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I so loved this book. It is extremely well written, beautiful descriptive passages. I may have to purchase this book to add to my library. The author is seemless going back and forth between past and present. Two stories for the price of one. It shows the struggles all teenagers face, no matter the era.

I would rate this book higher if I could. Thanks to NetGalley and Great Thoughts Reading Ninja for this beautiful ARC.

A mother lies in a coma in a hospital while her daughter uncovers secrets and friendships that were tested beyond the limit. As the daughter uncovers secrets and those hiding the secrets realize the truths are going to be uncovered, rights and wrongs blend together leaving readers wondering how far they would go for a friend and how far they would go to safeguard a secret.

Writing: 3 Characters: 3 Plot: 4
Another Southern family drama from Karen White with some of her trademark characters: stubborn Larkin who leaves her home and moves to New York without a word to her best friends and family and stays away for 9 years until a family emergency calls her back; absent and broken hearted Ivy - Larkin’s mother; Ceecee and Bitty - best friends from childhood - who raised both Ivy and in many ways, Larkin. An old, classic, house that burned down in a tragic fire in 1954 and still holds secrets as to what actually happened on that night.

Two parallel narratives - one follows three young girls in 1951 (Ceecee, Bitty, and their beautiful and entitled friend Margaret) while the other follows Ceecee and Larkin in the present day (2010). Although the characters are interesting and the plot twists unexpectedly, it is not one of White’s best works. It reads like it was written quickly and could use another round of editing. Reactions are predictable, dialog is a little stilted, and I confess that I am getting a little tired of her stubborn, female leads who need to learn to love. While there was a lot more going on in the Tradd street series, this one reads like a traditional romance. So - not my favorite, but still an enjoyable read.

I've been a big Karen White fan for a while now and her latest offering, DREAMS OF FALLING, does not disappoint. Fans of southern women's fiction, this is your beach read for the summer! White does a great job of portraying multi-dimensional characters the reader grows to care about and Larkin and Ivy are no exception. I especially liked how Larkin was forced to confront some issues and secrets about her family that she'd rather go on avoiding or ignoring. The setting here is the beautiful lowcounty and the reader feels immersed from the start. Larkin's forced trip back home uncovers long buried secrets and she finds herself on a fascinating and emotional journey, one the reader is privileged to join.

Karen White wrote a story that's filled with Southern Charm, mystery, and love. This multi-generational story tucks at your heart as the story of three young women weaves it's way threw their lives. Along the way you learn of their courage, love, selflessness and perseverance.

Karen White writes what I love about "southern fiction"; family, love, lies, and secrets. While I struggled with the moving between time periods, Karen weaves a story in such a way that it keeps me reading no matter what. Fans of Patti Callahan Henry and Mary Alice Monroe will most likely enjoy this one as well.

Larkin left South Carolina for New York nine years ago, then her mother disappears so she must go home. When her mother is found in the wreckage of the family's plantation, Larkin must try to find out why she was there. Secrets, lies and friendship make this wonderful novel well well reading. I loved it!

I first discovered the "Tradd Street" series by Karen White, which I love, and have gone on to read her other titles. This was another enjoyable novel by her!!

SO thrilled to receive a ARC for Karen White!!
I thought I read all of her books, but I just saw a title I missed, so I am going to be buying that one to catch up!
I have loved every book- she has the ability to take me away through her books.

I read chapter 1 and I was HOOKED!!

Tree of Dreams-
holding ribbons with dreams since the Revolutionary and Civil War periods.
They considered the tree divine; carrying them through wars.
Like our mothers' saying- "Be careful what you wish for!"

Larkin left home years ago, and now back- she needs to catch up on the lives that continued while she was gone. Lives don't stay frozen if we are gone or not there.
An incident/accident with her mother forces her to deal with the past and with issues.

Her life of puzzle pieces will need to come together
for the future she has always wished for.

