| #937588 in Books | imusti | 2016-05-03 | 2016-05-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.20 x.90 x5.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 304 pages | Sourcebooks Inc||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Must Read!|By Ashley|I picked this up for my kindle on sale and was pleasantly surprised with it. I love the whole kind of "outrunning your destiny" idea of the story and Ivy was a great character.
All of the Milbourn women before Ivy have been talented, but also tormented. Ivy feels like she's spent a lot of time trying to find her talent only she's put her foot d|From School Library Journal|Gr 10 Up—Seventeen-year-old Ivy Milbourn feels just adequate. For the past three generations, young women of the Milbourn family have been blessed—and cursed—with sparkling artistic talent. A poetess, an artist, and
The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be golden-all bonfires, barbeques, and spending time with her best friends. For once, she will just get to be. No summer classes, none of Granddad's intense expectations to live up to the family name. For generations, the Milbourn women have lead extraordinary lives-and died young and tragically. Granddad calls it a legacy, but Ivy considers it a curse. Why else would her mother have run off and abandoned her as a child?...
You easily download any file type for your device.Wild Swans | Jessica Spotswood.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.