A Sudden Change of Heart by Barbara Taylor Bradford

A Sudden Change of Heart Reviews

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  Diane Wallace

  An enjoyable read! ... highly recommend (paperback!)
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  Sue

  This was a very nice book for taking me off to another world. Not being much of a traveler, my reading takes me to places I've never been before and sometimes even fiction can teach you about others lives!
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  Samantha Neal

  Enjoyable to read.
  I thought at first as I was reading what the book really meant.
  As I read it and understand sometimes people can have a sudden change of heart.
  But it is a heart of gold. That I believed one character had.
  Maybe a heartbreak moment in it. But nothing would change the main character.
  I would be happy to read this story again.
  I will say that the ending made me smile.
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  Eesha Khan Niazi

  0.4 star
  I kept on reading but the character Hercule made me remember my dreadful memory from last year
  So I couldn't read the whole although I read the end too
  I don't even think it should be marked as read because it is not completely read
  Sorry
  It's just too hard for me. Like a challenge to mental peace. Not a fun read
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  Julie

  Such a heart warming story. Maybe a little to neat for my taste, but it flowed easily despite sone difficult subject matter. Child sexual abuse, so be warned anyone for whom this might be a trigger.
  Ve not read this author for many years, but this was just the right tone after reading a couple of heavy books, physically and in subject matter.
  I love that we have so much choice to lift us up and escape the everyday horrors that are 2020.
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  Samira Salimi

  I sometimes felt from the beginning that Laura and Phillip will fall in love with each other. Also, it was evident something was not quite right in Claire’s family. I think Barbara could give more information on Laura’s parents and brother as there were no mention of them throughout the study. She only included a quick touch to their lives and left them behind.
  
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  Victoria

  I don't particularly enjoy reading long-winded sex scenes, but the art history part of the book was quite interesting as it was describing how the Nazis stole and repatriated (?) Jewish art collections.
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  Karis North

  Blech --- looking for mindless summer read from the office give/take library. Sorely disappointed.
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  Angela Blood

  Predictable. Could have been better but could have been much worse.
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  Leethel Farmer

  Seemed a bit contrived. Not very believable. Fun, light read.
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  Sally

  Good enough but the characters conveniently changed as they needed to for the plot rather than with purpose.
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  Greetje Raftopoulou-heuving

  Predictable,but not bad.
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  Susie

  A wonderful story that reminded me of the story told in the movie The Monuments Men. Strong settings, which I love, and the most civilized characters!
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  Anita

  A Mary Higgins Clark without the mystery. Predictable and poorly written.
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  Bea

  The writing seems off to me, plus the dialogues was a bit cliche.
  Still, a decent read.
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  Kristy Cunningham

  I really liked parts of this book but other parts just did my head in and made me not want to continue.
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  Robin

  I was expecting the book to be faster pace. It was a bit predictable.
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  Chantelle

  I thought something interesting might happen. It didn't.
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  The Hungry Mind

  *𝑨 𝑺𝑼𝑫𝑫𝑬𝑵 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻*
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  Claire Benson and Laura Valiant have been inseparable since they were toddlers, having grown up together they couldn't possibly have dispositions that were more different. With Laura as this bold, confident and strong girl and Claire as this shy, quiet yet protective girl who was more of an elder sister to Laura.
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  25 years later everything has changed in their lives except for the unbreakable bond they share, even as they live on different continents.
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  Claire is now a divorced, single mother to a lovely teenager Natasha, working as the head designer at a world renowned magazine in Paris and Laura has her own firm that acquires high end art for high end clientele and she is happily married to a Wall Street lawyer names Doug, the only thing marring their love life being the absence of a child.
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  However, life has a weird and sometimes painful way of granting wishes. Laura soon finds out that Claire is ill, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
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  Embittered from her marriage, Claire, who was once a robust young woman is now frail and dying, her last wish being that Laura bring up her daughter to become a wonderful woman.
  What Laura doesn't realize is how this curve-ball would open doors to places and people unknown.
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  Set in the late 1990s, 'A Sudden Change of Heart' is a heart wrenching story intertwined with the stories of many powerful women who have powered and lived through astounding and horrific events in their lives which have brought them to where they are.
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  It is when everything in Laura's life is turned upside down that she unlocks the door to a whole new life, a life she never thought possible.
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  With a look into the present day art scene and simultaneously the horrific crimes carried out by the Nazis during the Second World War, this novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford will evoke emotions on the hearts of even the most depraved.
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  Pat Jorgenson Waterchilde

  This novel is pure Barbara Taylor Bradford.
  
  The novel is not gripping, a page turner,
  filled with suspense or the best book I ever
  read but it us a good story of people and their lives encompassed by life circumstances and situations. Laura and Claire were best friends, more like sisters. They shared everything. As they grew. They married, divorced, maintained careers and continued to be part of each other's lives until Claire became ill and their lives changed.
  Love, devotion, secrets revealed lay the foundation for the easily read novel. A good weekend read that I enjoyed.
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  Bianca

  Okay, so I've re-read this book for the review and astoundingly I've felt the same kind of emotion at the end, that I've felt back when I was sixteen, and it is really amazing that it still resides. If you're someone who love fiction with a gorgeous writing style and a gripping book, this is for you. Thrilling, immersive, heart warming and everything! It's one beautiful book of love. The twists your life turns without even your knowledge is the greatest climax no books or movies could ever portray.
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  Glendy Morrison

  A great book about friendship, how the past sometimes affects the present and to fight to survive the past and create a better future for those we love the most. Excellent reading, you can read it in no time because you just want to know more about the characters and you get sucked into the story wanting things to be different and feeling the pain some of the characters feel.
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  Angela Lewis

  Laura and Claire grow up together, best friends and neighbours. As successful young adults they are like sisters, see one another as often as possible. Laura's work as a New York art dealer and historian allows visits to the divorced Claire in Paris regularly. Changes create the neccesary opportunity for them to become very close again, having to deal with WW2 Art theft, abuse and illness.