<— THE SERIES CONCLUSION HAS JUST GONE LIVE!! Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (due to the author’s recent passing), was co-authored by her son, Harry Whittaker. ❤️ And the publisher is today’s newsletter sponsor!
Here’s a note from her family from back in 2021:
ANNOUNCEMENT – ATLAS: THE STORY OF PA SALT
Shortly before the publication of ‘The Missing Sister’, Lucinda announced an eighth and final book in ‘The Seven Sisters’ series, promising to answer the question at the heart of the story: Who is Pa Salt?
Before her death, Lucinda was able to write several important passages alongside detailed notes on the story. She expressed a clear wish that her eldest son, Harry, should complete the series if the worst were to happen.
We can today confirm that ‘Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt’ will be published around the world in Spring 2023, co-written by Harry Whittaker.
Lucinda and Harry worked closely together on The Guardian Angels series for children.
Harry writes:
‘Mum has passed on the secrets of the series, and I will keep my promise to her in sharing them with her loyal readers. Rest assured that in Spring 2023, the whole world will know just who Pa Salt is and why he adopted the sisters.’
We thank those of you who have allowed us the space to grieve, and those who have donated so generously to Mary’s Meals.
Lucinda’s family
About book #1:
Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each sister is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue that takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story.
Eighty years earlier in the Rio of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.
In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talents like never before.
SERIES READING ORDER:
- The Seven Sisters: Book One
- The Storm Sister: Book Two (The Seven Sisters 2)
- The Shadow Sister: Book Three (The Seven Sisters 3)
- The Pearl Sister: Book Four (The Seven Sisters 4)
- The Moon Sister: A Novel (The Seven Sisters Book 5)
- The Sun Sister: A Novel (The Seven Sisters Book 6)
- The Missing Sister
- Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt <— JUST WENT LIVE!!! SERIES CONCLUSION.