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    The Fine Art of Insincerity
    The Fine Art of Insincerity
    The Fine Art of Insincerity
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Fine Art of Insincerity

    Written by Angela Hunt

    Narrated by Eliza Foss, Christina Moore and Thérèse Plummer

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    About this audiobook

    A Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and multiple Christy Award recipient, New York Times best-selling author Angela Hunt has crafted more than a hundred inspiring novels. In this compelling tale of selfdiscovery, three middle-aged sisters-each harboring a secret pain-gather to close up their grandmother's beach house for the final time. Together, they unpack their family baggage and discover the true legacy left behind by a grandma married seven times. "This emotionally compelling novel is a gem."-Romantic Times
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9781461847793
    The Fine Art of Insincerity
    Author

    Angela Hunt

    Angela Hunt (AngelaHuntBooks.com) is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 160 books, with nearly 6 million copies sold worldwide. Angela's novels have won or been nominated for the RWA RITA Award, the Christy Award, the ECPA Christian Book Award, and the HOLT Medallion. Four of her novels have received ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, and Angela is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from both the Romantic Times Book Club and ACFW. Angela holds doctorates in biblical studies and theology. She and her husband make their home in Florida with mastiffs and chickens.

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    • 4/5
      If you are a lady with sisters, you’d definitely be able to identify with one or more of the characters in The Fine Art of Insincerity. The portrayal of the personalities of the eldest daughter, second daughter, and third daughter are very accurate. As the eldest girl in my family, I could see myself behaving the same way Ginger does. What I like about this novel is its descriptions of what the characters are doing or how they are feeling. The descriptions are good and readers can vividly picture what the characters are doing or understand how they are feeling. I also like the way the narrator frequently changes between Ginger, Penny, Rose. This helps to give the reader a perspective of how all three main characters are feeling and what they are thinking in the various scenarios. In addition, a distinctly different font is used for each narrator. This makes it easy for readers to spot which chapters are narrated by which character. Another thing I like about this book is that heavy topics are used throughout. Abortion, divorce, infidelity, suicide and family misunderstandings are examined in-depth. These topics makes it difficult for a reader to lightly skim through this book. While this book is pretty enjoyable, conservative Christians might have a problem with it as some of the characters divorce frequently. Personally, I had a problem with this. I don’t believe in divorce and I definitely don’t agree with the characters divorcing in search of the right man. Overall, The Fine Art of Insincerity is a novel with an excellent narration, endearing characters, and controversial topics.

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    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this books as three sisters that led all different lives, with nine marriages among them had gotten together at their deceased grandmother's house. They had been raised most of their lives by her as their mother was dead and their dad just didn't have time for three girls. Their grandmother was something she had been married seven time, some of the husbands had died and some she had divorced. She had a daughter and a son, but the son had died young and the daughter was the mother of the girls. They all were having problems with their own marriages and Rose (the youngest) was even ploting her death as she just could not live any longer with her past. Ginger was the eldest and had two sons and was still married to her first husband. Penny was on her forth marriage (I think, hard to keep up with) and had one son that she had not raised. But as they gathered together in the beach cottage that they now owned together to clean it out and to get what they wanted to keep for themselves, it was hard for them to get along. Ginger had always bossed them around as she had to take care of her younger sisters for a long time before their mother died and she was the one that found her mother. Angela Hunt really knew how to put this book together and she made it come to life as the sisters spent the weekend together in the little cottage they grew up in. I think anyone would like this book that likes good clean fun, romance and family.Thanks to the author and to Glass Roads Publishing for sending me this book free for me to enjoy and review and do this tour.
    • 5/5
      Angela Hunt has always been one of my go to authors ever since I started reading Christian fiction. What I love about her books is that even though they are written from a Christian perspective, she tackles subjects that aren't normally discussed in Christian social circles much less in Christian fiction books. For example, in this latest book from her, the main topic is divorce. This is a topic that is pretty much taboo among many Christians because it's not suppose to happen. Those that have been divorced have found themselves alienated from members of the church regardless of the situation that led to the divorce. And yet Hunt writes about three sisters who have 9 divorces between the three of them plus a grandmother who went through seven marriages.The story is split up by each sister having her own POV in each chapter. The segments are marked by name as well as different fonts to give each sister a distinctive voice. Once I knew who was who, I found this method very easy to follow each sister's thoughts. Being from a three girl family as well, I always enjoy seeing the characterizations in stories about three sisters because of how true they are.In terms of serious subjects talked about in the story, there are three major ones that get brought up: divorce, infidelity and suicide. All three are pretty heavy subjects that don't get a lot of coverage in Christian fiction. The topics are discussed openly and without shame by any of the characters. Penny and Rose divorced their previous husbands for different reasons but neither is ashamed of what they did. Their current marriages are not what they planned them out to be and it's interesting to see the different directions at how both choose to handle them. Meanwhile Ginger thinks she has the perfect marriage but she's wrong. Her situation is one that no woman wants to hear and I found it a bit sad that she never picked up any clues on what was going on. I found it interesting that what she was worried about most was how people were going to view her if a divorce were to happen.One thing that bugged me a little was I could have sworn there were references to a very minor character being gay in this story. I'm not bothered at all that the character was gay. I just felt like there were clues pointing to this in revelations from diaries and letters. It seemed glaringly obvious to me, but no one else in the story seemed to pick up on this. And just as quickly as it came up, it went away without anyone else commenting on it. I was just baffled that none of the characters (except maybe the grandmother) realized this because they even questioned the reason why he went away on the trip. It was just a little odd for me.In all honestly I didn't find this book to be very Christian-y at all. Other than Ginger, I didn't get a sense of faith from the other two sisters. I only think it's because of Ginger's faith that she's able to make her decision at the end of the book. However, I feel that there is a LOT that needs to be discussed before any more decisions are made. I don't know if I agree with her final decision but everyone has to handle things differently. Divorce is something that I don't think a blanket statement can be used to make a decision. There are many circumstances that can cause different reactions in people. Whether you stay or leave does not make you a better Christian or a better person and neither does it make you a bad Christian or a bad person. This is why this book is so fascinating because it will evoke different reactions in different people and it's great for discussion. I expect nothing less from an Angela Hunt book.