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Title: On a Night Like This by Ellen Sussman, Barbara Goodson, Michael Gough ISBN: 1-58621-589-2 Publisher: Time Warner Audiobooks Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sad but Wonderful
Comment: I cried through so much of this book but I couldn't put it down. 3 lost people found each other at a time in their lives when it was most needed. Blair, who is dying, needed to find true love for the completion of her life. Luke, who has recently been separated from his wife, needed to find unconditional and unselfish love. Amanda, Blair's 16 year old daughter, needed to learn to love someone besides Mom and to deal with the hardships of life. As the book goes on, the 3 of them bonded together in such a way that the bond would never be broken. I loved Sweetpea, the dog. She was the unselfish constant in all 3 lives and, as a pet lover, I know the importance of a pet's unconditional support. She was great!
I loved it and I think everyone should read it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good book by a promising new writer....
Comment: This novel pulled me in right away. Ellen Sussman writes very delicately, enticing the reader with well written characters and a funky location (San Francisco) for the setting.
Blair is somewhat hardened and anti-love except for the intense love she has for her independent daughter, Amanda. Luke has been burned by his beautiful wife, Emily, and is not looking for a relationship when he gets a chance at the 'real thing' with a dying Blair.
What happens when Emily wants Luke back? Will Blair let her walls down and let Luke love her? How does Amanda handle a man in her life after having her mother to herself for her 16 years?
In the spirit of Elizabeth Berg & Anita Shreve, this book is very good and I recommend it to people who are interesting in reading a gripping book by a new novelist.
Rating: 4
Summary: VERY SAD
Comment: Luke and his dog, Sweet Pea, have been holed up in the woods since his wife left them. To get back in the mix, Luke goes to a school reunion. Afterward, he agrees to look up a classmate who is missing in action. Little does he know a kind effort for a lost soul would demand so much from him emotionally.
With Sweet Pea, Luke gets to know Blair once again. Blair is dying of cancer. Luke continues to visit her. Is he driven by sympathy for Blair's condition or is it guilt for the fame and money he made writing about her high school tragedy? As with all the men Blair meets, she takes Luke to bed. Blair is casual with the sex, alcohol and drugs -- no limits, no attachments -- yet she is offended when Luke's wife returns. Luke confronts his feelings for Blair and his wife, while Blair continues her self-indulgent lifestyle. Needless to say the lives of four people will be affected by the actions of two.
At one point in the story, Blair's boss tells her Luke lives in the center of the world, while she lives on the fringe. That's the outlook of the story. Luke looks inward while he helps Blair, and her daughter, Amanda. And Blair is finally serious about a man. She is the kind of character you want to shake some sense into, while Luke is the kind of man a woman would be lucky to have. Amanda is, surprisingly, wise and grounded. And Blair's landlord is someone most people try to avoid....
I imagine Sussman, like all writers, wants to affect the reader through her story and characters. Readers' reactions will range from judgmental, to compassionate, to actual grief. On a Night Like This is a dark, salacious story hidden under a romantic title and sentimental-looking cover. It's very contemporary and very explicit. You'll cringe, cry, and maybe even care for these characters. Be sure to keep a lighthearted read nearby when you finish; you're going to need it.
Known for their voices in animated works, Barbara Goodson and Michael Gough take turns narrating On a Night Like This. Some readers can't handle both male and female voices on an audio book, but sometimes, like this particular story, it's nice to have both.
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