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Summary: Excellent book! A must read!
Review: This was an excellent book! I hated to see it end. Ms. Alers has done it again. This was a very believable story and it makes you wonder what kind of "secrets never told" are in your family history. This book also makes you realize that no one, no situation is perfect, and that in the blink of an eye, your world can come crashing down. It also teaches you that you don't have to let situations dictate the rest of your life. Morgana could've bemoaned her fate, and let it affect her life in a negative manner, but she didn't. She grieved, she suffered, she grew, she forgave, and she moved on. I highly recommend this book to current Rochelle Alers fans, and to those who have never read any of her work, pick up this book. It's a great read! Kudos Ms. Alers on another outstanding novel.
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Summary: The Lady Never Ceases to Amaze!
Review: What can I possible say about this book that hasn't already been said? This book was absoluteley wonderful! The characters were very vivid and the plot drew me right in. Morgana is a woman who literally has it all. She married her college sweetheart, she has a thriving business, two grown, successful children and a beautiful home. Money was of no consequence. This is truly a woman that anyone would envy. Truth of the matter is her life is NOT perfect and the walls suddenly close in on her when she loses her mother and her husband in the same day: her mother to death and her husband to another woman. She retreats to her home to bury her mother and deal with her feelings towards her husband's infidelity. She meets an intriguing stranger while finding solace in her mother's journals. Soon Morgana and the reader begin to see why Morgana is the way she is and why her mother was the way she was. The plot of this book contains elements of suspense, adultery, family secrets and even bigotry. One of the things I admired most about this novel was the way Ms. Alers brought to light not only the racism that existed in the south between blacks and whites in Katherine's (Morgana's mother) day but, also in the inner circle of racism within the Afican American residents of Salvation. Ms. Alers doesn't disappoint but then, what else is new? I recommend this book without reservation. This book is definitely a must read!!! I simply loved it.
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