The Way It Happens In Novels
Kathleen O'Connor,Paperback - 1st ed, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group
Kathleen O'Connor,Paperback - 1st ed, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345359704 (0345359704)
Publish date: March 13th 1989
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
The author's goal was to approach a romance in a realistic way, and most of the time I felt that she achieved that. I don't know much about stroke patients but I got the feeling O'Connor didn't either. Aside from that, the tackled uncomfortable details with great honesty that left me really rootin...
I think I loved this book so much because it's atypical for a romance novel. The hero is a paraplegic who is likely to stay that way. The heroine is dumpy and not exactly a bombshell. Both kind of view each other as settling initially. But somehow they form a love connection, and the bond is intense...