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Summary: Brilliant book by a new-to-me author
Review: I didn't know what to expect when I started reading A Man Like Mac. What I found was a well-drawn pair of leads, writing that never jarred me out of the storyline and research that was obviously extensive, but not annoyingly in your face.John McCandless was Keely Wilson's track coach in school and although the attractions was there, they never acted on it, until Keely suffers a devastating injury, potentially career-threatening. Her reaction to Mac's condition is brutal, her awkwardness around him believable, but she does her best to reconcile the fact that she has to work with him, with the attraction she feels now. I highly recommend this book and Ms. Robinson is definitely on my authors to watch list.
Rating:
Summary: Brilliant book by a new-to-me author
Review: I didn't know what to expect when I started reading A Man Like Mac. What I found was a well-drawn pair of leads, writing that never jarred me out of the storyline and research that was obviously extensive, but not annoyingly in your face. John McCandless was Keely Wilson's track coach in school and although the attractions was there, they never acted on it, until Keely suffers a devastating injury, potentially career-threatening. Her reaction to Mac's condition is brutal, her awkwardness around him believable, but she does her best to reconcile the fact that she has to work with him, with the attraction she feels now. I highly recommend this book and Ms. Robinson is definitely on my authors to watch list.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Keely Wilson discovers that life can change in the blink of an eye, but she'd determined to fight her way past a potentially career-ending injury and get her life back. But she needs help. She goes to her old coach, Mac McCandless, for help, and finds a man who's had to deal with his own life changing injury. Rather than fighting against, Mac has accepted his limitations and built a new life. Together Mac and Keely learn that there are things you can't control...sometimes it's physical limitations, and sometimes it's a love that won't be denied, whatever the obstacles. Fay Robinson story of Mac and Keely is a warm, touching story that's guaranteed to touch the readers heart.
Rating:
Summary: Wow!
Review: Keely Wilson discovers that life can change in the blink of an eye, but she'd determined to fight her way past a potentially career-ending injury and get her life back. But she needs help. She goes to her old coach, Mac McCandless, for help, and finds a man who's had to deal with his own life changing injury. Rather than fighting against, Mac has accepted his limitations and built a new life. Together Mac and Keely learn that there are things you can't control...sometimes it's physical limitations, and sometimes it's a love that won't be denied, whatever the obstacles. Fay Robinson story of Mac and Keely is a warm, touching story that's guaranteed to touch the readers heart.
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Summary: One of the best books of the year
Review: You know the book is a keeper when, long after you close the cover, it stays with you. In "A Man Like Mac," Fay Robinson not only pens a keeper, but one that easily deserves the title, "Best First Book." Olympic runner, Keely Wilson, finds her dreams crushed after injuries suffered in a car accident leave her body and spirit crippled. Determined to achieve her goal of winning Olympic gold in Sydney, Keely returns to the man who was so instrumental in building her young running career, Mac McCandless, in the hopes that he can, once again, work magic. Unbeknownst to her, however, Mac has been dealt his own rotten hand of Life's cards. Keely must find it within herself to not only accept and deal with Mac's condition, but her growing attraction to him. She must also deal with memories of the past--her parents' divorce, her father's death, and her mother's plans to marry again. As Mac works with Keely, he's not only afraid she will never run again, but that she will rebuff the personal feelings he has for her. In the hands of a lesser writer, Keely could have come off as a whiny,spoiled brat with whom the reader would feel no compassion, no sympathy; the portrayal of paraplegics and quadraplegics could have come off as maudlin. But Ms. Robinson outfits her complex characters with acceptable and believable conflict and gives them intelligent, compelling dialogue. Some scenes leave you laughing and some will make you cry. But in the end, the reader is filled with a sense of awe and the knowledge that love *can* conquer all. This is Ms. Robinson's first book. Thankfully, it's not her last(her next is scheduled for Jan. 2001) This is an author to watch, and if her first book is any indication, her career is destined to be a golden one. I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's one of the best love stories of the year.
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