Tarnished Gold

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Summary: A Good Tale with a Strong heroine
Review: A very good book. But I have one problem with it.
That problem is Pierre.
If your looking for a strong hero in this book, don't. In fact don't expect a hero at all in this book. There are two heroine's though who have to clean up the mess the men they love make.
Those heroine's names are Gabriel and Catherine Landry.
Gabriel after going a major trauma at seventeen and then having to give up her baby remains standing. She is missing her baby and wonders if she will ever find her true love when one bayou morning she meets Pierre.
Though he is married he tells her he loves her and love hungry Gabriel believes him but all Pierre does is prance around painting pretty pictures in the sky.
Then a thunderstorm erupts over their love when Gabriel tells him she's pregnant and the oh so brave Pierre scampers away like a little rabbit back to the protection of his New Orleans mansion.
Gabriel is shattered at the loss of Pierre but the final blow comes one night when a limousine pulls up to her humble shack. Could it be Pierre come to save the day?

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Summary: Amazing read!
Review: Although this book was written last in the series as a prequel, when I recieved the whole set as a gift, I read this one first. I think by doing so it makes the whole series flow much better than if I had read it last. What an amazing read! One of my favorite books of all time. I've read the entire Landry series 3 times through and this winter I plan to start on my fourth! Truly captivating!

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Summary: Nature's Gift
Review: As in all VCA books, I love the prequel the most in the series, and this too was exceptional. This was the very first VCA book I read and never had I been so touched. I have never met a character quite like like Gabrielle, so absorbed in nature and so unaffected by material possesions, boys, and other teenager wants. Her mother is one fantastic woman, and her father, well, a well dimensioned snake. All the characters were exceptionally complex, Gladys was one deranged woman, Octavious a confused sinner yet sinned against fool, Pierre an idealistic weakling. The plots were gripping and taught a very important lesson: innocence is precious but never be too trusting and project your own innocence onto others, expecting everyone to be just as good natured as you.

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Summary: Sweet girl!!!
Review: Before you even begin reading the Landry Series, read Tarnished Gold first. Because this is the saddest book of them.

Gabriel should've never gave up Paul. Who she concieved by Octavious Tate. After an alleged rape. Who cares if people would gossip about the incident. The only person who cared was Gladys Tate.

The same goes with when she got pregnant with twins by Pierre. It's cute to know that Gisselle was the fist to be born, and Ruby was the last!!! The way Gabriel died was wonderful. She dreamt that she rowed toward shore in a pirouge, towards Pierre. Once she landed, she past away in real life.

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Summary: I Love This Book
Review: Even though some poeple in the book are rude to her and dont think of her as a human being but more as dirt. She went threw alot in this book. V.C. Andrews was a great writer and her works of litiuture will be remembered forever and always.

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Summary: Good Book
Review: Gabrielle loves the great outdoors. Unfortunately she is shut up from everything bright and beautiful. It starts when Octavious assaults her. When Gladys finds out from Gabrielle's dad Jack, Gladys gets mad at Gabrielle. Gabrielle's mom Catherine loves her (Gabrielle) unconditionally. Catherine even told Gabrielle that it was not her (G) fault that the marriage between her (C) and Jack was troubled. Gabrielle falls in love with Pierre a few years after she gives birth to Paul. Pierre and Gabrielle spend time together. It ends with the birth of Ruby and Gisselle. The process is fatal to Gabrielle.

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Summary: Shocking Beginning of Landry History
Review: Gabrielle loves the great outdoors. Unfortunately she is shut up from everything bright and beautiful. It starts when Octavious assaults her. When Gladys finds out from Gabrielle's dad Jack, Gladys gets mad at Gabrielle. Gabrielle's mom Catherine loves her (Gabrielle) unconditionally. Catherine even told Gabrielle that it was not her (G) fault that the marriage between her (C) and Jack was troubled. Gabrielle falls in love with Pierre a few years after she gives birth to Paul. Pierre and Gabrielle spend time together. It ends with the birth of Ruby and Gisselle. The process is fatal to Gabrielle.

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Summary: A must read if you don't have it get it.
Review: Hi my name is Ijanaya and I am 12 years old I live in the caribbean.I read Tarnished Gold and I would recomend it to any one who enjoys vibrant,exiting,decietfal,suspenced books that give you a vage idea of what the world has become of.The carectors in this book are unbelevable.V.C.Andrews is a creative writer that enspires young writers such as myself.This is a must read and I think tis book should become a film.

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Summary: Gabriel's own doing!
Review: I believe this book takes place in the 1940s. People in this time of age are more concerned with morals and values -sex before marriage is completely out of the question. Catherine Landry is portrayed to bring out the goodness in her family particularily in her corrupted husband, Jack. Her daughter, Gabriel however does not even listen to her mother's beliefs of Pierre who is merely using her youthful body for the sake of his own satisfaction. Gabriel does whatever she wishes, ends up pregnant, and just adds to her mother's misery. Her mother, however who is preaching such values is a hypocrite for she too became pregnant with Gabriel before her marriage to Jack. Gabriel and her mother both lack respect and this shows us that the Landry family are not in fact that concerned with morality and values in a time of age in which those attributes of life are most important.

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Summary: Kathleen Carew A3
Review: I enjoyed reading this book very much! It is definatley a best seller! I stayed interested throughout the whole book and with me that is very difficult to do! I will definatley be going out to buy many more books by V.C. Andrews. The charachters in this particular story were very strong. And i could easily comprehend what was going on the whole time. Sometimes in a story i just get lost because the story or plot will just wonder off nad completely lose me. Although with this story i just could not stop reading! The ending was very very sad though i just wanted to cry!