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Lake News (2003)

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067103619X (ISBN13: 9780671036195)
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English
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pocket books

Lake News (2003) - Plot & Excerpts

My overall impression of this book is that it is beautifully written and evocative in many ways. The description of the water birds as seen from a canoe by a patient and world-weary John Kipling creates a backdrop of peace which promises restoration, no matter what drama should occur in the lives of the characters. Then the violation of a woman's privacy by an unscrupulous reporter plunges the reader into the middle of a high-pressure situation which seems to have no hope of an easy outcome. Lily Blake resorts to lying low in her grandmother's old house on the shore of Lake Henry, hoping that Celia's gentle spirit will soothe her jangled nerves and point her towards a solution. Once the action moves away from the city, the timeless quality of life in the country seems to work its magic. We learn that the water birds have been visiting the lake for twenty thousand years and, thanks to conservation efforts, will probably go on to return year after year for another twenty thousand. This serves to put the events of the two short months covered by the book into dramatic perspective.I found the book well researched and smattered with interesting bits of information about journalism, the church, local history and nature. The characters of the Blake sisters and their mother are well developed and interesting. Other characters are also insightfully drawn, with histories that inform their present-day attitudes and behaviour. The structure of the book is pleasing with a satisfying ending.I did not know, as I read this book, that it is the first in a series about the Blake sisters but now that I do, I will look out for others in the series. I enjoy this author's style and find the experience of reading her work a little like going on holiday to a foreign location!

Whenever I pick up a book by Barbara Delinsky, I know I will not be disappointed. And this is certainly true in the case of "Lake News." Lily blake is a hardworking, talented, independent woman who has had a friendship with Father Francis Rosetti for many years. He has been a good friend and mentor to her. Lily is a teacher and a singer in an exclusive night club. A newspaper reporter has written a column regarding her relationship with the newly assigned Cardinal Rosetti as something sordid and untrue. Taking her words and turning them around stating she is have a sexual relationship with this man and has been for years. Lily loses both of her jobs and returns to hide out in her hometown Lake Henry New Hampshire. This is the last place she wants to go back to after being shunned and intimated by the towns people and her own mother from a past experience when she was a teen and her physical impairment of stuttering. She runs into another reporter, John Kipling, who left the big city of dirty reporting to work the small town paper. They make an alliance to restore Lily's good name and go after the reporter who did this to Lily, and was also the culprit in undermining one of Kipling's stories. Lily has to confront her deamons with her mother, sister and the town when all of this hits the fan. This book made me laugh, cry, shake my fists at some characters, and feel warm and loving. Another wonderful book by Barbara Delinksy. She makes you feel every emotion through her stories.

What do You think about Lake News (2003)?

Isn't in intriguing how lies are formed and take on a life of their own? I am certin that the one creating the falsehood never gives thought to the trickle down effect of their words- the wave of hurt they are creating. In this book, Lilly (one of the main characters) is falsely accused of having an affair with a Cardinal. The person fabricating the sory (lie) only thought of their own personal pain and drama. Because of one action so much saddness is created for so many that the wrongdoer does not even know. Saddness is dredged up/ old wounds surface for so many who are in contact with Lilly. Of course in the end- like in all good fiction- it comes together in a happily ever after. For me the afterglow of the book was something I always knew but it's good to think about- words have so much power. Better to choose them carefully and kindly.
—GoldenjoyBazyll

I'm listening to this on audiobook and let me just tell you: it is fantastic. I listened to the book for the first time maaaaanny years ago and I remembered liking it, so when I got a credit on my audible.com account, I bought it. No regrets! The characters are well drawn, the story is good. There are clear good guys and clear bad guys and then lots of in-betweens. The setting is the best part. I wish Lake Henry was a real place! Anyway, if you're in the mood for something fluffy but not insipid, with a little bit of a love story (I think, I honestly can't remember), and great family dynamics all in a gorgeous setting, then this is the book for you! Bonus! There's another book that associated with this one which I recall was just as good, although it focused on a different Blake sister.
—Kristen

I've had this book on my reading pile for awhile and I kept setting it aside. For some reason, as the majority of my reading is at night before bedtime, I generally tend to shy away from hard cover and trade paperbacks due to the size and weight. But since it was vacation time, I decided to take this one with me and what a delightful reading surprise. This book is absolutely beautifully written - the vocabulary an artistic display and the story current beyond expectation. The biggest surprise was in Chapter 18, when John is in the newsroom office..."Satisfied that Lily was being protected, he returned to the office with the small bits of news he collected and added them to the file for the next week's paper. He worked for a while on the cover story, which was the accidental shooting of a three-year-old child in Ashcroft the day before and, legislatively, the use and abuse of guns." I read these words and instantly flipped again to the copyright page and could hardly believe my eyes to view (c)1999 and to know that in 2013 - 14 years later we continue to see these headlines and the conversations continue without any end of violence in sight. How utterly sad.Please understand that the storyline is not based on those few sentences. But for me, it heightened the storyline and the author's clarity in writing such a timeless story - that can be appreciated by all readers regardless of age, sex, socioeconomic background, etc. I wish with all my heart that this would be a mandatory read for every journalism major on a global venue. Thank goodness for vacations when we take the time to read outside of our normal comfort zones. There are unexpected treasures everywhere if you take the time to open the covers.
—Ferne

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