Once in Every Life
Tess Gregory's brilliant career as a research scientist hides her longings for husband and child. Though deaf, she is a free spirit -- a woman full of life and love. She is struck down all too soon.But for Tess, a new life begins at her death, in post-Civil War America. She is now Amarylis...
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Tess Gregory's brilliant career as a research scientist hides her longings for husband and child. Though deaf, she is a free spirit -- a woman full of life and love. She is struck down all too soon.But for Tess, a new life begins at her death, in post-Civil War America. She is now Amarylis Rafferty, wife and mother of three -- and she can hear. Shocked and disoriented by her new surroundings, she is drawn into the savage heartache burdening the family, especially her husband, Jack, a man who fears himself capable of anything.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780449148389 (0449148386)
Publish date: December 23rd 1992
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 406
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Drama,
Historical Romance,
Time Travel,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Western,
Romantic
Book: Once in Every Life Author: Kristin Hannah Genre: Fiction/Sci-Fi/Historical Romance Summary: Tess Gregory is a woman who has been given a miraculous second chance at life. Jack is a man who abandoned hope long ago. Imprisoned by savage memories, he believes he has nothing to offer anyone,...
The story was holding my attention even though the events were kind of hokey and unbelievable but after awhile I got real tired of the hero's resistance to the situation and started skimming. Tess falls into Jack's family but he is a bitter lonely man.