- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition (27 Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006171931
- ISBN-13: 978-0006171935
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 11.2 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,590,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jane Cobleigh gave up her ambitions to nurture her husband's rise to stardom. His success brought them glamour and riches, but to her, loneliness, until she began her own career. But could any marriage stand the price of such success?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is such a good, meaty read. It is the basic American success story - a melting-pot of cultures, producing a famous movie star, and his talented wife, Nicholas and Jane. The media become obsessed with them, and their incredibly - on the surface - glamourous lifestyle.Ms. Isaacs cleverly leads us through this complex mix of cultures, showing the reader not only how it gives them their looks, charm, and talent, but also their vulnerabilities and frailties. Their mistakes seem almost inevitable, as each suffered, in their way, appalling, abusive childhoods. I suppose that for Jane and Nicholas to achieve "Almost Paradise", is as much as they, or any of us, can hope for, but how I wanted to know what happened next!
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Read this at your own risk--it becomes your world!
12 Nov 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I am an ardent fan of Susan Isaacs, but I must say that as far as characters go, this one is by far the best. Tracing the two main characters back to their great-grandparents, Susan Isaacs creates a love story about two real and painfully human beings. I came to love these characters. I simply couldn't put the book down; it became an obsession.
Be prepared to lose yourself in this novel. Also be prepared to laugh aloud, to feel your heart soar and your heart ache, and definitely bring a hankie.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
The Best Book I Ever Read...
30 July 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
My mom read this book around 15 years ago, absolutely loved it, and handed it down to me. I have read it almost every year since then, probably ten times. I am 31 now, and it is still my favorite book after all these years (and I read alot!). I don't make a habit of re-reading books, but every year or so, when I can't find a book that interests me, I pick up my dog-eared copy. Every time I begin reading it again, my husband says to me "How can you read that book again and again, year after year???" I'll tell you how: this book is so rich, so full of life, that every time I read it I am just as entertained as I was the first time I picked it up. The characters are so vividly detailed, the story so well told, it's just enchanting. In fact, I recommended this book to a coworker, and when she didn't like it, my mom and I joked that she wasn't worth keeping as a friend! Seriously, I just adore this book. Another reviewer referred to it as a love story, which is misleading - it is so much more than that. This is no supermarket romance novel; it spans 300 years in the life of two compelling, wonderful, dysfunctional families. It's funny, sad, even heartbreaking at times. Issacs weaves a tapestry so colorful and detailed, it's impossible to put down, whether you are reading it for the first or the fifteenth time. It's characters and details haunt you. You will remember it long after you've read it. By the way, I tried to read Susan Issacs other books and I was disapointed in them all, not because they aren't good books, but because they are not like Almost Paradise. I think I was spoiled on her other books because I read the "best" one first, and no other can compare to it, in my mind. It is by far her best, her "Sgt. Pepper", so to speak, and sadly, she never wrote another like it. I highly, highly recommend it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Just reread after 20 years
13 Oct 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I first read this book over twenty years ago. Found it on a back shelf during a recent move. Reread it and love it every bit as much now as I did then. Yes, the ending is heart-breaking, but the characters are intriguing and the sex is scintillating. This may be an atypical Isaacs book, but it's in my top 3 favorites!
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