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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781594931406
ISBN: 1594931402
Label: Bella Books
Manufacturer: Bella Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 196
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
Publisher: Bella Books
Studio: Bella Books
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Product Description:
Two very different women from two very different worlds meet by accident...literally.
Collier Ann Torrington, a blue-blooded southern Californian, is running from her family, their money and her father's ruthless political ambitions. Meri Margaret Donovan lives on a Blue Ridge Mountain farm and refuses to see the world beyond her back gate. Their dramatic meeting is only the first of the tests that knock both women way out of their comfort zones. Just when it seems like Collier and Meri might find détente, the intrigue and destructive manipulations of Collier's family threaten her independence and Meri's way of life. There is only one way to survive the onslaught: together. But Meri's own shadows of the past threaten her ability to believe in any kind of future.
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I'd say this was an excellent first novel. This author has a real flair for language and description, and her ability to engage the senses, particularly sight and smell, through her prose was unanticipated and very welcome. Particularly when setting the initial scene and establishing the characters I was captivated with her skillful use of words, and imaginative set-up.
I thought that the writing wasn't particularly tactile, though, and perhaps this explains why at times I felt a certain detachment from events. This could also be due to Collier/Bea's detachment from proceedings herself. There are some plot twists that are surprising, and some turns that require a bit more suspension of disbelief than I possess. Particularly given Bea's intelligence and evident political smarts, I find it hard to believe that she didn't harness the media sooner, once she landed and discovered something worth fighting for. But these hang-ups mostly happened in the middle, and once things got ... Read More
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This is a wonderfully written story going far and beyond my expectations of a first novel. The author takes you on a journey with her characters while delicately blending in many issues, trials and triumphs. She masterfully weaves many elements of life, choices, love and a harsh upbringing in to a well detailed story. The story is emotionally satisfying and the characters are well developed while we watch them grow as women and partners.
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