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Summary: Something for everyone in this story
Review: You know that "ahhhhh" feeling you sometimes have after reading a very good and totally satisfying book? Well, I had that with DREAM COUNTRY. Daisy and James Tucker lived an idyllic life on the Wyoming ranch that had been in James's family for several generations. They were happy right up until the time one of their three-year-old twins, Jake, disappears. The marriage soon falls apart and Daisy returns to her home back east with their daughter, Jake's twin, Sage. Fast forward 13 years later. Sage has longed for the West - and for her father. But James has stayed in Wyoming all these years, not willing to leave in case Jake returns, refusing to accept that he is gone forever. Daisy is supporting the two them making unique, highly sought after jewelry with, some say, magical or mystical results to those wearing this jewelry. One morning, after a particularly volative mother-daughter argument the night before, Daisy finds Sage missing -- and at about the same time, discovers one of the reasons she has left --she is pregnant. She soon finds out that Sage's boyfriend is missing also. Daisy is soon convinced to go to the Tucker ranch in Wyoming to wait for her daughter. And there the continuing attraction she and James have for one another can't be denied. I enjoyed this story very much. Rice's writing reminds me so much of Kristin Hannah's stories I had to keep looking at the cover just to make certain I wasn't actually reading a Kristin Hannah book. The addition of a paranormal elements only added to its appeal. I cried buckets at the end -- a real indicator of my enjoyment of the story. As a mother of teenage boy/girl twins, one named Jake, this story hit very close to home. If I have any complaint, it is that the author chose to call Jake and Sage "the twins" in quite a few instances. As a mother of twins, I know it is important that twins be seen as individuals and not lumped together -- no matter if they're identical or fraternal. In fact, it was one of the first things I learned when joing the Mothers of Twins Club, and something they were rather militant about. So although those instances took me out of the story several times, I was still overcome by the emotional intensity of the story. I highly recommend this book -- and I want some of Daisy's jewelry!
Rating:
Summary: Something for everyone in this story
Review: You know that "ahhhhh" feeling you sometimes have after reading a very good and totally satisfying book? Well, I had that with DREAM COUNTRY. Daisy and James Tucker lived an idyllic life on the Wyoming ranch that had been in James's family for several generations. They were happy right up until the time one of their three-year-old twins, Jake, disappears. The marriage soon falls apart and Daisy returns to her home back east with their daughter, Jake's twin, Sage. Fast forward 13 years later. Sage has longed for the West - and for her father. But James has stayed in Wyoming all these years, not willing to leave in case Jake returns, refusing to accept that he is gone forever. Daisy is supporting the two them making unique, highly sought after jewelry with, some say, magical or mystical results to those wearing this jewelry. One morning, after a particularly volative mother-daughter argument the night before, Daisy finds Sage missing -- and at about the same time, discovers one of the reasons she has left --she is pregnant. She soon finds out that Sage's boyfriend is missing also. Daisy is soon convinced to go to the Tucker ranch in Wyoming to wait for her daughter. And there the continuing attraction she and James have for one another can't be denied. I enjoyed this story very much. Rice's writing reminds me so much of Kristin Hannah's stories I had to keep looking at the cover just to make certain I wasn't actually reading a Kristin Hannah book. The addition of a paranormal elements only added to its appeal. I cried buckets at the end -- a real indicator of my enjoyment of the story. As a mother of teenage boy/girl twins, one named Jake, this story hit very close to home. If I have any complaint, it is that the author chose to call Jake and Sage "the twins" in quite a few instances. As a mother of twins, I know it is important that twins be seen as individuals and not lumped together -- no matter if they're identical or fraternal. In fact, it was one of the first things I learned when joing the Mothers of Twins Club, and something they were rather militant about. So although those instances took me out of the story several times, I was still overcome by the emotional intensity of the story. I highly recommend this book -- and I want some of Daisy's jewelry!
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