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Summary: Great Read!
Review: I can't think of one thing to change about this book. It was so good, vintage Delinsky. I have read half a dozen books by her and she never disappoints.
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Summary: anther winner from Barbara Delinsky
Review: I could not put this book down. The story is a real portrait of what families can become without nourishment. The young girl character and her problem touched the teacher in me. The mother and tutor showed great love and patience to this struggling little girl. I also loved the grace and dignity of Natalie who wasn't afraid to work hard and tell the truth about her role in the history of the vineyard. The characters and their interactions made melaugh and cry. As usually Barbara Delinsky told a wonderful tale.
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Summary: Like Good Wine Barbara gets Better snd Better
Review: I discovered Barbara Delinsky about a year ago...since I have gone out and bought every one of her books and have enjoyed them all...and like a good wine she gets better and better...In my oppinion the Vineyard is the best to date....she has a way of having her characters draw you into their lives...the characters in The Vinyard are real life..... Natalie tells her story to Olivia who is writing the story....through this story she is able to slowly get her family back into her life...... It is a tale that keeps you turning the pages...it is a story that you will remember.... I highly recommend it....
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Summary: Well worth your time!
Review: I feel a little disloyal in saying I actually like this book better than Lake News - another Delinsky favorite of mine. This book is wonderfully-well developed - a great storyline, great characters, great dialog ... what more do we need?!? I loved Olivia - quirky, but also strong, determined and a fierce protector of her daughter. I loved Simon - intelligent, hard-working and dealing with his tragedies in the only way he knows how. I also loved the other main female character, Natalie, who at 76 is more than eager to begin the next chapter of her own life. The aspect I like best of the Delinsky novels I have read is the reality of them. She writes in such a style that I, the reader, am a part of the books. I really get to know the characters; I can imagine myself in the settings, i.e., walking among the rows of grapevines, or sitting at the 4th of July picnic. I know just how Tess looks with her thick glasses on - smudged & halfway down her nose; I know just how Olivia's heart jumps as she starts to fall in love. The other thing I really like about Barbara Delinsky is that she doesn't rely on the "power of the author" to just make things happen. Her characters grow and learn on their own; happy endings don't "just happen," they come about through the efforts of her characters. I get so tired of contrived, trite plots & heros & heroines who, after 300 pages of missing each other and misunderstanding each other and lost opportunities and other loves, finally in the last 20 pages find everlasting love & passion. You won't get that in The Vineyard ... what you get are wonderful, realistic people who (just like us) have something to offer to each other and, in so doing, make the world a little better place.
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Summary: Generations
Review: I found that this book is a very heart warming and delightful book. It relates to the generations in one family. I would recommend this book to anybody!
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Summary: Could Not Put This One Down
Review: I have never reviewed a book before, but after reading "The Vineyard" I felt I just had to share... I am a sucker for romance novels, and this story caught my heart. I found myself grabbing for it every free moment I had and it was worth every minute. I loved the chemistry between Olivia, Tess and the Seebrings. Delinsky's characters are strong-willed and vulnerable at the same time. I found the story irresistable and I cannot wait to read Delinsky's other two books...I am going to buy them today! Make some time for this one and enjoy with a good glass of wine!
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: I loved this book about family and other relationships. They can be difficult at times. Barbara Delinsky is one of my favorite writers.
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Summary: A Keeper!
Review: I loved this book. I have read 16 Delinsky's in this one is in my top 3. I had to go find a hard cover edition for my personal library. It is a good choice to give to your Mother for a special gift. My mother is in her late 70's and this book inspired me to request her keep a journal for her family - which she is, but instead of writing it, she is putting it on tape for us to write up. A must read for Delinsky's fans. You will remember these characters for a long time after closing the book.
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Summary: Trite, trite, trite - HELP!
