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Title: The Goodbye Summer : A Novel (GAFFNEY, PATRICIA) by Patricia Gaffney ISBN: 0-06-018529-5 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Charming!
Comment: THE GOODBYE SUMMER by Patricia Gaffney
I read THE SAVING GRACES a few years ago, but THE GOODBYE SUMMER, Patricia Gaffney's fourth book, is so much better. I did not love THE SAVING GRACES; it was not the perfect book. Something about the way the author put that book together did not make it flow at all. She had four central characters, and although some authors are very good at writing books like this (Maeve Binchy comes to mind), Gaffney is not. However, THE GOODBYE SUMMER was such a good book, that I am going to rate this one five stars.
THE GOODBYE SUMMER is the story of Caddie Winger, thirty-five years old and is living with her grandmother, "Nana", who raised her because her mother was never home due to a singing career. Caddie never knew her father. In this book, Caddie is struggling to become someone, and when she meets the man of her dreams, she finds that she is coming out of her shell and is no longer the timid, shy, music teacher she has been all her adult life.
Caddie's other inspiration are the friends she makes at "The Wake House", where her grandmother insists on living at while she recuperates from an injury. It is here that Caddie starts to come alive, especially after she meets a new member of the House, Thea, who becomes the mother and best friend Caddie has always yearned for.
The words to describe this book are "charming" and "wonderful". THE GOODBYE SUMMER is filled with so many interesting characters, yet they do not overwhelm the main point of the book, which is to tell Caddie's story. I did not want this book to end. If Gaffney's future novels are as good as this, she has won a new fan in me.
Rating: 4
Summary: A lovely read with fun and interesting "elder" characters!
Comment: This book was such a nice read. The main character is Caddie, a 32 year old music teacher who has always lived with her grandmother (since Caddie's mother died when Caddie was very young). Caddie's grandmother decides to go live at the local pseudo nursing home while she heals a broken leg. The home is called Wake House and the inhabitants all are quite distinctive! This story is written through Caddie's eyes. Since she is no longer living with her grandmother, she starts to get out more and eventually falls in love. In addition, she visits often with the Wake House folks and gets to learn a lot about them as she write their bios for a Wake House project.
There are not many books that have so many "elder" characters written with such flair! You want to know more about them and their sometimes boring, sometimes exciting, but always REAL experiences. Just a nice, feel good book that will make you cry and laugh. I can't wait to read another by this author!
Rating: 5
Summary: A CHOICE VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Comment: Seasoned actress and voice performer Maxwell has proven herself adept at both comedy and drama in her stage performances. She exercises that talent to the joy of listeners as we hear conversations between some of the slightly flighty residents of Wake House, a convalescent home. Her reading of Caddie's story is heartfelt and endearing as we share the sadness of losing someone dear and the joy of discovering love.
Thirty-two year old Caddie Winger is a piano teacher, content for all of her life to live with her grandmother, Frances. But Caddie's life takes a sharp turn when Frances breaks a leg and insists upon moving to Wake House. Of course, she visits her grandmother regularly and becomes close to many of the other elderly residents. Her new friends are over twice as old as she is, save for one - a young man who was injured in a sky diving accident.
For the first time that she can remember Caddie is living alone, making decisions on her own, and perhaps finding a new and unexpected life.
- Gail Cooke
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Title: The Summer I Dared: A Novel (DELINSKY, BARBARA) by Barbara Delinsky ISBN: 0743246438 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Things We Do for Love (HANNAH, KRISTIN) by KRISTIN HANNAH ISBN: 0345467507 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dance with Me (RICE, LUANN) by LUANNE RICE ISBN: 0553802275 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Shop on Blossom Street (MACOMBER, DEBBIE) by Debbie Macomber ISBN: 0778320448 Publisher: Mira Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Islands (SIDDONS, ANNE RIVERS) by Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0066211115 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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