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The Sirens

Auteur(s): Emilia Hart
Narrateur(s): Barrie Kreinik
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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • #1 LibraryReads Pick • Indie Next Pick

A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward.

“Narrator Barrie Kreinik offers a first-rate performance, embodying the characters with distinctive voices and delivering Hart’s prose with graceful lyricism.”—Library Journal (starred review)

"The Sirens teems with family secrets, eerie dreams, and deep transformation. A compelling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the sea, this is a beautiful follow-up to Hart's sensational debut, Weyward. The Sirens will sweep you away." —Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhere to be found.

As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess’s strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women’s voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister’s adolescent diary.

1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them—and in her—that no one else has.

1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they’ve feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they can’t explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them…

A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this author's debut novel and wanted to see if her second novel would be as good as her first. My verdict? "The Sirens" was very good, but not quite as good as "Weyward".

"The Sirens" is a triple-timeline novel infused with a lot of magical realism. As is often the case, I personally enjoyed the historical timeline more than the present day stories.

1800's story follows twin sisters who have been banished from Ireland and forced to board a convict ship heading for Australia. The conditions aboard the ship were absolutely horrendous. The longer the girls are at sea, they notice subtle changes in their bodies...

The 1999 story stars Jess. A teenage girl who has always felt different. She has a rare allergy to water and must cleanse herself with wipes. She is ostracized by her peers and is very lonely. She is a talented artist and when her teacher singles her out, she is very vulnerable to his advances.

In the present day, Lucy travels to visit her sister Jess after an altercation with her boyfriend. She arrives to find an empty house, and she is puzzled by Jess's absence, especially because Jess is soon to participate in an art show. The small coastal town where Jess lives has been rife with speculation and suspicion. Several young men have gone missing. Years ago, a tiny baby was discovered alive in a sea cave, alone, with her mother nowhere in evidence. Even more strange - people hear the eerie sound of women singing near the shore. As the days go by, Lucy searches Jess's house for clues as to where she might be. She stumbles upon Jess's teenage diary and begins to read...

I was thoroughly engrossed in the historical narrative of this novel. It was well researched and the prose flowed well. The plight of the female convicts was heart-rending.

I guess what I didn't like was the magical realism. There was just SO MUCH of it that it crossed the line into fantasy. A genre that I really don't enjoy. Shame on me though, as I was duly warned by the publisher's description. I guess I thought it would be just lightly touched with magical realism like her first novel. However these are just my own personal reactions to the book.

Emilia Hart writes well, and her characterization and imagery are flawless. This book speaks to the strength, courage, and resilience of women over the centuries. Sisterly bonds and folklore permeate the narratives. There was a hint of mystery interjected into the plot, but you need only to read the book's title to figure it out.

Recommended to readers who enjoy historical fiction infused with elements of fantasy.

Magical realism in triple time-line

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Weyward is an extraordinary book that held me spellbound throughout. I could not imagine how the author could possibly write a second novel that could match the intrigue and compelling story telling of Weyward. Yet here is The Sirens, equally compelling, so very, very different from Weyward that no comparison can be made. I loved the unravelling of the story in the well researched historical account of two young women on a convict ship and how that seamlessly entwined in the lives of two present day women. The narration by Barrie Kreinik brought this beautifully written story to life.









Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!!

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The imagery and parallels were gorgeous! There was a sorrowful subplot to the beautiful connection of family and truth.

Beautiful Story!

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Great audiobook, history, and folklore. Hope to see more. Loved the first novel Weyward, too!

Love the performance

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I loved Weyward and was so excited for this book. Alas it’s a lengthy, disjointed mess.
What could have been a meaningful exploration of the impact of deportations on women, their families and the communities of Australia, Ireland and England is an irritating waste of time. It’s not even a passable attempt at a fairytale.
Any emotional connection with the characters is smothered by descriptions of surroundings in places where they don’t add but interrupt the reader’s flow. The descriptions are also tediously repetitive.
The character development of Lucy is unconvincing at best, irritating to the point where I wanted to through my phone at the wall at worst.
No other character has any chance to even develop as such. Everyone has a cameo where they repeat themselves over and over.
The diary entries do not even remotely read like diary entries. Jess doesn’t really have a voice because the author is so painfully present in her parts of the book like an intruder who polished up the words and added odd angles like a badly constructed house of cards.
The audiobook performance was flat and did not bring anyone to life but added to the overall irritation and tedium of the story.
This could have been so impactful and important, but it ends up being a waste of time and money.

Disappointing

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