. They have been friends since they were kids, their families and lives intertwined, but this is their last summer together. They plan a magical trip to sun-drenched Barcelona, with its possibility of adventure and passion. But first, Chloe has an old family promise to keep, and the four of them must detour through historic Eastern Europe.
In this fledgling post-Communist world, Chloe meets a mysterious American vagabond named Johnny, who carries a guitar, an easy smile, and a lifetime of secrets. From Treblinka to Trieste, from Carnikava to Krakow, the unlikely band of friends and mismatched lovers traverses the Old World on a train ride that becomes a treacherous journey into Europe’s and Johnny’s dark pasts—a journey that jeopardizes Chloe’s plans and all she ever thought she wanted.
The ties that bind Chloe to her friends and her future are about to be put to the ultimate test. Whether or not they reach Barcelona . . . their lives will never be the same again.
A sweeping, beautiful tale of old friendships and new love that mesmerizes and enchants, Lone Star will linger long in the memory even after the final page has been turned.
About the Author
Paullina Simons is an internationally bestselling author whose novels include Bellagrand and The Bronze Horseman was born in Leningrad in 1963. As a child she immigrated to Queens, New York, and attended colleges in Long Island. Then she moved to England and attended Essex University, before returning to America. She lives in New York with her husband and children.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fateful European trip By carolynfromoz Chloe Divine has dreamed for years of going to Barcelona with her best friend Hannah after they graduate from high school. However, her plans have been complicated by their boyfriends brothers Blake and Mason declaring that they want to go with them and the fact that her parents won't let her go unless they go via Eastern Europe to visit family in Latvia and lay flowers in Treblinka where her grandmother's parents died. Although this doesn't appeal as much as going straight to Barcelona, Chloe and her friends are swayed by her grandmother offering to pay for their trip. Right from the start nothing seems to go right with their trip and after they meet a handsome stranger called Johnny Rainbow the friends soon find themselves squabbling as secrets rise to the surface which threaten to undermine their relationship.The book is somewhat longer than it needs to be as it was a bit of a slow boiler and took me a while to engage with it. However, once Johnny Rainbow showed up, the story suddenly stepped up a level as the friends started to interact with him and become more individual characters, rather than the amorphous bunch of typical high school kids they had been up until then. Johnny is a great character, beautiful and magnetic but ultimately flawed and tragic and he made the book for me. Paullina Simons invents great male characters and writes beautiful love stories and parts of this are as good as her best.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Exquisite, engrossing, and entertaining By Honolulubelle Favorite Quotes:“Is that what they called karma? Or was it simply what happened next?”“Chloe didn’t know where to start. That she didn’t know how to start was more vital.”“She had kept her dreams deliberately small, thinking they might be easier to realize, but now feared she hadn’t kept them small enough.”“There was something about Johnny Rainbow that pierced her heart with both sorrow and gladness, cut apart the place which all of herself came from.”“How do the rest of us stay so wrapped up in our own heads and lives and hearts and problems that we don’t see what’s a breath away from us?”“She can barely remember what he looks like, but she cannot forget what she felt like when she looked at him.”My Review:When I signed on and even started reading the impressive tome of Lone Star, I expected to be reading about people living in or from Texas. I was so very very wrong. Texas was on the only state the boy with the Lone Star tattoo claimed he had never traversed. So instead of Texas, we meet the character with the Lone Star tattoo in Europe, Latvia of all places. I must admit, before I picked up this book, what I knew of Latvia would be a shameful reflection of my public school education… nothing, I knew nothing. I know a considerable amount about it now, and I enjoyed the lesson and the journey, even though the travel for the characters was rather harrowing and tedious, terrifying, and exciting.The plot being 4 new high school graduates/life-long friends/neighbors/now couples, embarked on a European adventure sponsored by one girl’s grandmother - with the provision that they visit grandmother’s relatives and seek out the areas and pay tribute to the death camps where her childhood friends were interred. Gruesome granny if you ask me, but she paid for the travel for the 4 broke teen-agers, so of course they agreed to her terms. Their travel was arduous due to the unreliable transit systems; their accommodations were generally unsavory and abominable (hostels); and their tempers and relationships were stressed and tested to the breaking point. They missed connections, they fought, they were robbed, stranded, fell in love, were heartbroken, and unearthed unforgivable betrayals. Secrets – everyone has them – but close quarters and stressful conditions tends to fray even nerves of steel and loosen the tongue – of course they imploded.The story was long yet well-written and engrossing, and despite the youthful characters, I was never bored. Ms. Simon obviously well remembers the painful discomforts, self-consciousness, and insecurities of that age. Her writing is smart, observant, insightful, and thoughtful. I experienced a full range of deeply felt emotion as I read. I laughed aloud several times, I was thrilled and excited by their adventures and discoveries, but at other times my heart was squeezed and also broken, I was frequently anxious, and then just devastated, yet I thoroughly entertained throughout. Hours later I was still contemplating the complexity of the story, and a day later I continued to mull - unable to move on to another book and ruing the lack of an epilogue.To boil down this long review – it was exquisite.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An Average Read By Kristine I was so excited to get my hands on this book. The Bronze Horseman is one of my all time favourite books and my favourite love story so I couldn't wait to see what Paullina Simons had come up with in Lone Star. I have to admit that I had very high expectations.It just about kills me to say, but this book fell short of my expectations. Perhaps they were too high or maybe I was expecting something as epic as The Bronze Horseman, I don't know. I just wasn't able to get as absorbed or lost in this book like I did with her previous work.The characters were very immature and annoying at times. I think that they may appeal more to younger readers. The appeal is definitely geared towards that audience instead of a broader one. I had issues with most of the characters but I have to say that I really disliked Johnny and hated the attraction between him and Chloe. I felt that it lacked substance and honestly felt like he was the wrong guy for her from the moment they met. Because of that, the sweeping love story between the two of them fell flat for me. She should have been with someone else as far as I was concerned. I really wanted her with someone else.I have just recently returned from a trip to Europe where I spent three days in Barcelona so I was interested in the setting and adventures that Chloe and her friends were going to take. My next big adventure will be a Baltic Cruise so I was extremely excited to read about their time in that area. If there is one thing that Simons does well it is her descriptions of historically significant places and events. In fact, she pens them so well that I can say that my interest in the Baltic area comes partly from reading her books. They have left me wanting to know more and I have actually thoroughly researched the areas and events that she has written about. Lone Star was no exception. The way she described the area made me feel like I was there. I was captivated by her description of Treblinka.The book took some time to get going. Johnny didn't even come on the scene until after 30% at which time it did pick up and become more interesting. This was also the time they were starting their adventures so there was more of what I like best in Simons writing. Although I didn't love the story I did adore the setting and descriptions which almost made up for it. Also, I was really happy with how the book ended but I will say no more about that.This book is not a bad book but it does not compare at all to The Bronze Horseman and I think that readers need to get rid of the expectations. Mine were too high and probably impacted my opinion slightly.
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