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Thy Neighbor's Wife

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This was the first Georgia Beers novel that I read and I was not disappointed.

I don't want to share too much of the plot but essentially the story centres around the blossoming friendship between two women from completely different backgrounds, Alex & Jennifer, who meet at the lakeside which both their homes front on to. Alex lives there with her dog and is spending the summer writing a novel. Jennifer, who is very wealthy, has bought their lakeside retreat with her husband and is planning to spend the summer there decorating the place.

The story is told very beautifully and emotionally, you can imagine that the setting for the story is idyllic, that the main characters are vibrant, witty and beautiful and it is one of those books that you will want to revisit time and time again.

I would also highly recommend Georgia Beers novel 'Too Close To Touch' in addition to this one.

This is an absolutely wonderful book, you have to buy it! It's as good as 'Curious Wine' and deserves to become a classic too. It's beautifully written and the characters and story are unbelievably easy to relate to. It's also a very sexy read! This book will be re-read from cover to cover several times. Do not lend it to anyone, even your best friend because you will not get it back!

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a few hours curled up with a good book as much as the next old dyke, and if the book features characters I can relate to, well, so much the better. I must have read dozens of these 'lesbo-lit' paperbacks over the years and I have to ask myself why they are all so damn' predictable? I find that I can guess what's going to happen before I've even got to the bottom of the third page. This doesn't mean I'm brilliantly clever, on the contrary, it means that the plot events are signposted miles ahead! And that said, I ask myself why I carry on reading to the end. Cos I always do.
I think one answer might be that, as lesbians, we are so starved, even in the 21st century, of manifestations of our own culture, that if and when we find a film or a book with lesbian characters we latch onto it - almost with gratitude! Shouldn't be like that, but I fear it is.

This book, 'Thy Neighbour's Wife' by Georgia Beers is, in my opinion, pretty duff. Trite and predictable to the nth degree. There is one unusual thing: the author, presumably because it is a hobby of hers, spends quite a few pages describing in tedious, mind-numbing detail, the game that I think we Brits call Beach Volleyball. To me it reads awfully like padding - awfully like. It's certainly awfully like boring.....

The two protagonists in the story, beautiful, angst-ridden ex-teacher Alex Foster and beautiful, well-heeled and married Jennifer Wainwright find themselves neighbours at adjacent lake-side properties in upstate New York. Conveniently for the development of the plot, Jennifer's lawyer husband is rarely home. The women meet when Jennifer captures Alex's runaway dog. Incidentally, the author's frequent descriptions of said dog being allowed, even encouraged, to lick the women's faces I found quite stomach-turning!
So, I won't spoil the plot, and, reading the other reviews, I know I'm in a minority of one here, but this is a desperately nondescript book, predictable from start to finish.

Every time I get to the last page of one of these slim little potboilers - every damn' time - I fling it aside, angry with myself for having wasted hours of my time reading it, and promising myself I won't do it again - until the next time. Perhaps it is the triumph of hope over bitter experience..........

This is an absolutely brilliant read.you will love this, the story is excellent and deals with some great emotional issues. I fully recommend you buy this book and read it. The characters are brilliant. The setting for the book is great and tranquil. you could almost be there as you read the text.

This book is well written and reasonably engaging but I find that as it goes on it gets boring. I don't know if it's because I'm british and this book is American, but I thought 'but she is my student' was much better.

I bought this as a paperback through Amazon Market Place and it was an American edition published by Yellow Rose Books, 184 pages. I always enjoy Georgia Beers' prose style and this story is yet another pleasant romance which will leave you feeling good. My sole criticism is that I wanted it to last longer! If you've read Georgia Beers' stuff before then you'll already know your in for a fine read. An entertaining and enjoyable short novel.

The summary as written on line prepared one for this book. No great surprises. Enjoyable to read if this is your taste in literature

The cliched saying of never judge a book by its cover was so true in this case... This book truly touched me, i related alot to the content, and particularly one of the characters......the story felt real, and I could see a lot of myself in Jen. I loved this book and couldn't put it down...i read this in 2 days!!! If you want a genuine, heart warming love story, with added extras of course, then this book is perfect. The first Beers book i've read, and I will certainly be downloading some more. Really made my day!

People who gave this 5 stars must have read a different book to me. It's predictable, boring and badly written. I feel it was a complete waste of money.