The Blue Hour

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Summary: A haunting evocation of the fifties
Review: I could see myself back in my parents' home as they entertained their friends, back then in the fifties. The mood is captured perfectly,and, as seen through the eyes of a little girl who is about the age I was at that time, it really touched me. The plot moves almost dreamily, but very inexorably, and I was drawn into the lives of the family members. It was the kind of book that made me want to sneak away from the day's work to keep on reading. I recommend it.

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Summary: Couldn't Put it Down!!!
Review: I read this book after finding it in a used bookstore a couple years ago and absolutely loved it. It was one of those books that I am always in search of--the type that you are still thinking about three days after you have finished it. In fact, I liked it so much that I wrote to the author to let her know how wonderful I thought it was, and received a reply from her thanking me for my note. (She had said how she had a horrible day and then opened my letter and felt at least a little better.) If you want to read an emotionally moving story, then I would certainly recommend that you buy this book!

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Summary: the grass is always greener
Review: This is a very touching story of a family grasping to belong, but not quite making it. They try living beyond their means, almost living out a fantasy. Yet, only their surrounds alter. The family and marital difficulties are still there and the financial issues only add to these troubles. In the end true happiness and contentment are still just out of their reac