From Publishers Weekly The mother of the bride gets her own happy ending in this double-barreled romance by Eagle (The Last Good Man). As the novel begins, Camille Delonga, popular sculptor with a musician ex and an ill mother, is enjoying the wedding of the child of one of her best friends and wondering why anyone would go to the trouble and expense of hosting such a large nuptials. Little does she know that her daughter, Jordan, and the son of her uptight, pretentious friend Bridget are soon to make an announcement of their own. She surprises herself by throwing herself into the preparations and enjoying the planning for the fairy-tale occasion; even her mother, Rosemary, in treatment for cancer, enjoys hand-crafting the dress that Jordan is to wear, not to mention flirting with the chauffeur of the vintage limo hired to drive the kids to the ceremony. But all this reminds Camille of her own bare-bones wedding and stormy marriage to the charming but unreliable Native American Creed Burke, Jordan's father, who, informed by Jordan of her upcoming ceremony, appears on the scene to do what he can to help. Camille and Creed find that there was fault on both sides and that each has mellowed they also discover that they still feel sparks, but does Camille dare to trust Creed again? The dialogue is choppy and the pacing uneven, but the second-time-around romance between Camille and Creed rings true, and the wedding-preparation details are frosting on the cake.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Camille Delonga has her hands more than full with her daughter's upcoming wedding, her mother's illness, and her best friend's divorce. The last thing she needs is her footloose ex-husband in her life. But when she walks into her kitchen one morning and finds the coffee brewing and a black Stetson on the table, she knows that Creed Burke is back in town and maybe back in her life. Emotionally compelling, poignant, and heartwarming, this multilayered, intergenerational novel focuses on the themes of commitment, family, and love, skillfully addressing serious issues with a gentle touch. Sure to please her many romance fans, it will also garner new readers for Eagle within the growing market for women's fiction. Eagle (You Never Can Tell) is a popular and respected writer in the genre, has won two RITA awards, and lives in the Minneapolis area. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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评分我必须得承认,这本书的情感冲击力是惊人的,它成功地触碰到了我内心深处最柔软也最脆弱的部分。书中的某些场景描写,那种细微的、几乎是神经末梢才能捕捉到的情绪波动,被作者描绘得淋漓尽致,简直是感同身受。我记得有一次读到一个关于‘失去’的段落,我竟然放下了书,望着窗外发呆了很久,那种感觉不是悲伤,而是一种带着释然的、深刻的共鸣。这本书没有贩卖廉价的感动,它展现的是情感的真实纹理——那些犹豫、那些不甘、那些最终的接受与和解。它让我开始审视自己过去对待某些人和事的态度,进行了一次深刻的自我对话。这种能够引发读者进行自我剖析的力量,是任何华丽辞藻都无法比拟的。它不仅仅是娱乐,更像是一次心灵的洗礼,读完后,我感觉自己对这个世界,对人与人之间的连接,都有了一种更深刻、也更温柔的理解。
评分从结构上来说,这本书的布局简直是一场精彩绝伦的智力游戏。叙事线索的交织处理得极其巧妙,几个看似不相关的支线,在故事的后半段突然汇合成一股洪流,那种豁然开朗的感觉,让人拍案叫绝。我经常在阅读过程中停下来,尝试去预测接下来的发展,但往往都会被作者的反套路操作所‘欺骗’,这种不确定性,恰恰是阅读的最大乐趣所在。更难得的是,尽管结构复杂,但作者始终保持着叙事的清晰度,读者完全不会感到迷失方向,反而是被这种巧妙的迷宫引导着,一步步走向真相。我猜想,作者在动笔前一定做了大量的规划和沙盘推演,才能将如此庞大而精密的结构搭建得如此稳固。这种对结构美学的极致追求,体现了作者极高的专业素养,让这本书在同类作品中脱颖而出,成为一本值得反复品味和研究的典范之作。
评分说实话,我一开始对这本书的期待值是持保留态度的,毕竟市面上类似题材的作品太多了,很容易审美疲劳。但翻开第一章后,作者的文字功力立刻展现出来了,那种叙事的节奏感非常强,如同行云流水般自然,让你根本舍不得停下来。我特别欣赏作者在描述场景时所使用的意象,那种精准而富有画面感的词汇选择,仿佛能直接把我带入故事发生的那个特定时空。尤其是对环境氛围的渲染,简直是大师级的笔法,即便是最寻常的街角,经过作者的描摹,也立刻拥有了独特的生命力和历史的厚重感。我推测作者一定对生活有着极其敏锐的洞察力,才能捕捉到那些微小却能引发巨大情感波澜的瞬间。这本书给我的初步印象是,它不仅仅是在讲述一个故事,更像是在构建一个完整的、可供呼吸和感知的微观宇宙,每一个角落都充满了值得玩味的细节和未被言明的潜台词,需要读者带着好奇心去逐一解密。这种层次感,是真正的好小说才具备的特质。
评分我花了相当长的时间才把这本书读完,主要是因为我习惯于边读边思考,这本书里的思想深度远超我的初步预估。它绝非那种看完就忘的‘快餐文学’,它更像是一坛需要时间去酝酿的陈酿,每一口都有新的滋味在舌尖散开。我尤其佩服作者在探讨人性复杂性时所展现出的那种冷静和克制。她没有简单地将角色们标签化,而是将他们置于道德的灰色地带,让他们做出艰难的抉择,这些抉择带来的后果和反思,才是这本书真正的价值所在。我感觉作者在很多段落都埋下了哲学性的思考,比如关于选择与命运的悖论,关于时间流逝的不可逆性等等。每一次重读一个章节,我都能发现之前忽略掉的、更深层次的隐喻。这本书需要的不是快速翻阅,而是需要你放下一切干扰,全身心地投入到作者构建的逻辑体系中去,去和书中的灵魂进行一场深入的对话。
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