But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. To learn more about The Keeper of Happy Endings, please visit the author's website at: barbaradavis-author.An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls. Quill says: A soul-stirring story of loss, grief, stressful experiences, complicated matters of the heart, and the indomitable human spirit. The author includes discussion questions specific to the book enabling readers to expand their views and share their thoughts and feelings about the story. Part of the story focuses on the power of magical charms stitched into wedding dresses. The subject matter will resonate with readers who have experienced heartache, deception, adversity, the navigation of complicated family relationships, and the trials of friendship and love. Davis captures readers’ attention at the beginning and compels them to keep reading.ĭavis incorporates timeless themes into The Keeper of Happy Endings. The use of sensory language makes readers feel as if they have traveled into the same place as the characters and are experiencing everything along with them.
The author created a great mix of believable characters, whether they are prone to positive or negative behaviors. Davis provides the translation for French words and phrases used in the story. At the beginning of the prologue and chapters devoted to Soline, the author includes a quote that ties in beautifully with the subject matter. The chapters are labeled with either Soline or Rory, the date, and the location.
Soline tells her story in the present tense, and Rory tells her story in the past tense. The story is told from the perspectives of Soline and Rory. While overseeing the conversion of Soline’s shop into an art gallery, Rory does not lose sight of wanting to improve her relationship with Camilla and worries over whether she will ever see Hux again. As Rory and Soline develop a friendship and spend time together, the tension escalates between Rory and Camilla. The prickly relationship between Rory and Camilla, her mother, makes for tense conversations. There has been no news for months, and Rory is struggling to move forward in her life. Rory’s fiancé, Hux, is working overseas for Doctors Without Borders when he is abducted. In May of 1985, Rory stumbles upon the gutted dress shop owned by Soline and leases the building. She was highly successful until a catastrophic fire at the shop in the early '80s upended her life. After the trauma of losing her baby shortly after birth, destitute Soline found a job as a dressmaker in the city of Boston. Upon notification that Anson was most likely dead, Anson’s father cut off all ties with Soline, even though she was pregnant with Anson’s baby. When it became too dangerous for Soline, Anson arranged for her escape to his family’s residence in Newport, Massachusetts. Both Anson and Soline were part of an escape network. In March of 1943, Soline volunteered at a hospital in Paris, France, where she met and fell in love with Anson, an American Field Service ambulance driver. The epilogue takes place in May of 1986 and is a perfect ending to the story. The prologue, set in September of 1976, is an excellent introductory scene. Soline’s story of her experiences in the early 1940s is woven into the part of the story that takes place in 1985. The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis focuses on Soline Roussel and Aurora “Rory” Grant, whose lives unexpectedly collide in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985.
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