Across the Rainbow

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Summary: Across the Rainbow
Review: Be drawn across the rainbow in this time travel to the past. It's a real page turner! Victoria Chancellor pulls the reader into the lives of her characters with every word--and you'll hate to have the story end.

Rating:
Summary: Across the Rainbow
Review: Be drawn across the rainbow in this time travel to the past. It's a real page turner! Victoria Chancellor pulls the reader into the lives of her characters with every word--and you'll hate to have the story end.

Rating:
Summary: Across the Rainbow
Review: I love the time travel, books if this could really happen, I would like to travel back to the old West.
But in the story Across the Rainbow, I think David Terrell would do anything out of love, for his little girl Jamie, even fly his plane and find her a mother that its like a faire princess.
I love this book readed it in one day could not put it down.Ms.Chancellor should write more stories like this one, this deserves 5 *****, read it you'll love it.

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Summary: Victoria Chancellor did her reasearch well on this book...
Review: I say this because some of the other authors I've read take for granted that readers don't notice obvious plot holes or easy outs that they take. It disappointed me that both of my favorite authors, Bertrice Small(in "Pirates" I never found out who Old Woman was) and Linda Lael Miller(in "The Love Slave", the daughter of the sultan died of an outbreak of spotted fever while visiting her father in his palace, which only received four sentences in the book)did this Most of the time, children of the 19th century died of an incurable illness, like measles. It surprised me that nothing like this happened in the book even with settlers moving into the valley of Jackson Hole. It was realistic that Analisa got a fever probably from one of the families that were passing through, namely the baby that sneezed on her.

This is the first book I've read in a long time that made me feel what both the main characters were feeling.

Yes, Analisa Ludke was extremely naive about the world around her, especially the Scandinavian brothers that moved into the area. Also, she had a hard time getting over and discussing her father's and brother's deaths. Before she met David Terrell she survived the long lonely winters mending clothing and tending to her zoo. It wasn't until she was almost raped by the Olfson brothers that she began to appreciate David Terrell's need to "smother" her with protection.

That's another thing I like about this book. Both the main characters have flaws that are realistic. David thinks he could have done something to prevent his wife, Catherine's, fall from the cliff where she was observing Eagles. He jumps to all sorts of conclusions when Analisa goes to her favorite rock for some fresh air.

I like that, in spite of Analisa being a "19th century woman", she speaks her mind after the walk to the rock. With most of these so called Victorian women, we as readers expect them to be meek and accepting. Analisa is not one of those women. Of course. being on the other side of the world makes a big difference too. People tend to forget their Victorian ways in the West. Along with the sexual tension, I could feel the iron determination when she stood her ground, "I CAN'T live like this! I WON'T live like this!"

I also like that Ms. Chancellor shows where her aviation information came from and the detail she got from the people in Wyoming on the first settlers.

This is a definite must read for time travel fans. I plan to read more of her work in the future.

Rating:
Summary: Victoria Chancellor did her reasearch well on this book...
Review: I say this because some of the other authors I've read take for granted that readers don't notice obvious plot holes or easy outs that they take. It disappointed me that both of my favorite authors, Bertrice Small(in "Pirates" I never found out who Old Woman was) and Linda Lael Miller(in "The Love Slave", the daughter of the sultan died of an outbreak of spotted fever while visiting her father in his palace, which only received four sentences in the book)did this Most of the time, children of the 19th century died of an incurable illness, like measles. It surprised me that nothing like this happened in the book even with settlers moving into the valley of Jackson Hole. It was realistic that Analisa got a fever probably from one of the families that were passing through, namely the baby that sneezed on her.

This is the first book I've read in a long time that made me feel what both the main characters were feeling.

Yes, Analisa Ludke was extremely naive about the world around her, especially the Scandinavian brothers that moved into the area. Also, she had a hard time getting over and discussing her father's and brother's deaths. Before she met David Terrell she survived the long lonely winters mending clothing and tending to her zoo. It wasn't until she was almost raped by the Olfson brothers that she began to appreciate David Terrell's need to "smother" her with protection.

That's another thing I like about this book. Both the main characters have flaws that are realistic. David thinks he could have done something to prevent his wife, Catherine's, fall from the cliff where she was observing Eagles. He jumps to all sorts of conclusions when Analisa goes to her favorite rock for some fresh air.

I like that, in spite of Analisa being a "19th century woman", she speaks her mind after the walk to the rock. With most of these so called Victorian women, we as readers expect them to be meek and accepting. Analisa is not one of those women. Of course. being on the other side of the world makes a big difference too. People tend to forget their Victorian ways in the West. Along with the sexual tension, I could feel the iron determination when she stood her ground, "I CAN'T live like this! I WON'T live like this!"

I also like that Ms. Chancellor shows where her aviation information came from and the detail she got from the people in Wyoming on the first settlers.

This is a definite must read for time travel fans. I plan to read more of her work in the future.

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Summary: Wonderful love story
Review: This book was written in 1997 but I just found it in a Used Book Store and I'm glad I did. The author makes the main characters very real with real strengths and weaknesses. It is a very touching love story. I really loved the epilogue where Analisa finds and reads Charlie's diary. That actually brought tears to my eyes.

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Summary: Heartwarming Read
Review: Victoria Chancellor delivers a thoroughly heartwarming read with OVER THE RAINBOW. I stayed up late to finish it - a sure sign of a winner in my opinion!

Rating:
Summary: Heartwarming Read
Review: Victoria Chancellor delivers a thoroughly heartwarming read with OVER THE RAINBOW. I stayed up late to finish it - a sure sign of a winner in my opinion!