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Summary: Another Great Book by Luanne Rice!
Review: Follow The Stars Home is another excellent love story from Luanne Rice. This book will tug at your heartstrings and pull you into the characters from the very start. Ms. Rice is one of those rare authors who paint an incredibly accurate portrait of her characters, in which the reader feels that they are right there. The entire story is believable and I especially love her portrayal of young adults. She seems to have the minutest detail down pat, including their fears, frustrations and mannerisms! It is very hard to put down a Luanne Rice book once you get started. This was one such book! I have read Cloud Nine and Home Fires by this author and recommend them highly as well.The story follows Diane Robbins and her handicapped daughter, Julia, as Diane struggles as a single parent to raise Julia. Her husband abandoned her after finding out their daughter was "not perfect", yet her husband's brother, Dr. Alan McIntosh, continues to stay by her and Julia's side and never abandons them. It is through the friendliness of Amy Brooks, a lost and troubled girl, which helps Diane see, experience, and find the love that has been missing from her life, but has really been there all the time! Definite soap opera material, but written with such sensitivity and tenderness that makes it believable and not mushy-gushy. The reader sees love and hope bloom in several of the character's lives as their lives intertwine and they begin to open up and care for one another. A good tearjerker of a story! Ms. Rice once again portrays her heroines as strong women experiencing several of life's greater challenges, yet preserving and not losing hope. I would love to see a sequel to this story! Wonderful story of love and hope! Highly recommend this book!!!
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Summary: Not her best work
Review: I didn't like this book. Unlike Summer Light & Dream Country, I could not get involved with the characters and I finally just put the book down. I was surprised as I love all of her other books.
I highly recommend all of her other work. This one, I just didn't like.
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Summary: A book club favorite!
Review: I read Stone Heart by Ms. Rice & knew I had to read more.
I had bought the book on a clearance shelf years ago & finally read it a few months ago. This is my second book by her, and they just get better. I know many people say her earlier works aren't much to talk about, however, I liked the previous book.
I admit, this one was better though. What a story! That's what drew me in & kept me reading. I haven't read much like it, and I read A LOT. I felt she really did a great job at helping the reader understand what the characters were thinking & feeling.
And I couldn't help wonder what I'd do in their place...would I be that strong? The ending was the best part. I didn't think she could pull it off, or that anyone would try, but it was wonderful. I'm looking forward to more time spent with Ms. Rice
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Summary: A Great Story of a Mother's Devotion!
Review: I really enjoyed this book very much. Luanne Rice definitely writes with a lot of feeling for her characters in the book, making it seem as though it really happened. Dianne Robbins has spent eleven years caring for her exceptional child's every need when her ex-hisband, Tim McIntosh would not accept a 'defective child.' Throughout these years of waiting, watching, and caring, Alan hid his love for his brother's wife. But Dianne has closed her heart toward men. Alan, being Julia's pediatrician as he always has been, begins to win his way into Dianne's heart as the story moves on. The story also demonstrates Julia's struggle with Rett's Syndrome, a degenerative neurological disorder in children. I found the book very worthwhile to read.
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Summary: wow...
Review: This is truly one of the best books I've ever read (and I've read a lot!). I'm not a highly emotional person, but this book had me crying, laughing and raging as I went from chapter to chapter. The relationships between the characters are so well developed that I feel as though I know them as my own acquaintances, or maybe even friends. If you appreciate stories that involve romantic love, parental love, and love among friends, I would highly recommend this book to you.
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Summary: A pleasant - enough read.
Review: This isn't a book I would race right out and buy, but it is an easy flowing story, and interesting enough to keep you turning pages. Dianne Robbins plays Super Mom, raising a hopelessly and terminal child, taking in a foster child, working and being a single mom. The grandmother is kind of cute, she lives with Dianne, and makes a few happy appearances. The love story behind all this is a little strange. Dianne and Alan only had one date, yet they seem to have always 'longed' for each other. Dianne married Alan's brother, who left her pregnant when he found out the baby was severely deformed. Luanne Rice tries to convince us that Dianne hates Alan because of what his brother did, but it doesn't wash real well, and the outcome is predictable. And throwing in the part where the deformed child has her say kind of puts a fakeness on the whole story. I hated the ending, I think you will too. I got the feeling that the author had to end it in a hurry and used whatever means available to do so. But it's okay. If you are bored and nothing else is around, you might like it.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This was my first Luanne Rice book. I told all my friends, run, don't walk, to the library or book store to pick this up. This book was so good that you really felt for the characters, you felt like you were pulling for Dianne and Alan to be together. You wished her mom were your mom.......mine was wonderful like Dianne's, but she's gone now. I just loved it. I can't wait to read more Luanne Rice books!! This book leaves you wanting a sequel. A definite feel-good book, and I see it was a movie too. I'd like to try to find it in the stores!
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This was my first Luanne Rice book. I told all my friends, run, don't walk, to the library or book store to pick this up. This book was so good that you really felt for the characters, you felt like you were pulling for Dianne and Alan to be together. You wished her mom were your mom.......mine was wonderful like Dianne's, but she's gone now. I just loved it. I can't wait to read more Luanne Rice books!! This book leaves you wanting a sequel. A definite feel-good book, and I see it was a movie too. I'd like to try to find it in the stores!
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Summary: Touching
Review: ~I first saw this book on a shelf at the library and thought,"what the heck." So I borrowed it and began to read that afternoon. At 4:30 am the next morning, I could be found book in hand,crying because it had touched me to my core. I never knew a book could actually change your life, but this one has. When you get to "Julia's Story", you'll understand what great emotion comes with reading this. The power of love conquers all in this book, and it's an unbelievable journey. The characters~~ are easy to relate to and their situations pull at your heart and soul. This book is uncomparable in writing (like the most beautiful poem you've ever heard), in content, and in character progression. I guarantee that when you finish this book, you'll want to cry and rejoice at the same time, and you will. Read this book and "escape your world".~
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