The Winemakers - Book Review

 

The Winemakers by Jan Moran

The story begins in 1956 when we meet Catarina an unwed mother who would like nothing more than to go home to her family’s vineyard with her baby daughter. She is very afraid that her mother Ava will disown her if she does not give up the baby for adoption. Catarina is also terrified to reveal who the father is. She decides to travel alone to speak with her mother, and when she arrives finds out she has inherited a home and vineyard in France. Maybe she could travel to Italy and start a new life for her and her daughter.

We then go back to 1928 to start the story of Ava, who has quite the story to tell of how she met and married Catarina’s father and ended up living in California.

The story continues from present day to the past as we learn each woman’s story and how much alike their circumstances were. The plot thickens with the arrival of baby Marisa’s father, Catarina’s adventures to learn the truth about her family, and Ava’s struggles to keep the vineyard thriving.

This was a beautiful story of the struggling relationship between a mother and daughter and the hardships they had to endure in the 1920’s and 1950’s. The plot was fabulous, the depth of the characters was brilliant, and the supporting characters added more intrigue and suspense to the story. I could not put this book down as I felt so drawn into the story and the lives of both women. I also loved learning about the cultures, and the wine making process. Thank you so much to the author Jan Moran for the amazing journey and for the advanced copy of the book to review. It was fabulous! All opinions expressed for this review are unbiased and entirely my own.

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 Jan Moran is a USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She writes stylish, uplifting, and emotionally rich contemporary and 20th-century historical women's fiction. The Midwest Book Review and Kirkus have recommended her books, calling her heroines strong, complex, and resourceful. Visit her at www.janmoran.com and join her reader's club.

Her books are also translated into German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, and other languages. Jan studied writing at the UCLA Writers Program, sailed on Semester at Sea, and graduated from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. She lives near the beach in southern California.

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