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Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite rating ON THIN ICE 5 stars, April 2013. http://www.ReadersFavorite.com/book-r...

We first meet Adrienne in On Thin Ice when More...

On Thin Ice is a very interesting collection of stories about one character (Adrienne) which take place in the time span of forty years or so. This is always interesting to me, because I enjoy baby boomer stories of the sixties and how various authors depict them.

I sensed that the stories might be autobiographical in nature, since the author seemed to have an in-depth knowledge of all the subjects. The stories, while not being strictly chronological, dealt with a crisis or a phase in Adrienne's More...

The title is a bit misleading since these linked short stories about a woman named Adrienne start when she is 28. However, they do follow her into her 50s, and they are about finding love and finding a place for herself in the world. And I do mean the world. It’s refreshing to read stories set in locales ranging from Amsterdam to the south of France to Canada’s Northwest Territories.

The narrative flow is good, and the voice interesting, if mild. The stories contain some unusual events such as a More...

In my informal but honest review I must share that I was excited to get this book downloaded as I had been anticipating reading it. I read it in about one day, which speaks volumes because if I am not captivated by a book I will easily get distracted and find other things to read. I loved it. I know the author as a friend and colleague, and it was interesting to read and hear her voice in my head. She categorized this book as fiction, although, I could pick out scenarios that sounded awfully fam More...

On Thin Ice follows a single baby boomer character Adrienne through from her early dating experiences around Europe through to middle age across a dozen masterfully written short stories. Johanna van Zanten takes her character around the world and on to the web from youthful passion to dabbling in online dating. The stories are crafted, gentle but rewarding reads with a strong central character. Although Johanna van Zanten was a new name to me in terms of her writing, I will certainly keep a clo More...

At first glance, "On Thin Ice" is not the sort of genre that I would
be immediately attracted to. One gets the impression that it is a "woman's book,"
whatever that means. It is, indeed, the story of a woman from the Netherlands,
growing up there, emigrating to Canada in later life. It's subtitled "Short Stories
of Life and Dating After 50." But there is a lot more to it than that.

It appears to me to be largely autobiographical; the realization that
these events actually happened in some form or More...