True Blue

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Summary: True Blue for Me...
Review: TRUE BLUE is a novel which is well-written and thoughtful, and, for the most part, characteristically disappointing. Although I found myself dripping a few tears for the lead character, Rumer, I wasn't sure if it was because of the way her sister and childhood best friend/young adulthood boy friend, Zeb, pillaged her heart or the extremely cowardly way she handled the whole situation. During their college years, a note from Zeb was left for Rumer to meet him at the Indian Grave to consummate their relationship. Rumer didn't get the note because her sister hid the note. Zeb, who "loves" Rumer, didn't believe she never got it; he believes she is just afraid to make love to him and just won't tell him. Now, this is the woman whose heart was connected to his "by a golden thread," yet he won't believe she didn't get the note. (Huh?) So instead of confronting her, he sleeps with her beautiful sister because she will put out. Eventually they marry and divorce in ten years. Twenty years later, he comes back home because he finally realizes Rumer is one he truly loves. Does Rumer ever rage at him for the way he tossed their love away because he didn't believe her when she explained about the note? Does she rage at him for going to her sister because she is beautiful and generous with her body? Does she rage at him because he destroyed an incredible relationship they had since they were kids? No, no, and no; she never does. At the end of the book, she FINALLY rages at her sister because she stole Zeb. But with Zeb, she just accepts the way he killed their relationship over a disputed note that could have been settled by talking about it; the way the book implies they talked about everything the throughout the time they were growing up. I can honestly say if Rumer had been a woman who fights for what is hers...as most women would have done...I would have really loved TRUE BLUE. The wimpy way she handled the situation sadly robbed the book of its true emotion and true intelligence.

Also, although the book was well-written, I started to become distracted by the number of colons that appeared on a given page; there seemed to be more than on a busy day at the proctologist.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: True Blue is a wonderful reading experience and an escape to a beautiful seaside. Luanne Rice has captured the look and feel of a small New England town where everyone cares about everyone else. This is a heartwarming story of two sisters and the boy next door. Rumer's strength and determination are inspiring and her ability to forgive hard to fathom. I would love to move to Hubbard's Point, go lobstering with Quinn, another of Rice's enchanting characters and have my pets taken care of by Dr. Larkin. I would like to see a sequel to True Blue. I'd like to continue Rumer and Zeb's story, along with finding out what happens with Quinn and Michael. Ms. Rice has created such loveable characters that I have grown attached to them. Go after your dreams but never lose sight of what's right in front of you. For a wonderful escape pick up Luanne Rice's, True Blue.

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Summary: Hooray for Luanne Rice!!
Review: When Luanne Rice is on the familiar territory of the shore she so obviously adores or stories of the fierce love of family, no one can beat her. She continues to weave together characters from previous novels, including(but not limited to!)Firefly
Beach and Safe Harbor.
Zeb and Rumer, best of friends as children and in love/almost lovers as young adults; until Rumer's beautiful older sister came between them. Twenty years later, the now divorced Zeb returns home, and....... a great story commences!
Luanne Rice has a gift when it comes to writing about the love between families, and no one writes a more grounded love story than she. Bittersweet and true; I can only hope that she returns again and again to these shores and the people who live there. I can't believe they let this one out as a paperback! ;)

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Summary: Luanne doesn't dissapoint!
Review: Zeb Mayhew and Rumer Larkin, the two main characters are childhood friends, next door neighbors and eventually sweethearts. He is a star-gazer, she an animal and nature lover. He grows up to be astronaut and she a veterinarian. He marries her sister Elizabeth, breaks Rumers heart in the process, has a son, divorces, then comes back to Hubbard's Point (Connecticut) and tries to win Rumer back again and make peace with his own heart. Along the tumultuous way, we get familiar with the whole family, and township of Hubbard's Point, and to read about other characters from some of Ms. Rice's other books, which we feel we already know. I love how she does this, as we get so connected with her characters that it is nice to pick up a new book and get an update and what happened to so-and-so from a previous novel. Every time I read one of Luanne's books about Hubbards Point I want to go there and see for myself what it looks like, even though her discriptions are wonderful. I love her characters and few authors can rival this author's ability to portray the complex situations and emotions that bind family members as well as Ms. Rice can. This is a beautiful story of love, loss and reconciliation without the explicit sex that other authors rely on to sell their books. I look forward to each of her books and definitely recommend this one.

Rating:
Summary: Luanne doesn't dissapoint!
Review: Zeb Mayhew and Rumer Larkin, the two main characters are childhood friends, next door neighbors and eventually sweethearts. He is a star-gazer, she an animal and nature lover. He grows up to be astronaut and she a veterinarian. He marries her sister Elizabeth, breaks Rumers heart in the process, has a son, divorces, then comes back to Hubbard's Point (Connecticut) and tries to win Rumer back again and make peace with his own heart. Along the tumultuous way, we get familiar with the whole family, and township of Hubbard's Point, and to read about other characters from some of Ms. Rice's other books, which we feel we already know. I love how she does this, as we get so connected with her characters that it is nice to pick up a new book and get an update and what happened to so-and-so from a previous novel. Every time I read one of Luanne's books about Hubbards Point I want to go there and see for myself what it looks like, even though her discriptions are wonderful. I love her characters and few authors can rival this author's ability to portray the complex situations and emotions that bind family members as well as Ms. Rice can. This is a beautiful story of love, loss and reconciliation without the explicit sex that other authors rely on to sell their books. I look forward to each of her books and definitely recommend this one.