by Jonathan Dee
I have trouble reading about affairs, and this book was no different. And then she returns to her cheating husband in the end? So I didn't like the story, but I thought the characters were very imaginable, so 2 * instead of 1.
Ben has a midlife crisis of horrific proportions and Helen, his wife, divorces him and moves to New York City with their teenage daughter, Sara. There Helen starts work as a crisis management expert for a small PR firm. It seems she has a gift. She can make clients apologize truthfully for what they...
So many books today are being written about failed characters. They do stupid things, get caught, either get forgiven or ostracized , or when the book ends, the reader is left to decide the ultimate outcome. What is the message of these books? Often the main character does heinous things and gets aw...
So many books today are being written about failed characters. They do stupid things, get caught, either get forgiven or ostracized , or when the book ends, the reader is left to decide the ultimate outcome. What is the message of these books? Often the main character does heinous things and gets aw...
Not for me.
Although I would not class [b:A Thousand Pardons|15732607|A Thousand Pardons|Jonathan Dee|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349375326s/15732607.jpg|21413390] by [a:Jonathan Dee|4526501|Jonathan Dee|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1330510356p2/4526501.jpg] as one of the best books I have read, I did ...
Short, deceptively simple, a fabulous book in the sense of being an enjoyable fable. The contrast between the remarkable success of the wife and mother, landing on her feet and supporting her daughter, while at the same time losing complete touch with her daughter's life. Meanwhile the disgraced f...
The theme of A Thousand Pardons is redemption. In that spirit I'm going to forgive Jonathan Dee for making me like a book I had no business liking.The characters are big jerks. The ending is somewhat vague. A few things happen that stretched my imagination a bit too far. (Example: Helen jaunts on do...
10/23/12 SA
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