Kaleidoscope

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Two people meet and miss one another again and again in these short chapters that move through time. The stories are interconnected and yet also separate images and spaces. They are bound together by the characters themselves and also the themes that cross from one to another. There are butterflies, gardens, and gates among many other images that carry across the entire book. The characters must face their fears, reach across darkness, and grapple with grief and loss. Each chapter is a gem of a story, a short story that threads through to the others in ways that astonish, creating a true kaleidoscope of fractures and wholeness. It's set in mid and post WWII, and centers itself around the oldest child of three sisters, Hilary, who, when her parents tragically and abruptly disappear out of her life, is then separated and forced to live with new people, in a new environment foreign and unfamiliar to her. Separated from each other at a young age, they grow up without each other. The eldest, Hilary, will have to learn and grow with each new task she is faced with growing up, waiting for the day where she may possibly reunite with them once again, and the day where she confronts the person who tore her family apart. What I took from this book was two things- that we have two sisters, and each one is jealous of the other without them ever telling the other her feelings. Things childishly escalate until a tragedy strikes---then the book is all about the younger sister's feelings, sexual needs, and her need to get away from her family in the most dramatic way. And the second thing is I learned a ton about the family's fascination/obsession with Indian culture, food art, and fabric. This is a difficult book to describe without giving too much away, but I’ll try a few basics. Above all, this is a story about the relationship between two sisters, Morgan and Riley, daughters of very successful entrepreneurs. It’s about the reasons they're so close, why they drift just a bit, and how one reacts after she's left on her own. It’s also about both sisters’ relationships with their parents, who treat the two very differently. It’s about crossing boundaries, and about being lost and finding yourself again. Ultimately, 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 is a love story in which love takes on many different forms.⁣

Hank and Karen Brighton owned an organic grocery store in Oregon until they’re inspired to start selling clothes and goods from India and other countries. It’s not long before they’ve created Kaleidoscope, which becomes a shopping empire, enticing wealthy people to explore the more exotic side of fashion, furnishings, and art.Kaleidoscope is a book about love, both its many deceptions and its brutal honesty. This is a wise, tender, beautiful novel by an assured writer, written with empathy for its characters’ messy lives. The Brighton family seems to have it all—money and fame and a perfect family—but all is not as it seems. It is as the family unravels that Kaleidoscope reveals its true design.” Sang sahabat semasa perang, Arthur, terpaksa mencarikan keluarga yang mau merawat ketiga kakak beradik Walker: Hillary, Alexandra, dan Megan. Pertama, Arthur terpaksa menaruh mereka di rumah kakak Sam, sebuah rumah di daerah kumuh dengan kehidupan yang kacau. Hillary yang masih berusia 8 tahun terpaksa menjadi dewasa demi menjaga adik-adiknya. At what point, she asks herself, is a person entitled to feel badly for themselves? Who gets to judge? What are the criteria for comparing heartbreak?”

Kaleidoscope is an ode to the fierce and complicated bond between sisters, to unexpected love, to the pleasures of travel and food and unclaimed afternoons. It traces the way loss can change the shape of a life, honoring the experience of profound grief while, miraculously, reminding us of the beauty to be found in surviving. Intricate, gorgeously written, deeply moving — I loved this book.” Tragedy, though, has a way of laying things bare. Riley slowly comes to understand herself and the rest of her family in her year of dealing with unbearable grief. Nothing is as it seemed.

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Arthur yang semakin tua, tahu-tahu dikejutkan dengan kemunculan Hillary di kantornya, 8 tahun kemudian. Hillary menanyakan adik-adiknya namun Arthur pun kehilangan jejaknya. Dan Hillary pun juga menghilang. A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature.

Cecily Wong’s voice is assured and so very alive in Kaleidoscope,a transportive and compulsively readable novel exploring loss and longing, sisterhood and survival, and the complex relationships that both mystify and define us. Fierce, sensitive, and beautifully crafted, I didn’t want this book to end.”Conan Doyle: Mystery and Adventure recreates the largely missing television series as never before. Drawing on the surviving scripts, production files, and the Hawkesworth archive, it provides an in-depth appreciation of a lost moment in television history, filling gaps in the story of Hawkesworth’s stellar career and the tale of Conan Doyle on screen. Megan grows up to be a strong girl who fights for what she believes in. The character was not adequately developed by Steele and she does remain a bit distant to the reader.

Megan, si bungsu yang masih berusia 1 tahun, diangkat David Abrams dan Rebecca, istrinya. Keduanya pengacara muda yang bersemangat. This is a story of sisterhood, ambition, and the complex tangled-ness of relationships between sisters, lovers, and parents . . . a book about love, grief, and forgiveness.” KALEIDOSCOPE follows two biracial Chinese American sisters, Riley and Morgan. The Brightons' family has an eclectic store Kaleidoscope where the eldest daughter Morgan is the famous fashion designer. This book is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It is a collection of what initially seem to be unconnected short stories. Each one relates a different tale about the first-person narrator and a boy named James. The narrator’s and James’s identities are malleable from story to story, though certain themes and motifs remain consistent or reappear throughout the book: love and loss, grief and friendship; apples, gardens, butterflies, and—of course—a boy named James. It is a beautifully written book that is at once strange and wholly wonderful. I haven’t stopped thinking about it since the first time I read it a few weeks ago. My first book, The Houdini Box, which I both wrote and illustrated, was published in 1991 while I was still working at the bookstore. Since then, I have illustrated many books for children, including Frindle by Andrew Clements, The Doll People by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which received a 2001 Caldecott Honor.At its core, Kaleidoscope follows a familiar pattern often found in Steel's works: a murder that sets in motion a series of events centered around loss and the unraveling of mysteries. The story revolves around two lovers who marry and start a family, only to be torn apart by a tragic misunderstanding. This heartbreaking incident results in the parents' untimely deaths and the subsequent separation of their children, each embarking on a distinct path in life. Cecily Wong describes emotion like a poet. Her words have form and texture. Her broken characters are true in the way they mend, tear, fix again, and finally find a way to live broken. From rags to riches, sleepy Oregon to haute New York, they are the biracial Chinese American family that built Kaleidoscope, a glittering, 'global bohemian' shopping empire sourcing luxury goods from around the world. Statuesque, design savant, and family pet--eldest daughter Morgan Brighton is most celebrated of all. Yet despite her favored status, both within the family and in the press, nobody loves her more than Riley. Smart and nervy Riley Brighton -- whose existence is forever eclipsed by her older sister's presence. When a catastrophic event dismantles the Brightons' world, it is Riley who's left with questions about her family that challenge her memory, identity, and loyalty. She sets off across the globe with an unlikely companion to seek truths about the people she thought she knew best --herself included. Wong’s insightful and compelling novel follows two sisters in a moving and complex look at ambition and success.” KALEIDOSCOPE is a moving tale about finding yourself again and reconciliation. Regardless of some complaints, this family drama is worthy a journey.