A Fading Rainbow :

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Summary: A Story about Life
Review: A Fading Rainbow captures life's ultimate meaning through the colourful life of Annabelle Castello Johnson Reed. She grew up in an impoverished hamlet in Trinidad, then circumstances take her to the affluent, urban life. She finds what she had dreamed of - fame, wealth and power. However, she never found truth, love and unconditional happiness which she once knew back in her old hometown. When she grew old and her beauty faded, she adandoned her affluent life and went in search of the life she left in a hamlet called Bristol village. The story is filled with intrigue and excitement and profound messages.

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Summary: A Story about Life
Review: A great book !! It's one of those that you can't put down till you've reached the end ! A tale set in the post-war days of Trinidad with focus on the rural areas of Rio claro and Mayaro. An intriguing web unfolds to readers as the author let the characters recall the past and then bring them back to the present. Each scene is captured vividly and great empathy felt as you ride through the emotions of trying to please others and do things against your will, heartbreaks, grief and being forever plagued by the 'what if' scenarios. The realisation that money did not bring Annabelle happiness but only the simple things in life such as love, truth and family - a worthy lesson to us all.

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Summary: Annabelle's search for happiness
Review: A great book !! It's one of those that you can't put down till you've reached the end ! A tale set in the post-war days of Trinidad with focus on the rural areas of Rio claro and Mayaro. An intriguing web unfolds to readers as the author let the characters recall the past and then bring them back to the present. Each scene is captured vividly and great empathy felt as you ride through the emotions of trying to please others and do things against your will, heartbreaks, grief and being forever plagued by the 'what if' scenarios. The realisation that money did not bring Annabelle happiness but only the simple things in life such as love, truth and family - a worthy lesson to us all.

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Summary: A story about life
Review: It's a wonderful story about life and its ironies. It says quite profoundly that the grass isn't always greener on the other side, and, wealth and status are not the attributes that make one happy. Annabelle found true happiness in the same mundane hamlet she had left some forty years before in favour of the imminent life. She lived her childhood dream, but it didn't bring her truth and love. She found the true meaning of life only after she returned to her old village. There a sad/sweet ending that will bring a tear to your eyes. It's a story that will leave you contemplating on life's ultimate goal.