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Husbands & Lovers
Husbands & Lovers | Beatriz Williams
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Two women--separated by decades and continents, and united by an exotic family heirloom--reclaim secrets and lost loves in this sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives. New England, 2022. Three years ago, single mother Mallory Dunne received the telephone call every parent dreads--her ten-year-old son, Sam, had been airlifted from summer camp with acute poisoning from a toxic death cap mushroom, leaving him fighting for his life. Now, searching for the donor kidney that will give her son a chance for a normal life, Mallory's forced to confront two harrowing secrets from her past: her mother's adoption from an infamous Irish orphanage in 1952, and her own all-consuming summer romance fourteen years earlier with her childhood best friend, Monk Adams-- one of the world's most beloved singer-songwriters--a fairy tale cut short by a devastating betrayal. Cairo, 1951. After suffering tragedy beyond comprehension in the war, Hungarian refugee Hannah Ainsworth has forged a respectable new life for herself--marriage to a wealthy British diplomat with a coveted posting in glamorous Cairo. But a fateful encounter with the enigmatic manager of a hotel bristling with spies leads to a passionate affair that will reawaken Hannah's longing for everything she once lost. As revolution simmers in the Egyptian streets, a pregnant Hannah finds herself snared in a game of intrigue between two men . . . and an act of sacrifice that will echo down the generations. Timeless and bittersweet, Husbands & Lovers takes readers on an unforgettable journey of heartbreak and redemption, from the revolutionary fires of midcentury Egypt to the moneyed beaches of contemporary New England. Acclaimed author Beatriz Williams has written a poignant and beautifully voiced novel of deeply human characters entangled by morally complex issues--of privilege, class, and the female experience--inside worlds brought shimmeringly to life.
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Judybskt
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🍎Tagged
🍁Paper
🍏Historical Fiction

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs

Eggs Loved Husbands & Lovers! 2mo
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Captivatedbybooks
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Mehso-so

Book 29 of 2024: 🌟🌟🌟/5

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my shelf 💙 2mo
Captivatedbybooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks i think you would like it alot based off some of the books you‘ve read in the past 2mo
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mpensees
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A cross between contemporary and historical fiction. I was hooked all the way through.

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marleed
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It is husbands and lovers and the Cairo piece for me on this grid where I prioritized reading books where the cover art gave a summer feel.

5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

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marleed
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This has dual timelines and although the 1952 story could have been expanded to fill the entire book, I found the 2022 equally engaging. In looking for criticism… HF often layers too much period trauma on one character and boy, it was brutal for 1952 Hannah. There was also a rape I didn‘t think had value-add to its timeline.

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Judybskt
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Always love her books!!

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Eggs
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“I think every day about how we're all here because of a series of little miracles we know nothing about.”

Dual timeline with history, mystery, and unearthed secrets. Love is the great equalizer🩵❤️

#ReadAway2024
#Bookspinbingo #Bookspin

@Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

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Eggs
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1-I‘d rather not host anything more complicated than a tea party or a small group for a meal in my kitchen 🤷‍♀️

2- tagged!

Play? @Read4life @lil1inblue @JessClark78

Read4life Thanks for the tag 💙 3mo
Eggs @Read4life 🩵🩵🩵 3mo
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Magdalenka
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“For me, what happens on social media is like a tree falling in a forest on the other side of the world. Besides, ignorance is bliss.”

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Injeanious
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I found the alternate time lines to feel so disconnected and unrelated initially! But as it all started to come together, I couldn‘t put it down!

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Lsmoore43
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An absolutely beautiful story. Told from two different timelines and by two different women. Both strong and weak but both in love. Related yet never meet.

Grab this one folks. It's so good.

Five big stars...

Full review: https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/2024/07/husbands-lovers-by-beatriz-williams.html

@authorbeatriz
@randomhouse
@netgalley

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bookandbedandtea
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These pretties arrived today. They both sound really good but it always takes me forever to read my #BOTM books for some reason.

TheBookgeekFrau I just read Husbands and Lovers; I really liked it 4mo
bookandbedandtea That's the one I was thinking of starting first so that's good to hear! 4mo
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LeafingThroughLife
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When you skip two months of #botm to “get a handle on things,” and then here comes this month…. 🏔️📚🤦‍♀️

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TheBookgeekFrau
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I love how Williams can connect history and modern times through the smallest of details!

44/62

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Amie
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Good, but not my favorite by this author. It's a dual timeline but more time is spent in the contemporary one, and I prefer historical.

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TheBookgeekFrau
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"I kissed Sam goodbye on a Saturday morning toward the end of June, and the call that changed my life came the following Friday afternoon."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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TheBookgeekFrau
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Beautiful evening for outdoor reading

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Dang… I‘ve never ordered a full box!! 😳 All of these look so good! I‘m going to do some giveaways to make room! 🎊🎉🎈🎊🎉🎈

What did you choose?!?!

#BOTM
#LitsyLove
#LitsyLoveReads

Avanders I had a full box all keyed up but was good and put 2 back…… since I also had a full #aardvark box 🫣 4mo
Kimberlone There were so many good options this month! I resisted picking more than one - just The God of the Woods. I won a giveaway for All the Colors of the Dark, so excited to get that one soon, too! 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Avanders 😂😂😂 I want to join #Aardvark but I‘m trying to be good 😵‍💫🥴 4mo
Avanders It‘s so hard to be good with all these books around! 😎😎 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Kimberlone I was very bad 😬 I‘m hoping to be home when the box is delivered so my hubby doesn‘t see 🤫🫣 He really doesn‘t care, but I feel guilty 😲 4mo
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Lsmoore43
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Reecaspieces
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AmyK1
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I got this ARC from work.

Two women separated by decades but connected through a beautiful, unique bracelet that‘s been passed down from mother to daughter.

I did think some parts of the kidney donation part of the plot were unrealistic but I did really enjoy the story overall.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Husbands & Lovers | Beatriz Williams
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1) William has a cardiology appointment on Friday and I‘ve got to get things together for Anna Claire‘s housewarming Saturday 🏡

2) tagged!

3) HF!

#MotivationalMonday

🌺🌸🌼🌻🪻

TieDyeDude Party! 😁 8mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude she is so excited 😊🏡 8mo
Cupcake12 Hope the house warming is great! Thanks for taking part and have a good week x 8mo
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