I really enjoyed reading The Bloom Girls. This book follows three sisters as they learn about and cope with their father's death. While this book only tells the story of the girls during the week of the funeral, it retains great depth both in plot and in character. Also, the book isn't nearly as depressing as the plot summary might lead you to think. While the characters' flaws are painful to read about at times, their humanity makes up for their imperfections.

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The Bloom Girls are 3 sisters who travel to Maine for their father's funeral. The story shows how Cal, Violet and Suzy are affected by their father being accused of sexual misconduct as a teacher and coach. I loved this book. Each chapter is devoted to one of the sisters and I loved how the author developed each character throughout the story.

Families and secrets - extremely common and usually complicate things!

A simple story of three sisters (narrated by each of them in parallel) who unite for the untimely death of their father and his funeral. Over the next few days, tensions unfurl, secrets unfold, insecurities come forward, relationship dynamics are explored and bonds rebuilt for them to move on with life stronger, braver and wiser.

Sounds cliched but the author has kept enough twists & turns in the story to keep it extremely engaging - after all what's a family without their secrets?

Honestly The Bloom Girls is not just about the it's about how one deals with them and learn to rise above the tides and tests life throws our way!!

Got a review copy of the book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

You quickly get entwined in the lives of Suzy, Violet and Cal, the Bloom Sisters. At the sudden death of their father, the girls have to gather together to say goodbye in the small town where their father lived. Each girls story blends into the main story line beautifully. You get to know their history, their story, their relationship with their father and how they all tie together. There is love, intrigue, mystery, family dynamics and true life feelings of sorrow following a death in the family.
I found this book a great read. The story flows effortlessly and as you get to know the Bloom Sisters, you quickly bond with their personalities, quirks and personal lives. I really enjoyed this book and it kept me up a few nights to read just a little more of the story.
To summarize, a beautiful story from an excellent author! I can't wait until another one of her books is released. I was so graciously given an advanced copy of this book for review purposes by NetGalley.

When Cal, Suzy and Violet hear the news of their father's death they react a little differently but all head to Maine for the funeral. Cal is a lawyer and juggling her career, her husband and daughters and her unhappiness. Violet is in love with the man she has just broken up with and regretting her life choices. Suzy has just discovered she's pregnant and unsure if she can raise the baby alone. As they get together for the funeral they also have to face the past and the reasons for their parents divorce. A good story of family life and how being sisters you go the extra mile to help each other. This is Emily Cavanagh's first novel and I am looking forward to her next book.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with The Bloom Girls, this lovely debut novel by Emily Cavanagh.

When the Bloom sisters, Suzy, Violet and Cal, were young and in school, their father was a caring teacher and swim coach. Due to horrific accusations by some of his students, he was forced to resign. The stress and embarrassment of being in the spotlight combined with an unspoken personal secret lead to the break up of his marriage. The relationships with his daughters changed dramatically and became fractured as he tried to rebuild his life in a new place, always feeling the void of his beloved family.

Years later, Suzy, the youngest, now in her late 20s was living with her own secret, Violet, the middle daughter was rejecting her loving, unconventional boyfriend, and Cal was feeling unsatisfied with her job and overwhelmed with family responsibilities. After hearing the shocking news of their father’s unexpected death, the girls are devastated and are faced with questions, unspoken words and regrets. The Bloom sisters come together for his funeral where they learn more about him through his community. Mourning together provides the girls with time to understand his painful past, process how it impacted their young lives and to find forgiveness as they make decisions for the future.

This was a heartfelt story of sisters, complexities in families, and how secrets can eat away at happiness and poison relationships. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey of The Bloom Girls and look forward to Emily Cavanagh’s next novel.

I really did enjoy this book as it touches on so many lessons that we could all follow in life. Try it, You'll like it!
3 very different sisters find out one day that their Dad has died.
Suzy and Violet did not see their father much over the years as he divorced their Mom and then moved away.
There was no reason- once he embarrassed the family with a scandal in their school where he taught and the girls attended. Could it have been true? It must have been since Dad resigned .
Oldest daughter, Cal, always kept in touch with her Dad and is "falling apart" over this tragic news.
When they go to plan the funeral service, these young women learn more about their Dad and who he really was, but ,more importantly, more about themselves.

