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THE INVISIBLES: A Novel
Cecilia Galante
Releasing August 4th, 2015
William Morrow
In
the vein of Meg Donohue and Jennifer Close, comes Cecilia Galante's adult debut
about the complicated and powerful bonds of female friendship--a compelling,
moving novel that is told in both the present and the past.
Thrown together by chance as
teenagers at Turning Winds Home for Girls, Nora, Ozzie, Monica, and Grace quickly
bond over their troubled pasts and form their own family which they dub The
Invisibles. But when tragedy strikes after graduation, Nora is left to deal
with the horrifying aftermath alone as the other three girls leave home and
don't look back.
Fourteen years later, Nora is living
a quiet, single life working in the local library. She is content to focus on
her collection of "first lines" (her favorite opening lines from
novels) and her dog, Alice Walker, when out-of-the-blue Ozzie calls her on her
thirty-second birthday. But after all these years, Ozzie hasn't called her to
wish a happy birthday. Instead, she tells Nora that Grace attempted suicide and
is pleading for The Invisibles to convene again. Nora is torn: she is thrilled
at the thought of being in touch with her friends, and yet she is hesitant at
seeing these women after such a long and silent period of time. Bolstered by
her friends at the library, Nora joins The Invisibles in Chicago for a reunion
that sets off an extraordinary chain of events that will change each of their
lives forever.
The Invisibles is an unforgettable
novel that asks the questions: How much of our pasts define our present selves?
And what does it take to let go of some of our most painful wounds and move on?
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Review by: Erin
I LOVED this book! It was such a departure from the romance books I read on a daily basis. These characters will latch on to you and not let go. The author did an amazing job with this story and I will most definitely be looking for future work from her!
Nora, Ozzie, Monica, and Grace couldn’t be more different if they tried. They have very different and distinct personalities. But they were thrown together out of circumstance and became the best of friends. The Invisibles. This story is told in past and present tense.
This story is about 4 friends that have been through a terrible ordeal together. They moved away and started their own lives and kind of just forgot about each other. They are all struggling with their past and each with their current situations. These women come together again when one is struggling very hard to come to grips with her life. Friendships are tested, renewed, and strengthened.
There is a wide range of emotion in this story. You will laugh and cry with these characters. The emotion pours from every word and you can’t help but feel everything they are going through. The story is written so well that I didn’t see the ending coming. I kept thinking I had it figured out and I was completely off base. I love when a book does that to me. I love theunpredictability. I think that every woman out there should read this story at least once in their life. It is not to be missed out on.
6 Stars
Cecilia Galante is the author of several middle grade, young adult and adult novels. She also teaches 8th grade English at Wyoming Seminary Prep School, and teaches creative writing in the MFA program at Wilkes University.
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Thank you so much for hosting THE INVISIBLES! Great review!
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