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Summary: Annie's Song
Review: This is certainly one of the best books I have ever read. I simply couldn't put it down. I am reading Baby Love now and find it just as great. I look forward to reading all of Catherine Anderson's books. My only complaint is this; from what I've read of the reviews of her other books it sounds like all her stories are all going to be about the same, which unfortunately I find the same type of writing with many authors. If you read one of their books you may as well have read them all. Same type characters and same type story line.
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Summary: Have tissues on hand
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite books. When I finished it for the first time I was so sad that it was over that I immediately flipped back to the beginning and read it all the way through again. I've probably read it 6 or 7 times by now, and it still makes me laugh and cry and cry again. It touched me very much, and I applaud Catherine Anderson for allowing us to feel the same emotions the characters did.
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Summary: food for thought.......
Review: This story saddened me because people are so often misunderstood and mistreated. Yes, I wept. Ms Anderson has this uncanny knack of exposing us to the harsh realities of life and then soothes the pain with the promise of hope, forgiveness and love. Annie lived a life of terror - I cannot imagine what it's like to be deaf and be mistaken for mentally unstable and shunned from society. How prevalent this was in a society of "civilised" people then - and sadly, even exists today! Ms Anderson shows us the reality of this in "Annie's Song" but offers the panacea....love endures and heals.
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Summary: Amazing, touching, uplifting story!
Review: This was my first Catherine Anderson book, and I must say, why haven't I heard of her before? The quality and originality of this story is far above some of even the more popular romance authors today. Ms. Anderson takes a difficult premise (the heroine can't TALK to the hero) and manages to make us forget her "disability".We get to witness Alex's gradual shift from guilt and self-absorption regarding Annie, to his eventual admiration, loyalty and love for her. I felt the author's handling of Annie's complete naivete was right on. There was no way she could have known many of the basic things we have come to understand, because no one taught her! She was treated as a half-wit, ostracized from the community, and, to a certain extent, by her family. I laughed, giggled, cried, and sighed over this book. And I LOVED that there was no "Big Misunderstanding", a plot device I feel authors use too frequently to come up with a form of conflict. All in all, I felt this to be a prime example of romance writing at its best. Please, read this book and recommend it to anyone who will appreciate a heart-warming, positive read.
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Summary: A wonderful love story
Review: This was one of the best books I've ever read. I didn't want the story to end. I loved the characters and will keep looking for all of Catherine Anderson's books in print.
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Summary: Loved it!!
Review: This was the first book of Catherine Anderson's that I read, it will not be the last. I'm looking forward to many more reads. The story was very sensitive and done with a lot of heart and soul.
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Summary: 3.5 STAR
Review: VERY EMOTIONAL BOOK FOR ME, I HAVE NEVER READ A BOOK WHERE I FELT
TOTALLY & EMOTIONALLY WRUNG OUT. THERE WAS UNBELIEVABLE SADNESS AND PAIN, I LAUGHED,CRIED AND WAS AN ABSOLUTE WRECK ALL THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK. GOES TO SHOW SHE MS ANDERSON HAS GREAT WRITING SKILLS. ONLY GAVE IT 3.5 STARS AS THE BOOK LEFT ME WITH
A FEELING OF SADNESS.
A VERY STRONG RIVERTING READ.
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Summary: Compelling.... But lacking in romance...
Review: When Annie is the victim of a sexual assault, her attackers brother Alex agrees to marry her believing she is mentally disabled. Can Annie and Alex find happiness, or is their relationship doomed to failure? Okay, before I get blasted by Catherine Anderson fans, I found Annie's Song a compelling read. I liked the idea of a deaf heroine, and the issue of deafness being dealt with in a romance novel in a sensitive manner. But I must confess, I didn't find the romance very interesting or... Frankly that compelling. Mostly because, despite her deafness Annie was so very naive. Frankly, I found the fact that she was described as 'child-like' and innocent every other paragraph distasteful. Also, the rape was never really addressed, and I found it really unbelievable that the heroine (many months pregnant), would welcome the advances of the rapists look alike brother. Perhaps AFTER the pregnancy, and after she'd had time to adjust and mature.....But before? Erk.... I also felt the relationship between her and Alex was somewhat unhealthy. Alex was more like a father for her, seldom letting Annie make decisions. While at the end, she finally asserts herself its not enough and not for the right reasons. Overall, I found Annie's Song a compelling read, but the disparity in age and emotional development between Annie and Alex was off-putting to this reader. Perhaps if Annie had been portrayed as less naive I could've really enjoyed this novel.
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