I love a book where you care about the characters and laugh with them and cry with them and want to shake them when they make questionable choices and Dreams of Falling is one of those books. It is a story of friendship and family and long kept secrets..Larkin has left South Carolina and her family and friends behind to make a quiet, safe life in New York City but when her mother disappears she returns home. At home she has to confront things about herself and her family that she is afraid to see. As she struggles to make sense of the past she discovers that she needs to open her eyes in order to move into her future. Larkin and her family and friends are characters that I invested in and when the book ended I wanted to know what happens next.

Karen White is one of my favorite authors, I see one of her books and I just know I will enjoy it. Dreams of Falling is her latest, due out in June so mark your Goodreads list. Karen’s books always take place in the south which I love. Please transport me from where I am to somewhere new! Its one of my favorite things about reading, visiting new places, if only in my imagination.

There’s always a sympathetic main character and of course some kind of crisis. I can’t wait to see what Karen writes next. But for now, here’s what you need to know about Dreams of Falling:

It’s been nine years since Larkin fled Georgetown, South Carolina, vowing never to go back. But when she finds out that her mother has disappeared, she knows she has no choice but to return to the place that she both loves and dreads–and to the family and friends who never stopped wishing for her to come home. Ivy, Larkin’s mother, is discovered in the burned-out wreckage of her family’s ancestral rice plantation, badly injured and unconscious. No one knows why Ivy was there, but as Larkin digs for answers, she uncovers secrets kept for nearly 50 years. Secrets that lead back to the past, to the friendship between three girls on the brink of womanhood who swore that they would be friends forever, but who found that vow tested in heartbreaking ways.

Years ago, Larkin left the south for the city after a break with her two best friends and family but is called home when her mother goes missing. As Larkinfaces old memories, the many secrets in her life, and the people she thought she left permanently behind , she wonders if she’s strong enough to face her true self and others. But she’s not the only one. This story is about three generations of women, their friendships, their lives and their own secrets. A great read.

Love a lowcountry novel and Karen White writes some of the best. Family secrets,old plantation house, and the pull of lowcountry living.

I don't know what it is about Karen White and the stories she tells. As with all her previous books, I'm drawn into the characters, their lives, and their history. With this tale, Larkin has been away from her Southern home for 10 years working in NYC denying any connection to her roots. Now her mother is in the hospital. Larkin returns home and must face why she stayed away and the history of her family. All of which she tries to avoid until the truth pulls her in.

Karen White has the ability to write a book that speaks to your very soul. Dreams of Falling is one of those books. This was a multi-generational novel with vivid characters living in an area that was as vibrant as a color pallet. Larkin leaves the South behind hopefully severing her emotional roots and lives a clean uncluttered existence in New York City. After years of therapy she believes that she has moved past her pain and is healed. But is she? Dreams of Falling is a story of love and loss, secrets and love for our friends and family. It was hard to put this book down and one that will not be soon forgotten. Highly recommend.

No one does the Low Country better than this author. This one I read in one day. The story about three old friends who harbor a devastating secret, The effects of that secret requires them to come to terms with the past. I especially liked that one of the narrators was a woman in a coma.

This is a powerful novel by one of my favorite authors. Besides bringing the south to life with her vivid, sensory description, this is the story of family, love, and forgiveness. It is also about coming to terms with the past and then letting go of it so that it doesn’t control us. I particularly loved the last paragraph… It felt like All the threads of everyone’s stories were leading up to those last few sentences. Perfect!

I am a big fan of Karen White's books so I was so happy tho see that she has a new one coming out. That said, this one I did enjoy it particularly because it was set In Georgetown South Carolina. Been th;ere several times and I can see the places that she described vividly. I don't think this is one of her better books(Fan of the Ghost Books set in Charleston). However, I will recommend it to my patrons.

The disappearance of her mother is the only thing that would bring Larkin back home to Georgetown, South Carolina. When her mother is finally found in the ruins of her family’s rice plantation, no one can explain what she was doing there and why. Injured and unconscious, Ivy can’t answer Larkin’s questions, so Larkin knows she will have to find the answers herself, as she digs into her family’s past. Holding a book by Karen White is like holding treasure, she’s truly the gold standard in Southern women’s fiction with compelling characters and locations so real and vivid, you’ll swear you can smell the pluff mud