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Summary: Wow!
Review: It didn't take any time in this book to start getting pulled into the story...you can't put it down! What a sad, but true-to-life story about one woman's hardships & courage. Anna Quindlen is someone to watch, if future books are anything like this one.
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Summary: Great Book, Quindlen at Her Best
Review: Anna Quindlen is truly one of our great talents. This page-turner is one of her best works. You won't regret purchasing this or any of her well-written books.
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Summary: The Love of a Mother
Review: This book brought home the love of a mother and her hopes in trying to protect her only son. This book was fabulous and i read it in two days with two kids running around it was that good, one you can not put down. The author uses wonderful words to depict what this women is feeling the fear, the hate, the love and the secrets that she must keep. I could put myself into her head and know what she was feeling. Great for anyone who wants a wonderful book to curl up with during the rainy days.
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Summary: Fabulous book on tape
Review: This wonderful book is incredibly, passionately read by lili taylor. I have never heard a cassete book so well done!
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Summary: Waste of time and money
Review: Waste of time and money
This book was good at first. But had such a bad ending and was so disappointing. I liked Anna Quindlen's other book - Object Lessons. But this one is just plain ridiculous. I don't recommend it at all. I'm tired of getting books recommended by you-know-who's Book Club. Some are good, but most are very disappointing. They're all the same sort of thing.
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Summary: Haunting
Review: A friend of mine is taking a Criminal Justice class at our university and this was part of the required reading. Sitting in his room one day I picked it up and started reading it. I was immediatly drawn into the text. I could not believe how real the whole story felt. Several times throughout the novel my heart was racing, and I could not put the book down. Quindlen has done a great job in her character development, which places the readers in the shoes of the character. I would recommend this for anyone looking for a great read. Just as a warning, it is a hard book to read simply because of the abuse that takes place. It is not for the faint-hearted. (however it is very realistic.)
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Summary: A Pretty Good Book
Review: Sorry for the basic title of my review, but I really couldn't think of a more descriptive summary. While I enjoyed the book, I really didn't think it was as great as I expected after reading many of the reviews. What bothered me was that the main character, Fran seemed very difficult to 'see'. I just couldn't figure out who she was as a person. Perhaps that is because abused women lose themselves, but I still do not know. I had a very clear picture of her abusive husband; the macho NYC Police Officer named Bobby Benedetto. The other thing that bothered me is the main characters' (Fran) incessant mental rehashing of what seemed to be way-out there thoughts, ie. how her 10 year old sons lanky body seemed to be made of tinker toys... huh? It was if she was on a wild mind trip the entire book. Her thoughts would spill out from one thing to the other and very often I found myself lost in her mind. All in all, however, I did enjoy it and would recommend it, although not as highly as some other reviewers would.
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Summary: Haunting
Review: I read this book a couple of years ago. As a victim of domestic violence, I could really identify with the horror of her life. However, and I'm about to give the ending away so please stop reading my review now if you haven't read the book yet-if I remember correctly, her husband found her when her son called him (caller ID?). HELLO?!?! Wouldn't she or the people who were helping her have figured out that he would easily be able to find her??????? Also, I found it disturbing that in the end she "settled" for someone she wasn't really in love with.
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Summary: pulls on your heart-strings
Review: This is an excellent book, and a very quick and easy read. This is a page turner, and too easy to relate to for too many women. This story will bring tears to your eyes!
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Summary: A book you can not put down...
Review: This was indeed an incredible story and one that I felt had to be told (though fictional). You just can't help but read this book and get lost in it and see yourself as the character and wonder...What would I do in this situation? It is so well written that you want to reach out to the character and help. The ending was so sad and moving...I finished the book and wondered about Robert. A+ to the author.
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