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Summary: Eenlightening
Review: I've read a lot of books over the years but this one stopped me in my tracks. I hope everyone reads it because it is on the money where spousal abuse is concerned. There wasn't one false note and my hat is off to the author for not flinching. I found the characters so real it was spooky. Loved the dogs, too. Michele
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Summary: Fern Michaels turns adversity to triumph
Review: It was the worst beating ever. Bad enough he left her needing stitches, or that her black eyes will take weeks to heal. But for the first time, Daniel vented on the small dog Lucie as well. It was her breaking point. Striking back, Helen strikes back with a poker and flees into the night with the small terrier. A chance ride, a kind vet, and a connection to a women's shelter results in a new identity and new life for herself and the dog. When Daniel's family oriented boss gives him an ultimatum, he finds himself either producing his wife or finding a new job. Had he behaved, he'd have taken the CEO's place when he retires. Now Daniel wants revenge. As a computer whiz, he knows all the gimmicks required to locate a woman who's gone underground. And he'll do anything to find the woman he blames for all that's gone wrong in his life. Helen takes a new name, Nancy Butler, and begins the long path to recovery. She drives cross-country from California to New Jersey where a new life, with a home and a job, await. She meets a marvelous new friend Sam with a dog of his own. Slowly she learns to trust again, to be friends again, to fall in love. But always in the background lurks the dangerous memory of the man who wants her dead. As long as she's legally married to him, she'll never be free. Further, she has no doubt he'll never stop stalking her. Fern Michaels turns adversity to triumph in WHAT YOU WISH FOR, a heart touching account of the painful world of shelters and subterfuge. Michaels draws us into the world of spousal abuse, a topic seldom touched among romance novelists. Rather than preaching to the choir, she follows the path of recovery, including reestablishing and redefining one's self-identity. This marvelous author brings a deep understanding of the issue of spousal abuse to her work, allowing her prose to lend her heroine strength and beauty to an otherwise ugly topic. In addition, Isabel Tyger is marvelous secondary character, ferocious to protect the women in her shelter, imperfect, deeply influencing many of the characters. WHAT YOU WISH FOR comes very highly recommended.
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Summary: The underdog goes over the top
Review: Not since "Sleeping with the Enemy" have I read the story but a victim of spousal abuse become a hero in her own right. Helen Ward tries to break free from "trailer park trash" past, she thinks she finds Prince Charming who turns out to be Prince Terror. I love the relationship she has with her dog, Lucie and I was hoping that she would had children and the end of the book. But instead, she does find love, happiness and unexpected wealth and that in itself is a blessing.
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Summary: Must read--could not put down!
Review: This book is great. I am an animal lover just like the characters in the book so it touched my heart! I could not put the book down-- I was asked, "Can't get your nose out of the book?". You can't go wrong by purchasing this book.
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Summary: A predictable formula
Review: This book is so predictable. The dialog is unnatural and repetitive. I love animals, but the huge emphasis on the two dogs in this story adds to the air of unreality. Romance novels are not by definition "reality" reading. However, this book does not even have a gripping story and is poorly written in comparison to other writers of this genre.
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Summary: Absolutely horrible
Review: This book was an absolute waste of paper and time. It was so badly written - it could only be for people who have nothing better to do with their free time.
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Summary: Moving and Riveting
Review: This is a two day read. It touches the soul and spirit of a woman in need of renewing her self-respect and finding the courage to do so. I have read very few of Michaels' books, but this was enjoyable reading and can be listed as a "couldn't put it down" reading.
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Summary: this is a MUST read
Review: This is one of Michaels best books! I couldn't put it down. The characters and plot are so real! I felt that I was right next to Helen and her little dog Lucy. This is a book I will definitly read again! A MUST READ!
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Summary: Michaels Best!
Review: This is one of Michaels best books! I couldn't put it down. The characters and plot are so real! I felt that I was right next to Helen and her little dog Lucy. This is a book I will definitly read again! A MUST READ!
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Summary: Drivel
Review: This is one of the worst books that I've read in a long time, maybe ever. The characters in this book were all stupid and boring, and those with animals cared more about their pets than they did themselves. The main character (whose name I have already forgotten and don't care to look up) was a wimp with a comically, one-dimensionally evil husband who physically and mentally abused her. I guess that he was there to balance out those who she met later in the book, who were comically, one-dimensionally good. Anyway, the woman finally hightailed it out of her marriage only when her husband hit her dog. After she left, she got lucky in the most annoying ways possible; did this woman actually earn anything that she got once she moved? I have my doubts. Being a victim will get you only so far, but she definitely coasted on her status for the entire book. She was lame and uninteresting, as were her friends and her "troubles"; plus, she was so DUMB. People who care so little about their own self-preservation do not deserve to be cast in books as heroes. Fern Michaels did not do anybody any favors by writing such an insultingly bad book. Why isn't there a way to give zero stars?
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