Homecoming [UNABRIDGED] by Belva Plain

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Summary: Dull and predictable; truly disappionting.
Review: This was the most trite, cliche, and predictable book I've had the displeasure to read in a long time. I stayed with it just to finish for my book club, but I'm mad to have spent $7 for a double-spaced silly, happily-ever-after soap opera. I will not be so foolish with her book(s) next time (if there is one for me!).

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Summary: Blah!
Review: What happened to Belva Plain? I used to enjoy her novels - this one is TERRIBLE. First of all, no one would put up with Annette, the bumbling old fool of a woman who interferes with everyone's lives but then is portrayed as a sweet, tolerable, darling. UGH! Secondly, the syrup drips heavily when an extremely unlikely accident claims the lives of a pair of twins, and when another little girl falls in a frozen lake, you can not only see the ending clearly, everything from that point on is predictable and ridiculous. I can't figure out what the point of the whole story is. I began to feel bored when Annette's young friend condones her wishes to plan a surprise get - together of enemies, and I nearly fell asleep trying to keep this motley crew of characters straight. Don't waste your money on this one, in fact, don't even take it out of the library and waste your time.