A Woman's Place

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Summary: The Best One Yet!
Review: Bravo for Barbara Delinsky. A Woman's Place captures the real-life trauma one woman faces when her world falls apart. This book is smart, thoughtfu, realistic and, for me, portrayed each character with balance and tolerance. I was struck particularly by the main character's strength and how she was able to negotiate and survive one of the most difficult experiences a woman can face. As a reader, I felt her horror and her confusion; this is the sign of a well-crafted and successful book. I heartily recommend A Woman's Place and look forward to Barbara's next book

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Summary: A woman's husband sues her for divorce,custodt and alimony
Review: Claire Raphael is a supermom. She raised her two children (Johnny and Kikit) while helping her husband Dennis with his career. At the same time, Claire has been successful in converting a hobby into a national franchise business, Wickerwise. When she returns from visiting her dying mother in Ohio, Claire is shocked to be served with divorce papers claiming that her business has forced her to abandon her family. Dennis demands alimony, custody of the children, and child support. As Claire and Dennis face each other across a courtroom, they both obtain comfort in the arms of other people. Claire turns to her business partner, sensitive Brody Parth. Dennis turns to his attorney for solace. The hearings are before Judge Selwey, who knows the proper place for a woman. As the separated spouses spar with each other, the obvious victims appear to be their children. Claire knows that she must think of their welfare first, but will that cost her their love and her dignity? A WOMAN'S PLACE is an interesting analysis of gender reversal in the legal system. Claire is the breadwinner struggling to keep some legal rights in raising her children. Barbara Delinsky writes a very fascinating tale that will remind readers of KRAMER vs. Kramer. Harriet Klausner

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Summary: Successful Business Woman's Worst Nightmare
Review: I love this book because the writing is excellent but the story is one of the most compelling I've ever read. Delinsky made me care about the characters, to the point where I wanted to cry, laugh and scream at times. I can honestly say I hated being interupted when reading it and couldn't wait to get back into it. I think this is the best Delinsky book I've read thus far.

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Summary: Successful Business Woman's Worst Nightmare
Review: I love this book because the writing is excellent but the story is one of the most compelling I've ever read. Delinsky made me care about the characters, to the point where I wanted to cry, laugh and scream at times. I can honestly say I hated being interupted when reading it and couldn't wait to get back into it. I think this is the best Delinsky book I've read thus far.

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Summary: Very well written and appropriate for the late 1990's
Review: I thought that A WOMAN'S PLACE was very well written and timely. One of Delinsky's few books that did not have a "happy" ending in the sense of all's well that ends well. Its ending of compromise reflects the compromises that most of us have to make today. Things don't always work out the way we want them to and we don't always do things as well as we would like. The book made me think about the changing roles of women within the family dynamic. The setting, especially the introduction of the lighthouse, was excellent and the story was riveting. The smallest details picked up the nuances of everyday family life and the book was very realistic as well as being a great story

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Summary: surprised
Review: It seems like everyone here enjoyed this novel, but I found it horrible! It was so boring. Unfortunately, it was the only book I had with me at the time so I tried to read about 4 chapters of it and it was painful. That was the last Delinsky novel I ever picked up.

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Summary: I Loved the Book
Review: The book begins with a glossy 8x10 picture of life. Claire has her family, her children, her marriage and her career and, then
everything falls apart. She is booted out of her home, her husband wants a divorce and she looses custody of her children who were her life.
Barbara Delinsky identifies each character in such a way a reader cannot but feel like he/she really knows each person. I had feelings for each character and felt sorry, happy,angry and even love for each of the characters at one time or another during the story.
In the end, each character finds his or her strengths and understandings of the situation they were in and become emotionally healthy again. Scars are left in everyone's life but pain does not stop life from going on.
I highly recommend the book for anyone who likes love stories, stories about life's struggles and triumps or books about surviving life's tragic surprises.

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Summary: Wonderfully compelling and powerful
Review: The book was not at all trite nor the characters stereotypical. Especially liked the way Dennis went from irritated and shallow father to a flesh and blood, worried, real Daddy after taking day and night responsibility for his children. Claire thought (as most mothers might admit to) that when he actually tried full-time parenting he would throw up his hands and give up custody of the kids on his own. Instead he grew in character and everyone, especially the children, were better for it.

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Summary: A great read!
Review: The book was not at all trite nor the characters stereotypical. Especially liked the way Dennis went from irritated and shallow father to a flesh and blood, worried, real Daddy after taking day and night responsibility for his children. Claire thought (as most mothers might admit to) that when he actually tried full-time parenting he would throw up his hands and give up custody of the kids on his own. Instead he grew in character and everyone, especially the children, were better for it.

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Summary: Must Read, Couldn't put it down.
Review: This book grabs you in the First chapter and make you read it all the way through. Delinsky's great detail gives the reader the feeling they are the main character. This books moves with a good pace and never lets you go even at the end you leave the book wanting to know more and wanting to see how the rest of these characters lives play out.