The Promise Girls

Name: The Promise Girls
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Marie Bostwick
ISBN: 9781504778077

Author: Marie Bostwick

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 03/28/2017

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life

Synopsis

Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother’s narcissism and the notoriety that came with her bestselling book hasn’t been easy. Minerva Promise claimed that her three test-tube daughters—gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery—were engineered and molded to be geniuses. In adulthood, their modest lives fall far short of her grand ambitions. But now, twenty years after the book’s release, she hopes to redeem herself by taking part in a new documentary.Meg, who hasn’t picked up a paintbrush in years, adamantly refuses to participate, until a car accident leaves her with crushing medical bills. While she recuperates in Seattle, the three sisters reluctantly meet with filmmaker Hal Seeger, another former prodigy. Like them, he’s familiar with the weight of failed potential. But as he digs deeper, he uncovers secrets they’ve hidden from each other and a revelation that will challenge their beliefs, even as it spurs them to forge their own extraordinary lives at last.

About Marie Bostwick

Marie Bostwick is the author of over a dozen novels, including the Cobbled Court Quilt series, the Too Much Texas series, and several stand-alone novels.

About Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sherri on February 07, 2019

Being this is my 9th book by Marie Bostwick, I was excited to hear her latest book was out!!! I found myself disappointed in this one though. It seemed to drag in the middle and parts of it was so “far fetched” that I just could not finish it. I really wanted to like this more than I did. DNF at 47%......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on March 31, 2021

A new book from Marie Bostwick has never dissapointed me... including this novel. I did not read it as much as I seemed to absorb the story. I could see the characters in my minds-eye and was able to watch their lives as I might have been watching a film. The author writes descriptions of locataion......more

Goodreads review by Tracie on July 17, 2017

It started out really well, but by the middle I was frustrated and bored, and by the end I was rolling my eyes so hard I think I pulled a muscle. Yecch.......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on March 23, 2017

The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick Child prodigies crafted in the womb for greatness, promised success, prodded by their mother...perfectly planned…then…everything changed when one of the Promise girls decided to be not so perfect on live TV. Twenty years later the story picks up to tell us what the......more

Goodreads review by Tricia on May 23, 2017

I found this book title on a list (somewhere?) of books to be read this summer....i liked it! The story line and characters were interesting and it was an enjoyable quick read... Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother’s narcissism and the notoriety tha......more

Quotes

“The Promise Girls is a beautiful story about the ties that bind…Bostwick exquisitely tells the tale of the three Promise girls.” Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author

“Bostwick writes yet another strong, character-driven tale that will have any reader truly invested in the sisters.” Library Journal

“An emotionally charged, fast-paced novel…The characters are strong-willed, independent, and will go to great lengths to have normal lives. The storyline is full of unexpected twists that enhance the plot. Bostwick is an amazing author who writes about dysfunctional families with humor and kindness.” RT Book Reviews (4 stars)