What do you do when the man you pledged your life to breaks your heart and shatters your dreams? You pack your bags and travel the big, wide world to find your destiny—and your true love . . .
Ten years ago, a young and naïve Cassie married her first serious boyfriend, believing he would be with her forever. Now her marriage is in tatters and Cassie has no career or home of her own. Though she … Though she feels betrayed and confused, Cassie isn’t giving up. She’s going to take control of her life. But first she has to find out where she belongs . . . and who she wants to be.
Over the course of one year, Cassie leaves her sheltered life in rural Scotland to stay with her best friends living in the most glamorous cities in the world: New York, Paris, and London. Exchanging comfort food and mousy hair for a low-carb diet and a gorgeous new look, Cassie tries each city on for size as she searches for the life she’s meant to have . . . and the man she’s meant to love.
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I found this novel to be extraordinary in drawing the reader into Cassie’s world, allowing the reader to experience the events and emotions as if they were there. While I was unfamiliar to the European references and I’m not up to date on fashion brands, I was still able to feel the essence of the environment through the excellent descriptive writing.
I was captivated by this story and would recommend this book to anyone. In my opinion, this is a definite “MUST READ!”
Written in an involving and captivating style, “Christmas at Tiffany’s” is a charming celebration of friendship and self-discovery. Married at age twenty to a man ten years her senior, Cassie had lived a sheltered life of rural privilege in the moors of Scotland. After a grand society wedding, her husband, Gil, a successful barrister from a wealthy family, had more or less kept her and their marriage isolated from most of the outside world. He had even made her agree to wait ten years before having the child she very much wanted. Now it was their tenth anniversary, and a party just as elaborate as their wedding was being held in celebration of their decade together. However, during the party Cassie’s life comes apart at the seams as she learns of Gil’s long-standing affair with Wiz, the woman who had befriended her in her rural wifedom. Cassie’s three friends from childhood, her boarding school mates, immediately retaliate to their friend’s side. Giving her a year of a lifetime, they in turns initiate her into their lifestyles in New York, Paris, and London. At times breathtaking, and at other times heartbreaking, Cassie’s year is an amazing journey, encompassing a lifetime of living in just twelve months. Through it all, there is one other friend sharing her reaffirmation–Henry, the brother of one of her boarding school chums. It is Henry, the world traveler, who guides her along with notes and lists of things to do and places to see. When their paths cross, their friendship grows as something more begins to take seed. It blooms with a passionate kiss which changes the course of both their lives–but are their lives meant to be spent with one another? Along with their discovery of attraction, each of them must deal with unresolved personal issues. Can happiness be the destination they each will reach? A lovely story, filled with wonderful characters and delightfully descriptive writing, “Christmas at Tiffany’s” is a gift from author Karen Swan.
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Fun book, love how the main character is learning to find herself with a little help from her friends.
I absolutely loved the characters in this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I found the characters very entertaining and just kept wanting to read it to find out what would happen next!
I loved this book
I love all of Karen’s books, but Christmas at Tiffany’s is my all-time favourite. I mean, c’mon…no one tops Henry!
Fun, descriptive, fast moving
A good read about life’s hardships and the hope that comes from meaningful relationships, travel and adventure.
Loved the book. Premise was different from any other book that I’ve read and the story and characters were captivating. I was kind of sorry when I reached the end.
The story kept me interested as it transition from country.