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Liked It “When I was a wee tyke, my granddad used to let me stand on the front seat of his car, and we’d escape from the tyrannical grasp of my grandmother, who wouldn’t let me eat french fries for breakfast despite my pleas that the potato was the only vegetable that God meant to be eaten. So anyway,...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“When I was a wee tyke, my granddad used to let me stand on the front seat of his car, and we’d escape from the tyrannical grasp of my grandmother, who wouldn’t let me eat french fries for breakfast despite my pleas that the potato was the only vegetable that God meant to be eaten. So anyway, we’d listen to lots of old songs, one of which was that teenage disaster song from the 60s called “Patches.†It was about a girl called “Patches†who lived in a shantytown and the song was sung by the boy who loved her, who was from the right side of the tracks. And because his parents forbade him from dating her, he stopped going to see her, she killed herself by drowning herself in the river and he committed suicide so that he could join her. Things you let a 5 year old listen to.
RipMyBodice wrote this review Monday, November 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“"Tyler Wilkes has come to rural Wayne's Crossing, Pennsylvania to practice medicine and recuperate. After a tour with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, he was left with a bullet wound and the lingering effects of yellow fever. Rather than go into the family business or politics as his wealthy, aristocratic mother would like, Tyler settles into the busy routine of a country doctor.
AAR Rachel's Reading wrote this review Wednesday, July 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
It is not long before he takes notice of Carrie Wiggins, a local mute girl of some beauty and great kindness. When her stepfather takes his drunken anger out on her dog Shadow, Carrie brings him to Tyler for treatment. A tentative friendship forms between them, and Tyler tries to get Carrie to tell him about herself so that he can help her to speak. But every time he brings up this subject she runs away from him. But worse for Tyler is that when he finally does get her to communicate with him, he finds himself strongly drawn to her. And that just won't do. Carrie is far, far below him on the social scale. He could never have any sort of serious relationship with her. Or could he?
As an author, Gaffney writes three things to perfection - longing, tenderness, and joy - and all these strengths are on display here. Tyler and Carrie not only love each other, they like each other, which shows with their actions. Carrie is a bit of a tender blossom. She has suffered some, but she still manages to carry on and smile while she's at it. Tyler is not perfect. He does some selfish and thoughtless things, but he is so achingly gentle and emotionally generous with Carrie, it's impossible not to like him. The scenes where they are together and wrapped up in each other are quite affecting. I had a lump in my throat during a good portion of the book. "
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