false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342255m/165766.jpg 165766 27 For more than thirteen years, devoted father and husband Ethan Ford has been running from his past. But one day the police show up at his door-and his life as an irreproachable family man and heroic volunteer fireman begins to come apart. <br><br> "Investigate[s] the themes of devotion, betrayal, guilt and forgiveness in trenchantly effective ways." (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review) <br><br> "Hoffman ably sends her theme of loss and deception reverberating across several well-made subplots... fast-moving." (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>) 2606609 2001 Blue Diary total:1351|5:172|4:461|3:541|2:140|1:37| 1351 4644 1752 150 2 1 false false Mon Apr 14 10:49:02 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 15:22:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 26 12:16:51 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 17:20:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 02 17:43:07 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 17:49:13 -0700 2008
At points I was disturbed by this novel because of the territory the heroine traverses in her search ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 06:04:14 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:04:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 17:55:08 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 17:55:15 -0700 2009 I have to say that the turn in this story truly surprised me after Ford's secret was revealed and he was arrested. I expected greater forgiveness from his family and neighbors because of his exemplary behavior before...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 04 11:00:50 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 18:12:45 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:00:50 -0700 2009
Ok finished it today, and man, i like the way it ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 11:58:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:47:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 02:56:19 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:03:48 -0700 2009
What I love about this author is she reminds me of my childhood. Not this book per say but the way she writes. The elegance, the descriptions, the superstitions. That's how I grew up. Everything has meaning to her. She's also on...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 15:25:48 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:58:33 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 24 08:05:05 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 25 19:25:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 18:26:10 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 16:26:54 -0800 2007
Ethan Ford is hailed as a local hero: brave, modest, charming, and completly in love with and devoted to his w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat May 16 11:31:12 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 11:35:33 -0700 2009 The characters are real and believable, how many times do we see it ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Aug 11 14:24:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 14:24:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 10:16:14 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:23:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:30:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:34:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Mon May 18 16:16:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:42:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Feb 24 19:26:17 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 10:53:46 -0800 2009
I don't have a problem with unsettling books done well (J.M. Coetze's "Disgrace" or Chang Rae Lee's "A Gesture Life"). But "Blue Diary" is not done well. Ultimately I could never get past the fact ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 05:56:10 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 05:56:49 -0700 2007 However, I enjoyed this book. It was my first Alice Hoffman and I was pleasantly surprised. I liked the depth of the characters. The protagonists were interesting but the other character really formed the book. I liked the sub-plots...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:03:58 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:05:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 03 13:29:04 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 18 03:20:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=165766