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  • Lovely Read5

    Carol Suzuki I had a good time reading this book. Having two skin cancer surgeries over the last two weeks, I think it actually got me through them. There is a lot of sitting in the waiting room to see if they got it all, and sometimes (like last time) they have to do it all over again if they didn't. The doctor was surprised I didn't mind at all and it is because I was unable to put this book down. I made it clear to him, however, that I leave when the book ends! At the beginning, I had a difficult time with British expressions (I think a jumper must be a sweater?) but I soon got into the groove and even learned some. I am always pretty good at seeing ahead and, at least at some point, can tell what will happen. Several times during this book, I thought I knew how it would unravel. WRONG! All wrong. Every time. It is about an older, rather quirky, gentleman whose wife has died after a long and happy marriage. He gets clues that his wife had an outside life of which he was unaware. I don't want to give away too much, so I will say it was well written and intriguing... no cliche ending and never disappointing. The main characters are lovable and I felt satisfied when I closed the book for the final time. I especially love the way the main character, the husband, Leonard, talks to his dog and asks his opinions. Most of us that own pets do that, but few admit it! In the midst of being entertained, I also learned a lot about gardening as Leonard was a gardener by occupation. I think this would be a great movie, and now that the book has ended, I've been occupying my thoughts with who would play the parts if that came about! I thought this would be "chick-lit" and I don't consider it so. There's no overt romance involved..just a truly lovely story of devotion and questioning whether we really ever know someone. Ms. Robyn is not very old and yet she has made some astute observations about life. I would highly recommend you get a copy of this book. At the back of the book is an excerpt of her next book. I enjoyed that as well and now have to wait, begrudgingly, until 2010 to get my hands on it. Well done, Ms. Robyn! by Carol Suzuki

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    Rachel Green a ticket stub
    takes Leonard fron his old life
    to a new one by Rachel Green

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