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In this acclaimed early novel New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice takes readers on an intensely moving journey through the intimate terrain of a rapturous marriage in sudden jeopardy–and follows one woman’s courageous search to find her way when everything, even her heart, seems lost.…
Georgie Symonds didn’t think anything could shake her perfect marriage. She and Nick were meant for each other, everyone said so, and their life on the Connecticut shore, among Georgie’s close-knit family, is picture-perfect. But lately Nick has been consumed with his job on Wall Street, and Georgie finds herself plagued with suspicions too awful to contemplate. To distract herself, she plunges into her work with the Swift Observatory, examining the stories of people whose lives have been changed by unexpected tragedy. But it’s when a handsome stranger arrives on her doorstep that Georgie learns firsthand that when your dreams are in danger of collapsing, it’s time to create new ones.…
Georgie Symonds didn’t think anything could shake her perfect marriage. She and Nick were meant for each other, everyone said so, and their life on the Connecticut shore, among Georgie’s close-knit family, is picture-perfect. But lately Nick has been consumed with his job on Wall Street, and Georgie finds herself plagued with suspicions too awful to contemplate. To distract herself, she plunges into her work with the Swift Observatory, examining the stories of people whose lives have been changed by unexpected tragedy. But it’s when a handsome stranger arrives on her doorstep that Georgie learns firsthand that when your dreams are in danger of collapsing, it’s time to create new ones.…
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
This was written in 1988
28 Feb 2002
Format:Hardcover
I read this after reading some of her newest novels - which I have loved. This one, however, is similar to a couple others of her older ones that lack substance. It is more difficult to connect with these characters, showing us that writers do indeed improve with experience, as we all do.
The main character here is a woman named Georgie, who is "crazy in love' with her husband - to the point of obsession, and the poor guy, who is in love with her, can't seem to convince her that she doesn't have to be insecure about their relationship or be jealous... yet she hates to see him go to work each time he has to leave. She wants to follow him around, and does sometimes.
Georgie was driving me up the wall, just reading about it, and I am a woman. She gets funding for a research project about Human Nature where she interviews people and tells their stories about events in their lives, but even that doesn't get the reader involved ... I didn't find it very enjoyable and had to skim through a lot of parts of this book to get it finished.
If you haven't read her before, start with "Follow the Stars Home,"
"Home Fires" or "Summer Light." She is a great writer, but don't start with this one.
The main character here is a woman named Georgie, who is "crazy in love' with her husband - to the point of obsession, and the poor guy, who is in love with her, can't seem to convince her that she doesn't have to be insecure about their relationship or be jealous... yet she hates to see him go to work each time he has to leave. She wants to follow him around, and does sometimes.
Georgie was driving me up the wall, just reading about it, and I am a woman. She gets funding for a research project about Human Nature where she interviews people and tells their stories about events in their lives, but even that doesn't get the reader involved ... I didn't find it very enjoyable and had to skim through a lot of parts of this book to get it finished.
If you haven't read her before, start with "Follow the Stars Home,"
"Home Fires" or "Summer Light." She is a great writer, but don't start with this one.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Great read about the emotional life of a couple
11 Feb 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This novel reads like a letter from your best girlfriend: it describes the ins and outs of one couple's life as they navigate marriage and their respective needs.The narrator, a woman whose purpose in life might be defined as mastering the art of the relationship, is in love with her own husband--but must find a way to balance that love with the realities of his (and her) life.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Anatomy of a Marriage/Family/Woman
28 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
Let me start off by saying that I would recommend this book only to hard-core Luanne Rice readers. If you're like me and have read every one of her newer books, and enjoyed them all tremendously and you're looking for more...her earlier works are worth reading. Obviously with the knowledge in your mind that usually an author's earlier works are not as polished. Now that I have read ALL of her books, I can say I did enjoy her earlier works, although not as much as her newer.
This book is almost like an anatomy of a marriage. We see the things that can drive people crazy, the feelings they don't talk about, the things they keep inside. It's also an anatomy of a family, it's structure and the roles each person fufills. While the marriage of Georgie and Nick is at the center of this book and we watch the two try to keep their marriage close while Nick works ungodly hours- it's about so much more. It's about Georgie trying to find a bit of her own independence and her beginning to examine what is it that drives her to be a jealous, worrysome person. It's about the tight-knit relationships she has with her sister, mother and senile grandmother. At the heart of the book you have a woman searching to find peace and happiness within herself.
Again, I did enjoy this book. The beginning was a bit slow, however the story and the character development really picked up about half way through the novel. I am glad that I've had a chance to read all of Rice's books, seeing how she really polished her writing ability into the dynamite author she is now. If you haven't read anything by her before, I would recommend starting at one of her newer books like Dream Country, Perfect Summer or True Blue.
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