Texas sunrise

Texas sunrise

Fern Michaels

eAudio - 2016

Billie Coleman Kingsley, beloved matriarch of the clan and founder of a fabulously successful fashion empire, is dying. As her family gathers together in this time of heartbreak, the indomitable Billie offers new hope to heal the rifts that separate them. Even as her own strength fails, Billie instills courage, fortitude, and her conviction that life goes on after tragedy. From the seductive waters of Hawaii to the rustic splendor of Vermont, from the family's sprawling Texas ranch, Sunbridge, to the exotic beauty and high-tech glamour of Japan, the Colemans have been driven apart by the passions and betrayals of a new generation. But now, as they deal with the shattering news of Billie's illness, all the Colemans must transform t...heir lives.

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Subjects
Matriarchy > Fiction.
Fashion design > Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises > Fiction.
Texas > Fiction.
Western stories.
Genres
Western stories
Published
[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC 2016.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Fern Michaels (-)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Susie Berneis (-)
Edition
Unabridged
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 17 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9781520017808
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Booklist Review

Fans of Texas Rich, Texas Fury, and Texas Heat will be absorbed in Michaels' newest novel, in which she reveals the news that Billie Coleman Kingsley is dying. Billie is the matriarch who founded an internationally famous fabric design company, Billie Ltd., and the dynasty whose loves and tragedies fill these Texas novels. The family tree stretches from Japan to England, with stops in Hawaii, Vermont, Minnesota, and, of course, Texas. Michaels' linkage of the Coleman kin in Japan and the U.S. presents an interesting politico-economic twist to the tale. It will take a reader new to this series a while to sort out the convoluted Coleman/Hasegawa families, but that is part of the fun in this lively, soap-opera fare. ~--Denise Perry Donavin

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

The final installment (after Texas Fury ) in Michaels's series about the Coleman clan and its aeronautics and fashion empires opens with family matriarch Billie Coleman Kingsley receiving bad medical news. Meanwhile, Billie's daughter Maggie is ruining her marriage with her total devotion to her husband; another daughter, embittered and weak Susan, searches desperately for love; Maggie's son, Cole, questions his ability to lead his father-in-law's business, while his sister Sawyer forces him to confront the ghosts that haunt him. Through such family crises as death, divorce, birth and tragic accidents, staged in locales ranging from Texas to Japan to Hawaii, the family members struggle to cope with Billie's impending death and to understand her lessons about family, power and love. Readers who are new to the series may have trouble understanding how the characters are linked and why they act as they do, but already indoctrinated fans will find that Michaels provides a satisfying, though somewhat perfunctory, sense of closure. ( Feb. ) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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