Blue Willow

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Summary: Greatest book I ever read has to be this.
Review: "Blue Willow" is an outstanding book! I've read it three times and am working on a fourth. I always find new things. I'm sure no matter how many times I read it I'll love it. The details continue to make me laugh and cry. I love falling in love with the characters all over again. It's a great book, worth reading.

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Summary: One of Deborah Smith's Best!
Review: "Blue Willow" was the first Deborah Smith novel that I read and I was instantly hooked. I have read "Blue Willow" five times since and am still entranced by the characters. The passions and emotions throughout the novel are amazing. I found myself laughing and crying constantly. This is a definite must read for any romance fans and a great introduction to the many wonderful books of Deborah Smith.

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Summary: Greatest book I ever read has to be this.
Review: "Blue Willow" is an outstanding book! I've read it three times and am working on a fourth. I always find new things. I'm sure no matter how many times I read it I'll love it. The details continue to make me laugh and cry. I love falling in love with the characters all over again. It's a great book, worth reading.

Rating:
Summary: One of Deborah Smith's Best!
Review: "Blue Willow" was the first Deborah Smith novel that I read and I was instantly hooked. I have read "Blue Willow" five times since and am still entranced by the characters. The passions and emotions throughout the novel are amazing. I found myself laughing and crying constantly. This is a definite must read for any romance fans and a great introduction to the many wonderful books of Deborah Smith.

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Summary: A gently written, compelling story of love.
Review: A beautifully written story of childhood love and terror that is written so that the characters become so real you feel their pain, terror and happiness.

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Summary: GOOD READ.
Review: All of us have a mental Top Ten List - those books we remember and reread, and recommend to others with enthusiasm. BLUE WILLOW is one of mine, and also has the distinction of being one of the few novels I have bought and given as a gift to others. BLUE WILLOW was my first Deborah Smith novel, bought on an impulse, and I was literally blown away by how well it was crafted. Unlike other novels, where there may be two or three fully developed characters, and the remainder serve as foils or window dressings for the protagonists, Deborah Smith manages to infuse the characters of two entire families with depth, painting a picture of people with both nobility and tragic flaws. The intimacy of the central characters is well written, physically sexual but emotionally deep. As an aside, Ms. Smith shows, in the setting of her novel and much of the narrative, a gift for researching the backround into which she will write (I learned more about ceramics than I ever knew there was to know!), and a talent for drawing pictures with words that enthralled me. I sound embarrassingly gushing, I know, but this tale is so human and so easy to identify with - loving, losing, travelling a long, painful, and lonely road, and coming full circle again. How many of us wouldn't wish for a second chance with a first love? Buy this book, and don't rush through it.

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Summary: In My Top Ten!
Review: All of us have a mental Top Ten List - those books we remember and reread, and recommend to others with enthusiasm. BLUE WILLOW is one of mine, and also has the distinction of being one of the few novels I have bought and given as a gift to others. BLUE WILLOW was my first Deborah Smith novel, bought on an impulse, and I was literally blown away by how well it was crafted. Unlike other novels, where there may be two or three fully developed characters, and the remainder serve as foils or window dressings for the protagonists, Deborah Smith manages to infuse the characters of two entire families with depth, painting a picture of people with both nobility and tragic flaws. The intimacy of the central characters is well written, physically sexual but emotionally deep. As an aside, Ms. Smith shows, in the setting of her novel and much of the narrative, a gift for researching the backround into which she will write (I learned more about ceramics than I ever knew there was to know!), and a talent for drawing pictures with words that enthralled me. I sound embarrassingly gushing, I know, but this tale is so human and so easy to identify with - loving, losing, travelling a long, painful, and lonely road, and coming full circle again. How many of us wouldn't wish for a second chance with a first love? Buy this book, and don't rush through it.

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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE!
Review: BLUE WILLOW is absolutely one of the best books I have ever read. I started reading it at 4 in the afternoon, and could not put it down until the next day when I finished at 6 in the morning! I didn't just read it--I devoured it. Ms Smith has an immense talent that brings characters to life and immerses the reader in the plot so that it comes alive. She is now at the top of my list of "must have" authors, and I am busily finding all her other books. Bravo, Deborah Smith! Bravo!

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Summary: Blue Willow
Review: Blue Willow is the first book I read from Deborah Smith. I saw it first here at ..., i was convinced by it's book review that only recently bought it from a book sale shop. Unfortunately, I cant' find it in any of our leading (national)bookstore. Blue Willow is a great book, I love it! I fell in love with Lily and especially with Artemas. It made me laugh and cry! It's hard to put it down. This book will be worth keeping, reading all over again and again, and I'll definitely recommend it to friends. As Blue Willow was my first, it's definitely not my last.

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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Deborah Smith is one the finest authors of women fiction writing today. And Blue Willow is one of her best. Everything about this book is wonderful. It's finely crafted, the characters are beautifully drawn and the story is so compelling you'll have a hard time putting it down. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book to anyone -- romance reader or not. It's outstanding!