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Blueberry Truth
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Ute Carbone (Goodreads Author)
Beanie MacKenzie and her husband Mac have led perfect lives, with perfect families and perfect jobs they both love, he a leading cardiologist, she a teacher at a school for troubled children. Now they have the perfect home, a big house on a quiet Albany street, just perfect for raising a big family. Only the babies they’ve been trying so hard to conceive just won’t come.
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Published
August 6th 2011
by Etopia Press
(first published August 5th 2011)
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Blueberry Truth
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Beanie MacKenzie and her husband Mac have led perfect lives, with perfect families and perfect jobs they both love, he a leading cardiologist, she a t…more
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Blueberry Truth by Ute Carbone is one of those novels that may well stay with readers for a long time. Carbone’s ability to create believable characters that readers will care about and practically fall in love is first rate. From the first page, readers are drawn into Verbena “Beanie” Mackenzie’s whirlwind perfect life: Beanie is the do-good teacher working with special needs kids at St. Luke’s and her husband Mac is the gifted pediatric cardiologist. Where, at first, it would seem to be cliché...more
This inspirational little gem is written in the tradition of great stories like My Posse Don't Do Homework (the book that inspired the movie Dangerous Minds) and The Freedom Writers Diary, without the same level of violence. This book left me feeling inspired to go out into the world and do something good....something that matters or that makes a difference. It is one of those feel-good stories that will leave you feeling good for a while after reading it.
The characters are so real, they will s...more
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This surely will be a success - it has all the ingredients. The main character, Beanie, is the kind of woman most readers would want for their best-friend. She's not perfect but she's brave, determined and just down-right good (even if she does have trouble with her sisters - but who doesn't?). And her husband is every woman's dream: a dedicated doctor, he's no push-over and he's determined to stand his ground but willing to admit he's wrong if proven so. And he dearly loves his wife. What a del...more
What a lovely book. Blueberry Truth is a wayward girl from a broken and horrifying background. She has learned from being an infant that the best defence is attack. Then she meets Beanie - a woman who is going through her own crisis. The two of them need each other, even though they may not realise it. I loved the pace, warmth and development of this story. It grabbed me and then refused to let go. Even if you don't normally read this genre (as I rarely do), I heartily recommend it to you.
I loved, loved, loved this book. Beanie, a special ed teacher, is surrounded by kids all day but, ironically, can't seem to conceive. The tension between her and her husband over this issue is beautifully portrayed along with Beanie's inner pain. When she meets a mouthy, rebellious student who seems determined to ensure that no one ever loves her, well...let's say that love blooms in the most unlikely places and between the most unlikely people.
One who lives in Albany will call the university SUNY not U of Albany. It's Pine Hills not Pine Hill. Aside from certain details, I loved the writing and the story.
I loved everything about this story...the style, characters, honesty and the reality of the message. If only the world were full of Beanies.
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Ute Carbone pronounces her first name Oohtah, but doesn't spell it that way. She lives with her husband in Southern NH, where she spends her days drinking coffee, eating chocolate, walking in the woods, and dreaming up stories.
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“How do I begin to explain? It’s because. Because I feel responsible. Because she’s a little girl with big green eyes that blink too often when she gets excited. Because she has this big dream about Florida, where she thinks she’ll find her mother, like the whole state is Disney World, nothing but palm trees and happiness. Because she misses her mother with a longing as big as the state. Because I’ve been blessed to have so much love in my life.”
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