Terrible! I read this years ago, and because of it, I decided to never again read this author. It just seemed to drag on forever. I purchased it through a Double Day monthly book club, and I was horrified that it was a well-known author. Maybe it is because I have three sisters and a brother. M...
Luanne Rice é daquelas escritoras que têm um ou outro livro engraçado (e engraçado não implica que seja necessariamente bom), mas, no cômputo geral, as suas obras são maçadoras. Algo de masoquista em mim fez com que quisesse ler este livro, mesmo sabendo que outras obras dela não me fascinaram.Aq...
I had a hard time getting into this book for the first approx. 20 pages, but then the story really started to move and I was really enjoying it. I would have rated it much higher but I was very disappointed in how she ended the story. I wasn't happy with the sister's choices and there were too ...
What this novel lacks in an attention grabbing storyline, it makes up for in its' beautiful descriptions of the landscape and people of Capri. Luanne Rice writes well...she definitely makes me consider pulling a Lyra and escaping from all responsibilities to a beautiful island where I could gard...
Das Cover des Buches hat mich gleich angesprochen, es sieht so nach Sonne, Meer und Urlaub aus. Das hat mich gleich angesprochen und ich fand die Inhaltszusammenfassung einfach ansprechend und wollte es gleich lesen. Nachdem der Vater der 16-jährige Pell und ihre 14-jährige Schwester Lucy verstor...
Pelo que pude aprender dos dois livros que já li desta autora, Luanna Rice gosta de escrever sobre famílias e redenção. Nem sempre a história se sucede como queríamos, nem sempre o fim é como desejamos, mas haverá sempre uma família reconciliada no fim. E é o que acontece com este livro. Temos du...
Have you ever finished reading a book and wanted to start over again right away, not because it was good? That’s how I felt after reading Secrets of Paris, by Luanne Rice. Usually while reading a book I identify with at least one character and this keeps me interested, even if the plot is dull. F...
Just having the word Paris in the title of this book grabbed my attention. After reading a short synopsis, I requested it through the Goodreads giveaway program. I love reading novels set in France and Italy so, I felt fortunate to be the recipient of this book – free of charge!Secrets of Paris i...
Great book, as always. It's a sad state of affairs when all the Luanne Rice books in this apartment belong to me, not my wife, lol. ++SPOILER ALERT++ I loved Stevie & Nell. Their relationship was so special. I had a very difficult time feeling anything but disdain & rage at Jack & Emma. I saw Em...
Many years ago, having just gotten out of college, jewelry maker Daisy Tucker had traveled to the wilderness of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming in search of inspiration to fuel her art. What she had found was rancher James Tucker, a man with the wilderness inside him. Their life together was ...
This is not my favorite Luanne Rice book, but it's lovely and made me cry (as usual) because of the characters' strong love for each other. It revolves around an unusual family where one brother married the girl, got her pregnant, but took off when the baby was born defective. Dianne then conti...
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.… ...
This is Luanne Rice's first novel. I have always wanted to read her first book and am thrilled to finally have read it. I have read mixed reviews from others, but from my perspective, I just thought it was a wonderful read regarding one period in three sister's lives. In the 80's I loved Soap Ope...
THERE'S A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS RESERVED FOR MIRACLES... From Luanne Rice, the celebrated author of"Beach Girls" and many other" New York Times "bestsellers, comes this powerful novel of a mystery, a love affair, and a bond that cannot be broken set in a seaside town where miracles are made..." "...
I actually wanted to give this book three stars, because I didn't like how angry the hero was most of the time... but the truth of the matter is, he acted exactly like a guy would. And the book hooked me. I mean, really hooked me. In spite of the fact that there was a lot wrong with it.May is ...
The summer begins with a problem, a child not picked up from an after school activity. Things rapidly get worse. A missing spouse, shocking aligations arise and culminate in a nail-biting finale.Bay is a woman who lives a simple life. She loves her kids, the sea, her garden and her best friend, T...
Although the sky was still light, dark shadows fell across the highway. The flight they had just missed would have left at seven P.M. Planes flew overhead on their way to Europe, their vapor trails catching the orange light of sunset. Looking up, Sam wondered which of those flights his passengers...
I skipped a day because I was too exhausted to write. I am bone tired, but otherwise in good spirits. This morning we saw our first moose, an enormous creature with a rack as wide as a Volkswagen. It trotted through our camp and Martha hurried to shush the dogs. I guess the moose are in rut and a...
Winter afternoons at Deerfield felt like nighttime. The sun would dip behind the Berkshires, and a luminous, violet shadow would cloak the valley. Ned ran past the red-brick dorms, his brown hair wet and freezing from the shower. He imagined he was on the ice, leading the Bruins to victory at the...
Back there it’s all movie stars and scandals and tan blond girls in late-model Porsches who make people wonder, “Are they up-and-coming actors on shows that haven’t aired yet and if so did they buy the car themselves, or are they just so pretty they’re being kept by an older man rich and lonely e...
She jumped on Simon and began pounding him with her fists. She yanked his black hair, she clawed his evil eyes. She pictured him going after Skye, hitting her mother, and she saw blood. She heard her own cries, felt her blows connecting against his chest, the chest of a monster.“Were you trying t...
Cass held Josie, unconscious, wrapped in a tablecloth. She knew that when someone’s been hurt, you’re supposed to wait for trained emergency people to arrive, to check for neck or spine injuries. But as soon as the tray fell, Cass had flung broken plates out of the way, scooped up Josie, and carr...
Your family has one—we all do. They are shorthand versions of your story usually accenting noble angles. Here are a few examples: “My grandfather was a hero in World War II and never talked about it.” “My mother built her business from the ground up but never forgot her roots.” Our family myth, L...
THE boarders had gone home, except for a few students who lived too far away, or whose families were unavailable, and who were invited to dinner at the Shannons' house. Maura was roasting a turkey, waiting for Katharine to arrive. She felt on edge. Where was Carrie? Who was she spending the day w...
and he is the only one. Four generations of his family owned property here, so he is considered an islander. These distinctions are not petty. The Thaxters are Boston Brahmin blue bloods, but his father burned through the money, and Harrison got kicked out of every school he ever attended. Ever s...