The Bloom Girls is a perfect example of how you should never judge a book by its cover. When I saw the bright floral pattern, I assumed this would be a light chick lit read about sisters, however, it covers so much more. This is a story about the complexity of family relationships, how our perceptions can blind us to the truth and how kept secrets can ruin even the strongest bonds. Suzy, Cal and Violet Bloom drop everything when they receive the call that their father has passed away. Suzy and Violet have been estranged from him for years after he divorced their mother and left town under a cloud of scandal. As the three sisters gather at their father’s home in Maine, they learn about the man he had become and the new life he had made for himself. It is also the first time they collectively explore what happened all those years ago and come to terms with their own feelings, accusations and behaviors. I really enjoyed this book and give it 3.5 stars.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this tender-hearted book very much. When their father dies suddenly and unexpectedly, three sisters, Cal, Violet and Suzy, are each at a crossroads in their life. Cal, the mother of two young daughters and a successful lawyer is struggling with balancing the demands on her life. Violet is living on a friend's couch, having recently broken up with her boyfriend. Suzy has just found out she's pregnant, undecided about her own future as well as that of the child she carries. As the sisters gather in Maine for their father's funeral, they must each come to terms with their relationship with each other, as well as the guilt, regret and sorrow they feel about their father. The characters in this book are each so clear; their passions, their emotions, their doubt, and their love evident in their thoughts and actions. The Bloom Sisters is a compelling look at a grieving family, and the relationships between three very different sisters. I was very lucky to be approved by Net Galley to read this book.

This is a very sweet and lovely book about 3 sisters coming together when they hear that their father has passed away.
It seems like there has been a plethora of books written about siblings ending their estrangement after the death of a parent or grandparent,, it always seems like there are 3 sisters and one is always pregnant.

So, despite the fact that this is a nice read, it is not original, but the author has managed to add some interesting twists which explain the backstory of the sisters and their father.

A good book to read when sitting by the pool or at the beach....not deep, but nice and frothy.

At first, I thought The Bloom Girls had a bit of a Cathy Lamb feel to it. After getting into the book, I realized Cavanaugh's work was a little bit "harder" than Lamb, but it took me a while to be able to put that feeling aside - I probably let it interfere too much while I was reading.

The story is well told, I was eager to return to it over the course of the days I read it, but it still didn't quite make the four star rating.

When the news of their father’s death reaches them, sisters Cal, Violet, and Suzy Bloom have to set aside their own personal crises, and their differences, to gather in Maine. Responsible Cal, the oldest and closest to their dad, is torn between taking care of her family and meeting the demands of a high-pressure law career. Impulsive Violet, the estranged middle child, is regretting a messy breakup with a man she’s just now realizing she truly loves. And Suzy, the sweet youngest daughter, is anguishing over a life-altering decision.

I received this from netgalley for my honest review. The story of three sisters and three different views on their childhood upon the death of their father.
The book was easy to follow and enjoyable but I feel it was missing more information about the storyline.

I would like to thank NetGalley, and Lake Union Publishing for the ARC of "The Bloom Girls" by Emily Maine Cavanagh for my honest review. The genre of this novel is Women's Fiction. I find that the author describes her characters as complex and conflicted.. The novel revolves around the death of the father of the three Bloom daughters. Each of the sisters, Cal, Suzy, and Violet, have their own individual emotional baggage, and are not really close. Cal was the only sister who regularly kept contact with their father, after their parent's divorce.
The father had lost his job when there were some accusations against him, and he moved away. To Violet and Suzy, his moving away from them caused much resentment.
In this story, the women are struggling with their individual issues, and their memories of their life with their father when he was alive. They have feelings of guilt, anger, confusion and are mourning.
The author describes a dysfunctional family searching for answers of the past, current, and future . This novel is about family,love,growth and hope. I would recommend this novel for those that like Women's Fiction.

I was unsure what to expect when I chose this title. From the synopsis, all I could see was that it was about three sisters whose father had suddenly died, and them coming together during the aftermath to plan a funeral. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this book was about way more than what I initially thought. The author goes into the backstory of each of the daughters as well as the father himself. This book discusses the pain and hurt with the relationships they had or lack thereof with their father and amongst each other. She brings up difficult topics throughout the book and explores the idea of coming together as a family to mourn the death of someone whose past has hurt not only members of his family, but potentially others in the community. The characters in this book are all well developed and important to the story and I appreciated how it all wrapped up in the end.

A few negatives- Though this book was fast paced, interesting, and easy to get through, I noticed several typos within the text on numerous occasions. In the end, I was able to overlook these errors and continue on regardless; I do think the story is worth a read, and I would recommend.

AN okay book about 3 sisters who try and keep it together after the death of their father. Suzy was the youngest and didn't realize why her father left them when she was young. Violet was unsure of her relationship with her dad and Cal the oldest had a very close bond with her dad. They each struggle with their own relationships and their feelings about their dad.

A book about sisters with all the drama, love, jealousies and shared experiences as seen differently by each, Cal, Violet and Suzy are characters with depth. When they hear the news that their father has suddenly died, all three make their way to Maine where their father remade his life after a divorce from their mother. Written at times with tenderness, but always with realism. I really liked this one and would recommend it, particularly if you have sisters.

Cal, Suzy and Violet Bloom are not close, but when their father dies, they all return to Maine. They have put their differences aside for a short time, but it’s not long before they start getting on each other’s nerves. Sensible Cat, heartbroken Violet and baby of the family, Suzy haven’t been together in a long time. Can they get past their differences and family problems to unite as sisters?