The Carpenter's Lady

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Summary: What world is this?
Review: A recently divorced woman manages to (a) relocate on her own from NYC to rural New Hampshire, (b) keep her big-city soap opera scriptwriting job via phone and FedEx, (c) buy a "fixer-upper" house, (d) find a talented and handsome carpenter to do the renovations, and (e) fall in love with said handyman and live happily ever after. And all in the space of one or two months after the divorce decree! No days or weeks spent crying over the failed marriage, and not even much floundering around as a newly-singled person before she begins to have feelings for someone else. Hmmmm. What world is this? It's surely not the one I'm familiar with. Even the strongest person needs a few more months to get through such an ordeal, not to mention an emotional trek through the "seven stages of grief." I've read other Delinsky books and was disappointed in this one. Because I picked it up at a weekend church bazaar, I'm not bothered by the financial investment. It did eat up a few days of my reading time, though. Ah, well. Live and learn!

Rating:
Summary: What world is this?
Review: A recently divorced woman manages to (a) relocate on her own from NYC to rural New Hampshire, (b) keep her big-city soap opera scriptwriting job via phone and FedEx, (c) buy a "fixer-upper" house, (d) find a talented and handsome carpenter to do the renovations, and (e) fall in love with said handyman and live happily ever after. And all in the space of one or two months after the divorce decree! No days or weeks spent crying over the failed marriage, and not even much floundering around as a newly-singled person before she begins to have feelings for someone else. Hmmmm. What world is this? It's surely not the one I'm familiar with. Even the strongest person needs a few more months to get through such an ordeal, not to mention an emotional trek through the "seven stages of grief." I've read other Delinsky books and was disappointed in this one. Because I picked it up at a weekend church bazaar, I'm not bothered by the financial investment. It did eat up a few days of my reading time, though. Ah, well. Live and learn!

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Summary: The Carpenter's Lady-Perfect
Review: An excellent book written from the female perspective, Enjoyable even for a Guy. I think Delinsky should revive her old style and get away from the "down & out" Characters of her newer works. The Carpenter's Lady is an excellent book.

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Summary: The Carpenter's Lady-Perfect
Review: An excellent book written from the female perspective, Enjoyable even for a Guy. I think Delinsky should revive her old style and get away from the "down & out" Characters of her newer works. The Carpenter's Lady is an excellent book.

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Summary: A casual Read!
Review: Barbara Delinsky enthralls her readers with her gripping, emotional and powerful stories of love and lost, commitment and betrayal and strength for survival that dwells within human heart. All Romance and casual reads, her first pick I ever read was The carpenter?s Lady.I had somehow picked up this Book from my Sports club Library and it became my very first read of Barbara Delinsky. A very casual read but somehow when I read the story in parts, it's been quite a relax read - no hurry, no worry and it ended up returning the book after many days.Debra Barry, a successful television writer leaves New York for the beautiful countryside of New Hampshire especially to find peace and solitude to mend her wounded heart from a shaken painful divorce. Her old house needed as much repair like her broken, shattered dreams and there steps tip-toe in her life, Graham Reid, an enigmatic man who agrees to take up her job, not suspecting that his own life is about to be altered as well. Both build an emotional bond, drawn by desires to build a new life. Rest is a great casual read. Though I prefer more of Barbara Cartland, Judith Macnaught but find her Barbara Delinsky's better read books like New York Times Bestsellers ?A Woman's Place, Shades of Grace,and Together Alone and Rekindled. A time pass pick 'Carpenter's Lady' - choice is yours to read!

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Summary: Cashing in on a name...
Review: I agree with the other reviewers--save your money, before it is too late! I, too, saw it at the discount store and bought it before I read the fine print (i.e., when it was first published). It is a very weak story, filled with early-80's-type references and all the weaknesses of romances of that era. Do yourself a favor, watch these reprints carefully, and stick to Delinsky of the last ten years or so.

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Summary: I wouldn't say to skip this one...
Review: The story is a good one but I do see what several of the other reviewers are complaining about. It is a reprint and you can definitely see the difference between BD's earlier and later writings. Yes, the sexual pull between the main characters isn't as intense as stories written today. But I did enjoy reading it for an easy, sweet love story that wasnt real intense.

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Summary: Old Delinsky material is misleading and not very good!
Review: This book was indeed a quickie, in more ways than one. First of all, the romance came together too quickly. Chapter two ceased the intensity of the infatuation stage when the two characters were already touching. BORING. Not that touching is boring, but when you read a romance novel, you like a little bit of anticipation and challenge between your characters. Secondly, I would liked to have read more about Graham and his relationship with his long lost daughter. Seems that the plot was quickly thrown in at the last minute and wasn't very interesting to read. Tug at my heart strings with rekindled love, between family or intimates, and give me an ending that will make me sigh. Don't get me wrong, the story was cute, but I think most romance readers like a little temptation and saavy, not a steeple-chased love story.

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Summary: Steeple-Chase Romance
Review: This book was indeed a quickie, in more ways than one. First of all, the romance came together too quickly. Chapter two ceased the intensity of the infatuation stage when the two characters were already touching. BORING. Not that touching is boring, but when you read a romance novel, you like a little bit of anticipation and challenge between your characters. Secondly, I would liked to have read more about Graham and his relationship with his long lost daughter. Seems that the plot was quickly thrown in at the last minute and wasn't very interesting to read. Tug at my heart strings with rekindled love, between family or intimates, and give me an ending that will make me sigh. Don't get me wrong, the story was cute, but I think most romance readers like a little temptation and saavy, not a steeple-chased love story.