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Summary: A delightful book...
Review: "Hawke's Cove" is a treat to the senses and to the heart. Susan Wilson's lovely descriptions of the New England coastline are remarkable, but more remarkable still are the characters she's developed. Each chapter focuses on the point of view of a character. Everyone has seen the same events, but processes it differently. By exploring the events in this way, we get a full picture of the entire story.This is a beautiful love story, an amazing look at New England coastal life, and a history lesson all rolled into one. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
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Summary: Good Read!
Review: A nice sentimental journey with a memorable couple from WWII to the present. Susan Wilson has a wonderful way of expressing emotional entaglements and one closes this book with a sigh.
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Summary: Good Read!
Review: A nice sentimental journey with a memorable couple from WWII to the present. Susan Wilson has a wonderful way of expressing emotional entaglements and one closes this book with a sigh.
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Summary: Timeless Love
Review: From the pen of Susan Wilson (Beauty) comes a gem of a story that can't fail to touch all who read it. It's 1944 and Evangeline Worth is summering at Hawke's Cove on the New England coast much to the dismay of her husband who is serving with the allied forces in Europe. John Worth is a city boy and can't understand Vangie's attachment to the rundown farm she inherited from her grandmother. This has put a strain on their nine-year marriage but Vangie had spent many summers in Hawke's Cove as she was growing up. It reminds her of a more gentle time and would be a good time for her to get over the recent loss of her baby as well as to spend some time writing her poetry. When a stranger suddenly appears in Hawke's Cove, no one seems to realize he has anything to do with the missing Hellcat pilot whose plane was gone down nearby. Vangie needs someone to help her on the farm, it's suggested she hire the stranger who says his name is Joe Green. Throughout the summer Vangie and Joe forge an almost too comfortable alliance - each with a secret they're reluctant to reveal. When Vangie's receives word her husband is missing in action, Joe is of great comfort to her. But there is a second story here - that of Vangie and John's youngest son, Charlie, a reporter who, in 1993 is assigned to write a story about the Hellcat airplane which has recently been discovered in the water off the little New England village of Hawke's Cove. The reader is kept at the edge of their seat as 50-year-old secrets are about to be revealed after Charlie meets Maggie Green - the daughter of Joe from 50 years previously. Writing in a variety of styles - first person via Vangie's diary entries, first person narrative in voices of several different characters, as well as third person - Wilson successfully tells the story from several points of view which works out very nicely for the reader. Wilson writes with compassion as she tells these stories separated by time and brought together by a common bond. Romantic and tender, HAWKE'S COVE will appeal to a wide variety of readers but romance readers should be advised that this is not a typical romance. Rather, it is for the sophisticated reader who isn't as bound by the stringent guidelines found in much of romantic fiction today. Readers will cry, be joyful and surprised at this story which proves love is timeless.
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Summary: Timeless Love
Review: From the pen of Susan Wilson (Beauty) comes a gem of a story that can't fail to touch all who read it. It's 1944 and Evangeline Worth is summering at Hawke's Cove on the New England coast much to the dismay of her husband who is serving with the allied forces in Europe. John Worth is a city boy and can't understand Vangie's attachment to the rundown farm she inherited from her grandmother. This has put a strain on their nine-year marriage but Vangie had spent many summers in Hawke's Cove as she was growing up. It reminds her of a more gentle time and would be a good time for her to get over the recent loss of her baby as well as to spend some time writing her poetry. When a stranger suddenly appears in Hawke's Cove, no one seems to realize he has anything to do with the missing Hellcat pilot whose plane was gone down nearby. Vangie needs someone to help her on the farm, it's suggested she hire the stranger who says his name is Joe Green. Throughout the summer Vangie and Joe forge an almost too comfortable alliance - each with a secret they're reluctant to reveal. When Vangie's receives word her husband is missing in action, Joe is of great comfort to her. But there is a second story here - that of Vangie and John's youngest son, Charlie, a reporter who, in 1993 is assigned to write a story about the Hellcat airplane which has recently been discovered in the water off the little New England village of Hawke's Cove. The reader is kept at the edge of their seat as 50-year-old secrets are about to be revealed after Charlie meets Maggie Green - the daughter of Joe from 50 years previously. Writing in a variety of styles - first person via Vangie's diary entries, first person narrative in voices of several different characters, as well as third person - Wilson successfully tells the story from several points of view which works out very nicely for the reader. Wilson writes with compassion as she tells these stories separated by time and brought together by a common bond. Romantic and tender, HAWKE'S COVE will appeal to a wide variety of readers but romance readers should be advised that this is not a typical romance. Rather, it is for the sophisticated reader who isn't as bound by the stringent guidelines found in much of romantic fiction today. Readers will cry, be joyful and surprised at this story which proves love is timeless.
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Summary: Warms The Heart
Review: I finished this book a couple days ago, and I can't get over how the characters have stayed with me. This is such a well written book, that you almost feel as though it really happened.
This is the first book I have read by Susan Wilson, and now I plan to hunt down all her books and read every one.
Highly recommended!
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Summary: Surprisingly delightful
Review: Starting out I had doubts about this story but was pleasantly entertained as it developed. Although the story is somewhat predictable, the tale is spun well and wraps you up in its romance. This is definitely worth including on your vacation reading list.
Rating:
Summary: Surprisingly delightful
Review: Starting out I had doubts about this story but was pleasantly entertained as it developed. Although the story is somewhat predictable, the tale is spun well and wraps you up in its romance. This is definitely worth including on your vacation reading list.
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Summary: I gave this one a B at All About Romance
Review: Susan Wilson writes in an evocative albeit unassuming manner. This book is written in two distinct parts, the first being solely from the female protagonist's POV. The second part is written from the POV of many of the characters. Underneath it all, this is a romance, but not in the "genre" style. What makes this book work is that the author presents characters who, although they may act dishonorably, are not immoral. To give more detail would do a disservice to the prose, which ends in a very ethereal manner.
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Summary: I gave this one a B at All About Romance
Review: Susan Wilson writes in an evocative albeit unassuming manner. This book is written in two distinct parts, the first being solely from the female protagonist's POV. The second part is written from the POV of many of the characters. Underneath it all, this is a romance, but not in the "genre" style. What makes this book work is that the author presents characters who, although they may act dishonorably, are not immoral. To give more detail would do a disservice to the prose, which ends in a very ethereal manner.
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