Purple Trees, by Ursula Wong
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Purple Trees, by Ursula Wong
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Lonely Lily Phelps is orphaned and in debt at 17 - but that's not the worst of her problems. Her dark past, hidden even to her, causes her to see ghosts. This scared, naïve girl must grow up fast in a rural community if she is to find work, love, and build a future. She learns to cope, but the weight of the past threatens everything she loves. Because of her terrible secret, Lily must protect her family from the worst danger of all - herself.
Purple Trees, by Ursula Wong- Amazon Sales Rank: #202287 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-11-11
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 399 minutes
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Sad, poignant, disturbing and amusing By Reader Prime Purple Trees is a story about a young girl who loses both her parents at a young age. Forced to fend for herself, Lily is in too deep, and she finds herself in financial trouble, surrounded by people she’s not sure she can trust. Some seem reliable, but others …Relationships aren’t her forte either, but in order to satisfy her deceased father’s wish for her to marry and settle down, Lily ventures out into a world she is ill-equipped to navigate, encountering a variety of struggles that force her to look deep into herself. Sometimes she wins, and sometimes she loses, but the stress is too great, and soon she starts to see ghosts … or is she losing her mind?At times sad, poignant, disturbing and amusing, this tale set in the rural New England of yesteryear is coupled with the stark, beautiful background of farming life, creating a compelling atmosphere in which to explore the grittiness of a life uncensored. Wong doesn’t pull any punches when dealing with family issues, so I’d say this book is not for the faint of heart. However, Lily’s struggles, family life, and the dark secret that defines her make for compelling reading.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I'D LIKE A SECOND HELPING OF MS. WONG AMERICANA PLEASE! By Masheri Chappelle PURPLE TREES AMAZON REVIEWLet me first begin by saying I didn’t want the book to end. I wanted more! As dysfunctional and off kilter as Lily, the main character was I wanted to stay in her world longer just to make sure that when I walked away I knew Lily was in a happier place. Don’t worry I’m not telling you the ending, or too much about the story line. There will be no spoiler alerts here.Ms. Wong opens with a machine gun blast of activity and exposition. Once you adjust to the story of Lily’s life, something else happens. Actually her life seems to happen just a little too fast, but for Lily, life was happening too fast. But that’s what how life feels when you’re young like Lily, and are being bombarded with adult issues. Before we know it Lily is an adult, married to Will Phelps, and embarking on a new life as a farmer’s wife.Ms. Wong does a credible job of carving out a tantalizing slice of small town Americana. Lily’s world is nothing fancy, but it is a place where everybody knows everybody, and despite the town feeling commercially barren, you want to stay and visit if only to gawk at the obvious desolation. This is one town Wal Mart never found, and thank goodness for that!Lily’s town feels like its own country. Rarely does the author take the reader outside of it. We’re stuck in that little town along with Lily and her family. Even those that make it out are somehow drawn back. As a reader I got comfortable with “staying put” and visiting with all the locals. I longed to sit at their tables with a cup of tea, and even help Will and Lily milk the cows.Ms.Wong’s writing is terse, taut, and exact. She takes the reader where she wants them to go, and shows them what they need to see. Her handling of Lily’s childhood trauma is honestly brutal. While I knew what was coming, the reveal of Lily’s secret was still a good slap in the face.Ms. Wong’s handling of spirits was very believable. (I’m a psychic/medium and that’s pretty much how it happens.) Those moments with spirits were woven seamlessly into the storyline, so that they were never jarring or noticeably out of place. However, I would have like a more revealing visit with her mother.Overall, Purple Trees was a great read; one that I didn’t want to put down. I definitely would like another slice of Ms. Wong and Lily’s American pie, even if Lily forgets to put sugar in it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Must Read! By Rebecca Roy Instantly, I was pulled into a story full of questions and I was forced to tear through pages to seek answers. Ursula Wong had her reader hooked from the first few pages of her novel, “Purple Trees.” The book begins in the present day, but that isn’t where the story truly takes place. Lily’s granddaughter, Angie, creates a subplot for the real story as Grandma Lily recounts her earlier years. She explains to her granddaughter the story of the family’s complicated history and feels she can only answer her questions through her personal story.Angie is afraid that she is similar to Grandma Lily and shares in her ability to see the dead. Lily has a painful past and a heart breaking secret that she feels Angie needs to know.I was drawn to Lily’s story as Ursula Wong recounted her character’s history. Just as you were getting somewhere, finding out some important details, she moved the timeframe back to present day. This propelled me as a reader to turn the pages faster as I looked for answers.I loved how she developed her characters, giving well thought out life to each of them. I could smell the smoke on Lily’s father’s shirt and I could picture myself watching each of the characters as they moved about the story.What began as a small wrinkle in the story line eventually opened up into a scarring truth that was filtered into the chapters of the novel. For me the brutal honesty was appreciated and understood, but it became difficult to read at times. Ursula hit home some truly painful details with great honesty, but the topic is never easy to discuss.I loved the story and found myself reading it very quickly, unable to put it down during the early morning hours before a busy day at work. My only quam with the novel was the genre. I wasn’t quite sure where the target audience would lie. Although the character was a young adult at times, she grew and changed. From a narrator standpoint she is a grandmother, which blurs the line between young adult and women’s fiction. With a little more direction I think Ursula Wong could promote this book to a larger audience and the writing is truly worthy of more readers.I will be looking forward to more of Ursula Wong's novels.
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