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Summary: Great Read
Review: I really enjoyed this book! It was great feeling like you were a part of it simply because of where it was set...The Bay Area. I felt like I knew Valerie and may run into her any day. The love story between Valerie and Michael reads as it is real and I'm sure many people would be able to relate to their story. Her girlfriends were also ones (friends) that you may have of your own. I would recommend you all to read it, it keeps you going right from the start!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: I really enjoyed this book! It was great feeling like you were a part of it simply because of where it was set...The Bay Area. I felt like I knew Valerie and may run into her any day. The love story between Valerie and Michael reads as it is real and I'm sure many people would be able to relate to their story. Her girlfriends were also ones (friends) that you may have of your own. I would recommend you all to read it, it keeps you going right from the start!
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Summary: A Journal: The Ups and Downs of a Relationship
Review: In Tiffany K. Shipp's Send Me a Stranger to Love, she writes of a relationship between Valerie Parker and Michael Patereau. Valerie has not had a relationship in six years when she by chance meets Michael, the man who sends her 10-year-old car to an early grave after a fender bender. Valerie is also living with the disease Lupus, which requires some extra care and understanding in having a relationship. Close to Valerie are her two friends, Lily and Gwen and her family, both in California and Philadelphia, all who play a major role in Valerie's life. This relationship has moments of romance, complacency and turbulence throughout. Many times one or the other would do something so crazy you would wonder why they stay together and then do something so nice you will wish they were your partner. This book read as if it could have come straight from the author's own personal journal; I wondered if it was an autobiography. The only thing missing were the dates. The sequence and time frames were very consistent to the point of the author specifying when "it was an uneventful week". Where there was action the author detailed everything from the clothing worn and conversations that transpired. The relationship between Valerie and Michael is interesting enough to keep the readers attention despite it reading like a diary. There is a lot of valuable information on the disease Lupus, that I found quite interesting considering I have family members who have this disease. I think if you live in the Bay Area you may find many familiar places or restaurants you frequent as their descriptions are sprinkled throughout the book. While this book was not a bad read, it did not leave a lasting impression whereas I would make an unsolicited recommendation. If someone were to ask me specifically about this book, I would say yes read it, you may enjoy it. Jeanette
APOOO BookClub
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Summary: A Journal: The Ups and Downs of a Relationship
Review: In Tiffany K. Shipp's Send Me a Stranger to Love, she writes of a relationship between Valerie Parker and Michael Patereau. Valerie has not had a relationship in six years when she by chance meets Michael, the man who sends her 10-year-old car to an early grave after a fender bender. Valerie is also living with the disease Lupus, which requires some extra care and understanding in having a relationship. Close to Valerie are her two friends, Lily and Gwen and her family, both in California and Philadelphia, all who play a major role in Valerie's life. This relationship has moments of romance, complacency and turbulence throughout. Many times one or the other would do something so crazy you would wonder why they stay together and then do something so nice you will wish they were your partner. This book read as if it could have come straight from the author's own personal journal; I wondered if it was an autobiography. The only thing missing were the dates. The sequence and time frames were very consistent to the point of the author specifying when "it was an uneventful week". Where there was action the author detailed everything from the clothing worn and conversations that transpired. The relationship between Valerie and Michael is interesting enough to keep the readers attention despite it reading like a diary. There is a lot of valuable information on the disease Lupus, that I found quite interesting considering I have family members who have this disease. I think if you live in the Bay Area you may find many familiar places or restaurants you frequent as their descriptions are sprinkled throughout the book. While this book was not a bad read, it did not leave a lasting impression whereas I would make an unsolicited recommendation. If someone were to ask me specifically about this book, I would say yes read it, you may enjoy it. Jeanette
APOOO BookClub
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