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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: This book was astonishing in its realistic description of the break-up of a marriage. A lot of books have been written on this topic, but I can't recall ever reading one that came closer to the mark. After finishing the book, I felt as though I had come to know the characters; in their pain, their triumphs, their frustrations, their ambivalence. This author truly writes from the heart.
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Summary: superb - and real
Review: This is about real life, whatever some others reviewers say. All teenage boys should read this - this is what happens ultimately if one ignores timeless wisdom and falls victim to trendy, "situation morality". I wish I had read this when I was younger, it might have helped me get my morality straighter earlier in my life.
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Summary: Painful and Thoughtful Look into Divorce...
Review: This is only my second book by this talented author and again I am impressed by her ability to keep me turning the pages furiously. This story delves into the painful world of divorce after 20 years and how life does indeed go on and how sometimes people are regretful but hate and anger cloud their judgement. The most touching moment in the book that really got to me was how in the end sometimes you get exactly what you thought you wanted and then find out its nothing like you thought and all you want now is to stop time, but you can't. Life can be cruel, but its only as bad as you make it. And sometimes people can't admit their wrongs and can't deal with their mistakes and find other ways of dealing with them...~Margaret Crane is envied by alot of people. She has a comfortable and nice home with three wonderful children and a loving husband that works too much. Everything seems perfect...too perfect it seems as she wonders why her husband can't seem to get any time off of work anymore and works so late she barely sees him anymore. He seems distracted and distant. As time goes by, her husband Adam seems worried about his job and is on trips all the time, leaving Margaret alone to think...to think alot about the woman she met by accident named Randi, the woman that Adam seemed rattled by seeing after 20 years. The Other Woman. Margaret ignores the warning signs of her failing marriage and fails to acknowledge it until her daughter sees Adam with Randi at a resteraunt and her entire life falls apart in an instant as he confesses. But Margaret is willing to give it another try and Adam also tries, but they both soon realize things are never going to be the same...Adam loves Randi.
Margaret must learn to live without him and get on with life. How can she? How can he forget 20 years of their lives together? Adam also realizes sometimes, getting what you wished for isn't what it's all cracked up to be. And its hard to admit to a mistake, making it more difficult is seeing your ex finally getting on with her life without you in it...yet he cannot live like this. Promises...words spoken so long ago now finally make sense to him. Tracy Talley~@
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Summary: Painful and Thoughtful Look into Divorce...
Review: This is only my second book by this talented author and again I am impressed by her ability to keep me turning the pages furiously. This story delves into the painful world of divorce after 20 years and how life does indeed go on and how sometimes people are regretful but hate and anger cloud their judgement. The most touching moment in the book that really got to me was how in the end sometimes you get exactly what you thought you wanted and then find out its nothing like you thought and all you want now is to stop time, but you can't. Life can be cruel, but its only as bad as you make it. And sometimes people can't admit their wrongs and can't deal with their mistakes and find other ways of dealing with them... ~Margaret Crane is envied by alot of people. She has a comfortable and nice home with three wonderful children and a loving husband that works too much. Everything seems perfect...too perfect it seems as she wonders why her husband can't seem to get any time off of work anymore and works so late she barely sees him anymore. He seems distracted and distant. As time goes by, her husband Adam seems worried about his job and is on trips all the time, leaving Margaret alone to think...to think alot about the woman she met by accident named Randi, the woman that Adam seemed rattled by seeing after 20 years. The Other Woman. Margaret ignores the warning signs of her failing marriage and fails to acknowledge it until her daughter sees Adam with Randi at a resteraunt and her entire life falls apart in an instant as he confesses. But Margaret is willing to give it another try and Adam also tries, but they both soon realize things are never going to be the same...Adam loves Randi.
Margaret must learn to live without him and get on with life. How can she? How can he forget 20 years of their lives together? Adam also realizes sometimes, getting what you wished for isn't what it's all cracked up to be. And its hard to admit to a mistake, making it more difficult is seeing your ex finally getting on with her life without you in it...yet he cannot live like this. Promises...words spoken so long ago now finally make sense to him. Tracy Talley~@
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Summary: LOVED IT!!!
Review: This was a great book! The first time I read it I couldn't put it down. The story got me in suspense abput what was going to happen to Margaret and Adam and Randi. Randi is such a powerful woman who came out of nowhere to find Adam and take him away from his family. Adam, being married to Margaret, knew that having an affair with Randi was wrong but he let Randi lead him on anyway. My favorite part of the story is when Adam and Randi are too fallen in love with each other and Margaret is still trying to ignore signs that Adam is with someone else. And Margaret is such a great caracter, having a great recovery after Adam leaves her. It really makes me think what I would have done in her place. I know it is not easy dealing with something like that, when a husband or wife leaves you for someone else. The end is also great. All in all, it is one of my favorite books and I always read it over and over again. I can't get enough of it.
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Summary: Couldn't stop reading it!
Review: This was my first time reading a Belva Plain book, and I truly enjoyed it. I have read many books about women whose husbands are cheating on them, or are going through a divorce, but none have delved as deeply into the characters raw emotions as this one. For the first time I can honestly say I felt the pain of the wife as her marriage was changing, and I felt the heartwrenching pain of discovering your husband has been cheating on you. A really fine example of a romance/drama. Recommended highly.
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Summary: Couldn't stop reading it!
Review: This was my first time reading a Belva Plain book, and I truly enjoyed it. I have read many books about women whose husbands are cheating on them, or are going through a divorce, but none have delved as deeply into the characters raw emotions as this one. For the first time I can honestly say I felt the pain of the wife as her marriage was changing, and I felt the heartwrenching pain of discovering your husband has been cheating on you. A really fine example of a romance/drama. Recommended highly.
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