Anita Shreve
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.53 | 85645 Users | 4407 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks #3) |
| Author | : | Anita Shreve |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | March 30th 1999 by Back Bay Books (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Mystery. Contemporary. Romance. Adult Fiction. Adult |
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A pilot's wife is taught to be prepared for the late-night knock at the door. But when Kathryn Lyons receives word that a plane flown by her husband, Jack, has exploded near the coast of Ireland, she confronts the unfathomable-one startling revelation at a time. Soon drawn into a maelstrom of publicity fueled by rumors that Jack led a secret life, Kathryn sets out to learn who her husband really was, whatever that knowledge might cost. Her search propels this taut, impassioned novel as it movingly explores the question, How well can we ever really know another person?Point Books Conducive To The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks #3)
| Original Title: | The Pilot's Wife |
| ISBN: | 0316601950 (ISBN13: 9780316601955) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Fortune's Rocks #3 |
| Characters: | Kathryn Lyons, Mattie Lyons, Jack Lyons |
| Setting: | Maine(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.53 From 85645 Users | 4407 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks #3)
This book was vivid and impressively-written, with complex characters and vibrant imagery. It gets really intense and quickly becomes difficult to put down, but it drags on in some chapters.AudiobookI wish Melanie Griffith would have narrated other books because she does a fantastic job. Her voice is a little gritty and is just wonderful to listen to.The story itself I really enjoyed but mentions of the (view spoiler)[IRA - Irish Republican Army (hide spoiler)] really date it. I was thinking, oh yeah, I remember there were problems with them in the 1990s. I just enjoyed the whole book front to back. 5 stars.
This was chick-lit in disguise. I feel dirty and tricked.Although I probably am being harsh by giving it two stars, I don't really see too many good things about this book. The bits where Kathryn are at her house are far too dragged out. Shreve relies only on the 'feel' sensory to explain what her character is going through, rather than the 'show'. The important parts where things could have been really interesting--such as the funeral or the first Christmas without Jack--are glossed over and
This was an airport "argh, I need something to read on a 4 hour flight" impulse buy. Since everything at the airport shop seemed to be on Oprah's list, there was no avoiding it. I don't know what is more annoying about this book, the supposed idylic settinig of New England, or the preposterous misunderstanding of the IRA. The whole thing is implausible, unless the protaginist is a major idiot... Oh, maybe that is not that big of an assumption.
This is the second Anita Shreve book I've read. I like how the author writes and describes the scenes and emotions. The flaskbacks of her early family life were partically good. Her tone impresses me, although Sea Glass seemed to flow a little better. I was hooked in the beginning and I felt Kathryn's pain. That half of the book I felt was written well but when Shreve attempts the different plot twists during the second half of the book, I lost interest. Which is sad, because those plot twists
This is one of those books you pick up in Costco when the line is really long and you need something to kill time, but then it accidentally gets rung up so you go ahead and read it. The back cover described it as oddly gripping, and the premise looked intriguing enough for me to actually buy the book on purpose: a wife delves into what really caused her husbands plane to crash, only to find out...he was leading a double life!! In England!!! How could a book about loss, betrayal, and really big
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