Second Nature
by:
Alice Hoffman (author)
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, Second Nature tells the story of a suburban woman, Robin Moore, who discovers her own free spirit through a stranger she brings home to her perfectly ordered neighborhood. As Robin impulsively draws this beautiful, uncivilized man...
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, Second Nature tells the story of a suburban woman, Robin Moore, who discovers her own free spirit through a stranger she brings home to her perfectly ordered neighborhood. As Robin impulsively draws this beautiful, uncivilized man into her world-meanwhile coping with divorce and a troubled teenage son-she begins to question her wisdom and doubt her own heart, and ultimately she changes her ideas about love and humanity.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425161630 (0425161633)
Publish date: February 1st 1998
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Magical Realism,
Suspense
As I write this, I'm in a reading slump. Again. The other books in my "currently reading" list are boring the ever-loving crap out of me.Recently, our village library had their annual book sale and I picked this up in hardback for two bucks. Why? Because, even at her worst, Alice Hoffman is eminentl...
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Yet another Alice Hoffman book I started and couldn't finish. I did find one quote I liked though. "This happened with roses: it was possible to take them for granted all summer as they wound along fences and gates, and then in September, when they faded, how beautiful they'd once been suddenly to...
Who doesn't love a story about a boy raised by wolves?