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Didn’t Like It“This is the first book by this author that I have read and I found it very hard going and kept losing interest and then picking the book back up again. I have other books by her and I will read them but in my own time and not quite in the near future. |
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“This is a beautiful romance/woman's fiction novel that deals with an island, its people and its horses. Very touching and moving about a family and how one family struggles to keep the island intact and not changes. This was a tearjerker in some ways. ”
Kristen H wrote this review Thursday, August 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Good but a little bit sad!”
Linda H wrote this review Wednesday, July 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Once again, the best character in the book dies -- great story, but disappointing end. Again, lots about the Civil Rights Era. ”
Linda S wrote this review Thursday, February 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The marshes and woods of the low country near Virginia have an advocate in desperately grieving mother, Caro Venable. Her young daughter drowned at the age of 7 and her developer husband may be going behind her back to develop her precious and cherished land. Surprising relationships develop and make deep connections – grandfather Luis and young Estrellita, Sophia and her son Mark. Like usual starts out slow and plodding, but builds to a magnificently emotional crescendo. Made me weep when the old Gullah woman sang “Lift me up Lord…””
Kathryn H wrote this review Wednesday, October 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Teasers:
virginia s wrote this review Tuesday, March 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
"My heart smote me"
"Since time out of mind"
"feeling tremulous - too tall on the earth - vunerable to all the winds that blow"
"I'm afraid of being afraid - Franklin Roosevelt would not be proud of me"
These are but a few of her well turned words in this book. The storyline is heart-warming and the author's ability to describe everything is mind-stopping and sometimes, breath-taking. The wide path to submerged memories gave me hours of enjoyment. Who would have thought.....for this is not my usual "type". Found it deep in my box of unread 2nd hand books. I'm lov'n it!”
“i really enjoy her books, i used to live in the low country and reading them takes me back again in her descriptions.”
solarray wrote this review Thursday, September 13 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is the first book by this author that I have read and I found it very hard going and kept losing interest and then picking the book back up again. I have other books by her and I will read them but in my own time and not quite in the near future.
mazda502001 wrote this review Tuesday, June 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Blurb:
Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a powerful husband - and a predictable routine of country club luncheons, cocktail parties, and dinners hosting her husband's wealthy friends, clients and associates in his successful land-developing conglomerate.
To escape her stifling routine, Caro drinks a little too much. But her true solace is the Lowcountry island her beloved granddaddy left her - an oasis of breathtaking beauty that is home to a band of wild ponies. When Caro learns that her husband must develop the island or lose the business, she is devastated. The Lowcountry is her heritage - and what will happen to the ponies whose spirit and freedom have captivated her since childhood?
Saving the island could cost Caro more than she ever imagined. Too succeed, she must confront the part of herself numbed by alcohol and careful avoidance - and shatter long-held ideals about her role in society, her marriage, and, ultimately, herself.”
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