Pre-Owned Serendipity (Paperback) by Louise Shaffer

from dancingstarfish

In this book a new yorker, Carrie Manning loses her mother and goes out into the world to find out who she was. With everything from bad blood, estranged grandmothers, nuns and Broadway, the story is interesting and complicated in an engaging way. A tad cliche at times, but worth reading.

from Lisa.Johnson.James

Easy to read multi-generational story about Carrie, daughter of a great philanthropist mother & a Broadway musical genius, & granddaughter of one of Broadway's leading stars, she knows nothing about her family but rumors & gossip. But when Carrie's mother dies, she goes on a journey to learn abou...

from Gingersnap000

I read this book based on the talents of the author, Louise Shaffer, a star of the former soap opera, "Ryan's Hope." Serendipity tells the story of four generations of Italian-Americans who paid for "The Sins of the Mother." The first generation American mother was Mifalda Leporello who entered i...

from dancingstarfish

In this book a new yorker, Carrie Manning loses her mother and goes out into the world to find out who she was. With everything from bad blood, estranged grandmothers, nuns and Broadway, the story is interesting and complicated in an engaging way. A tad cliche at times, but worth reading.

from Quiltinfun06

A very enjoyable story about a woman named Carrie who is grieving the loss of her mother...a mother that had mystery and secrets. Carrie makes the decision to learn about her mother's past, her Italian mother's past. The story moves from now to then and back again in a very nice manner. The story...