Karolinas Twins (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart #3)

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From the author of Once We Were Brothers comes a saga inspired by true events of a Holocaust survivor s quest to fulfill a promise, return to Poland and find two sisters lost during World War II.Lena Woodward, an elderly woman, enlists the help of both lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart to appraise the story of her harrowing past in Nazi occupied Poland At the same time, Lena s son Arthur presents her with a hefty lawsuit under the pretense of garnering her estate and independence for his own purposes Where these stories intersect is through Lena s dubious account of her life in war torn Poland, and her sisterhood with a childhood friend named Karolina Lena and Karolina struggled to live through the atrocity of the Holocaust, and at the same time harbored a courageous, yet mysterious secret of maternity that has troubled Lena throughout her adult life In telling her story to Catherine and Liam, Lena not only exposes the realities of overcoming the horrors of the Holocaust, she also comes to terms with her own connection to her dark past.Karolina s Twins is a tale of survival, love, and resilience in ways than one As Lena recounts her story, Catherine herself also recognizes the unwavering importance of family as she prepares herself for the arrival of her unborn child Through this association and many , both Lena and Catherine begin to cherish the dogged ties that bind not only families and children, but the entirety of mankind. 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Balson – kino-fada.fr Lena Woodward, 89 year old holocaust survivor wants to keep a 70 year old promise to her best friend Her selfish son, Arthur wants to declare her unfit and delusional about the existence of her friend Karolina s twins and take over her fortune and control her life Husband and wife team, Liam and Catherine, a private investigator and attorney respectively are solicited by Lena to help her Her mission is to keep her promise and find the twin daughters of her best friend Karolina She also has a Lena Woodward, 89 year old holocaust survivor wants to keep a 70 year old promise to her best friend Her selfish son, Arthur wants to declare her unfit and delusional about the existence of her friend Karolina s twins and take over her fortune and control her life Husband and wife team, Liam and Catherine, a private investigator and attorney respectively are solicited by Lena to help her Her mission is to keep her promise and find the twin daughters of her best friend Karolina She also has a secret that isn t revealed until the end, but for me it was obvious throughout Lena tells her story to them and when she tells it, you feel as though you re reading a memoir Perhaps that s because Lena s character is based in a real person who told the author her story This makes its all themoving As a young girl...3.5 Lena s story is an important one, one based on actual events and it is in the telling of this survivor s story that Balsn s writing is the strongest The modern day story, though I do like the husband and wife team as characters is not as strongly written In truth, the dialogue is at times clunky, the trial, overdone and I often found myself skimming over these parts to get to the stronger parts of the past A story of love and sacrifice, bonds between women, mothers and children, all worth 3.5 Lena s story is an important one, one based on actual events and it is in the telling of this survivor s story that Balsn s writing is the strongest The modern day story, though I do like the husband and wife team as characters is not as strongly written In truth, the dialogue is at times clunky, the trial, overdone and I often found myself skimmi...This is the third book in a series by the author If you have not read the author s first two novels, it will not affect reading this book as a stand alone In the story, the author brings back the lawyer private detective team, Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart, that we met in the author s previous two books.There are two stories in this engaging book An 89 year old widowed woman, Lena Woodward, walks into offices of a private investigator lawyer team, Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart This is the third book in a series by the author If you have not read the author s first two novels, it will not affect reading this book as a stand alone In the story, the author brings back the lawyer private detective team, Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart, that we met in the author s previous two books.There are two stories in this engaging book An ...I liked reading Karolina s Twins I found it moving and hard to put down I gather it s the third in a series featuring husband and wife team Liam and Catherine, who are respectively a private investigator and a lawyer You absolutely don t need to read the previous books in the series to get into this one The story has two time lines In present day, 89 year old Lena a Holocaust survivor hires Catherine and Liam to help her find Karolina s twins In order to do so she must tell them th I liked reading Karolina s Twins I found it moving and hard to put down I gather it s the third in a series featuring husband and wife team Liam and Catherine, who are respectively a private investigator and a lawyer You absolutely don t need to read the