Review: I really like Barbara Delinsky's style of writing. You feel as if you are an actual part of the story rather than "remote viewing" as is the case in nearly every other romance fiction writer. Nor is there any sordid, soft porn sex scenes to tittilate voyeuristic lust. She builds her love scenes as a gradual, gentle and deeply insightful awakening. She reveals romance in an elegant, classy and very tasteful manner that engages the reader in the reality of the eventual mating without grossing out the reader with the vulgarity found in Stephanie Laurens or even Nora Roberts show-all-tell-all graphic manner that forces some readers to skip those "steamy" pages. Delinsky's books are like opening a box of treasures and never being disappointed or repelled by the contents. Delinsky also has a wonderful sense of philosophy about family relationships and the manner in which to build strong ones despite setbacks and condemnation by said family or friends. In this book she examines the greatly flawed assumptions that middle aged children dump on their elderly 76 year old mother when she elects to marry her vineyard manager and childhood lover after the death of her husband and father of the kids.
Also this fascinating story is about the labor intensive work of farming a vineyard and the whole issue of sacrifices made by a very strong woman for her entire life to ensure a long term goal of security which makes this story very empowering to women. I did not care for the manipulative, self pitying, pathological liar Olivia, a photo restorer, who happens through connection to her retiring boss to find a position in the vinyardist's own household for the summer to help organize memoirs, restore old photos and write the book that will explain to Natalie's adult children why she is marrying Carl and the truth about their biological father. Olivia's learning disabled and dysfunctional child dropped into the mix is just plain annoying, but the author deals with this difficult topic in an informed and proactive way. Then, there is Simon, the sour, recalcitrant, rejecting vineyard co-manager whose lost his mother, wife and child in a freak sailing accident caused by drunken sailors in another watercraft. After 4 years he is still wallowing in anger and self pity. Both Simon and the child Tess make the book grating at times, especially the kid's rebellion against authority and her special education teachers. Then there is Olivia's whining about her long lost alcoholic mother whose rejection has forced her to live in fantasyland her entire life. She even fantasizes that she is a long lost member of Natalie's household. This is all a bit much. However, I do recommend this book for the elegant prose and style that the author brings. She makes me think of Guy Gavriel Kay's exquisite writing style as she unfolds a story in a rich tapestry of life in a microcosm. I will definitely read more of her stories.
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Summary: Real and Gritty
Review: I really like Barbara Delinsky's style of writing. You feel as if you are an actual part of the story rather than "remote viewing" as is the case in nearly every other romance fiction writer. Nor is there any sordid, soft porn sex scenes to tittilate voyeuristic lust. She builds her love scenes as a gradual, gentle and deeply insightful awakening. She reveals romance in an elegant, classy and very tasteful manner that engages the reader in the reality of the eventual mating without grossing out the reader with the vulgarity found in Stephanie Laurens or even Nora Roberts show-all-tell-all graphic manner that forces some readers to skip those "steamy" pages. Delinsky's books are like opening a box of treasures and never being disappointed or repelled by the contents. Delinsky also has a wonderful sense of philosophy about family relationships and the manner in which to build strong ones despite setbacks and condemnation by said family or friends. In this book she examines the greatly flawed assumptions that middle aged children dump on their elderly 76 year old mother when she elects to marry her vineyard manager and childhood lover after the death of her husband and father of the kids.
Also this fascinating story is about the labor intensive work of farming a vineyard and the whole issue of sacrifices made by a very strong woman for her entire life to ensure a long term goal of security which makes this story very empowering to women. I did not care for the manipulative, self pitying, pathological liar Olivia, a photo restorer, who happens through connection to her retiring boss to find a position in the vinyardist's own household for the summer to help organize memoirs, restore old photos and write the book that will explain to Natalie's adult children why she is marrying Carl and the truth about their biological father. Olivia's learning disabled and dysfunctional child dropped into the mix is just plain annoying, but the author deals with this difficult topic in an informed and proactive way. Then, there is Simon, the sour, recalcitrant, rejecting vineyard co-manager whose lost his mother, wife and child in a freak sailing accident caused by drunken sailors in another watercraft. After 4 years he is still wallowing in anger and self pity. Both Simon and the child Tess make the book grating at times, especially the kid's rebellion against authority and her special education teachers. Then there is Olivia's whining about her long lost alcoholic mother whose rejection has forced her to live in fantasyland her entire life. She even fantasizes that she is a long lost member of Natalie's household. This is all a bit much. However, I do recommend this book for the elegant prose and style that the author brings. She makes me think of Guy Gavriel Kay's exquisite writing style as she unfolds a story in a rich tapestry of life in a microcosm. I will definitely read more of her stories.
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