- Paperback: 608 pages
- Publisher: AmazonEncore (29 Dec 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1935597558
- ISBN-13: 978-1935597551
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.1 x 3.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,550,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The pain in Tess Dyer’s heart stems from a lifetime of rejection: by her distant mother, by a string of one-night stands, and by her husband, Jason. He promised to love her forever, yet here she is, divorced and shunned in her own town. She tries everything to dull the pain: sex, work, and endlessly cleaning the house. Finally, in a fit of despair, she abandons the small town of Brookfield, Maine, for an even smaller town, determined to start over with a clean slate. But she can’t run from the demons in her head, and she soon falls back on her old habits, this time with the help of her sexy new neighbor Brian. Though she tells herself he is just a warm body to dull the pain, his kindness has a soothing effect on her bruised heart. But the fear of losing his love is always there, and before long, Tess’s past threatens to destroy her fragile new happiness. Ultimately, she must make a choice: continue drifting through life, or confront the cruel realities of her past and start living. A dramatic departure from contemporary chick-lit, Waiting for Spring is a moving novel about a real woman struggling to find her place in the world.
About the Author
R. J. Keller lives in central Maine with her husband, their two children, and the family’s cats. She enjoys gardening, rooting for the Boston Red Sox, and watching other people cook. Waiting for Spring is her first novel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Warm, funny, flawed heroine,
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I liked the warm, flawed, funny heroine in Waiting for Spring. Tess and the situations she found herself in felt authentic, as if the writer was writing from the heart if not actually drawing on episodes from her own life. Tess deals with tragedy, love, sex, work, heartache and loss during the course of the book - and all of it feels credible.On a separate note, the author has made a series of funny short films with her fellow author Kristen Tsetsi about 'the writer's life' which I enjoyed very much - it's what persuaded me to read Waiting for Spring in the first place. You can find them under 'PaperRats' on YouTube.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A huge book that could do with some editing,
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I was surprised by how big this book was when it arrived and was a tad daunted at the thought of reading it. However, read it I have, and while it is overlong and could have done with a little pruning, I had no problem staying with it and wondering what was to come.I would say that this is a book about people damaged by their parents failings. There's no great action, no steamy sex scenes (although there is sex, and a fair bit of it), no huge dramas that I can recall - just people trying to earn a living, enjoy their lives, and get by, but failing at some level because of the damage done to them in the past. Some of the characters are a bit thinly drawn - Tess' ex-husband and brother for example - but Tess is a strongly drawn character who we gradually learn about through her thinking back to significant episodes in her life. She's superficially capable, but seriously, totally and utterly lacking in self esteem, (we do find out why, but it's a looong way into the book). The end isn't really in any doubt, although there is a near-blindsider that comes, not from nowhere exactly, but it caught me out, and the end isn't rushed, which is good. So worth a read, and I'll pass it onto my sister with a positive recommendation!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very enjoyable 'girlie' read,
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This is just the book to curl up with and enjoy a glass of wine and some chocolate. I loved it. It is well written, the characters are well crafted and strong; the story is not quite predictable and I couldn't put it down. Tess has a very unhappy past as does her new man friend Brian. Brian has a sister, he has brought her up and still feels responsible for her; she plays and strong and determining role in this story and it is her actions and their consequences that evenually bring Tess' and Brian's feelings to the fore. There is joy, pain, sorrow et al. here. I really did enjoy this book....sorry it ended.
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