previous books in the series to get into this one The story has two time lines In present day, 89 year old Len...Through the years, I never told a soul what really happened Not even my husband No one knew the details Once the war was over, I closed the door And locked it Now, as painful as it is, I must open it Lena ScheinmanAttorney Catherine Taggart and her husband Liam are drawn into a World War II mystery when Lena Scheinman, a woman in her late 80 s and a Jewish Polish survivor of the Holocaust shows up on their doorstep asking for help in finding the twins of Lena s deceased best friend, Karo Through the years, I never told a soul what really happened Not even my husband No one knew the details Once the war was over, I closed the door And locked it Now, as painful as it is, I must open it Lena ScheinmanAttorney Catherine Taggart and her husband Liam are drawn into a Wor...In 1943 in the Chrzanow, Poland ghetto, Karolina, a young jewish woman, gives birth to twins with help of her best friend, Lena Before being transferred to a slave labor camp, Karolina makes one, desperate last ditch attempt to save her babies Seventy years later, Lena is a Holocaust survivor and living in Chicago She decides it s time to keep her promise to Karolina to find the twins and enlists a lawyer PI team to help her.The structure of this book was maddening It can best be summed up a In 1943 in the Chrzanow, Poland ghetto, Karolina, a young jewish woman, gives birth to twins with help of her best friend, Lena Before being transferred to a slave labor camp, Karolina makes one, desperate last ditch attempt to save her babies Seventy years later, Lena is a Holocaust survivor and living in Chicago She decides it s time to keep her promise to Karolina to find the twins and enlists a lawyer PI team to help her.The structure of this book was maddening It can best be summed up as hey, did I ever tell you my life s story As such, the book is almost entirely in dialogue But the dialogue isn t very good At times, it feelslike characters reciting pages out of a history textbook than genuine conversation The writing in this book is flat, uninspiring, and at times reminded me of a cable tv cop showWell, Arthur, I don t know too much about head spinning, but I think you re going to f...Re telling your nightmare of living in occupied Poland during WWII would stir up emotions that I would want to forget, but Lena Scheinman Woodward wanted it told Lena Woodward lived in Poland during the holocaust, lost her entire family, but did find her best friend, Karolina, in the factory where they were required to work and make coats for the Germans.We are there as Lena tells of her experiences to an attorney and private investigator in hopes of getting the help she needs to fulfill the pr Re telling your nightmare of living in occupied Poland during WWII would stir up emotions that I would want to forget, but Lena Scheinman Woodward wanted it told Lena Woodward lived in Poland during the holocaust, lost her entire family, but did find her best friend, Karolina, in the factory where they were required to work and make coats for the Germans.We are there as Lena tells of her experiences to an attorney and private investigator in hopes of getting the help she needs to fulfill the promise she made to her friend Karolina to find her twins.Lena Woodard made a promis...89 year old Lena Woodward is insistent about engaging the services of husband and wife team, Catherine Lockhart, a lawyer, and her private investigator husband, Liam Taggart Exactly why she needs to see both of them is unclear initially to them When Catherine and Liam meet her and Lena begins to tell her story, they are drawn into uncovering the story behind the promise to her friend, Karolina which has haunted Lena for the last seventy years There are questions that need to be asked, answers 89 year old Lena Woodward is insistent about engaging the services of husband and wife team, Catherine Lockhart, a lawyer, and her private investigator husband, Liam Tagga...While the actual WW II story line of Karolina s Twins is interesting, I found the writing style to be off putting It reads like a YA novel And, it contains far too many worn out cliches and coincidences ...This review was done by KissinBlueKaren KAROLINA S TWINS is the third book in a series It can be read as a stand alone, but the character s investigating the story are featured in two other books This story is mostly about Lena, and 89 year old widow She comes into Liam s private detective office, but she demands that his wife, Catherine, be present to hear the story Catherine is a lawyer and she sometimes helps her husband with investigations Lena wants Catherine and Liam to help her find This review was done by KissinBlueKaren KAROLINA S TWINS is the third book in a series It can be read as a stand alone, but the character s investigating the story are featured in two other books This story is mostly about Lena, and 89 year old widow She comes into Liam s private detective office, but she demands that his wife, Catherine, be present to hear the story Catherine is a lawyer and she sometimes helps her husband with investigations Lena wants Catherine and Liam to help her find a ...

Karolinas Twins (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart #3)
  • 15 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1250098378
  • Ronald H. Balson
  • Karolinas Twins (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart #3)