false <![CDATA[Almost Paradise]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172883458m/228098.jpg 228098 8 Fate can be benevolent. Or incredibly cruel. That's what Nick and Jane will learn... Just take their relationship. Nick is stunningly handsome, the blue-eyed scion of a blue-blood New York family. Rich, talented, confident, he will become the world's most famous movie star. Jane is delightfully funny, a dark-skinned, dark-haired, half-Jewish, half-German daughter of the Midwest. Smart, gifted, loving, she will become famous in her own right as well... From the time they first meet in their Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. course at Brown University, it's love at first sight. Coming together from two very different worlds, they will cast off adversity and disapproval to forge a life filled with work, love, and children. But fame and success come at a high price--their marriage. Just when it seems the promise of their love might be renewed, an accident leaves Jane hovering between life and death. Now, it's not only their union that might not survive, but Jane too...<I>Almost Paradise </I>is vintage Susan Isaacs, a witty, poignant, and engrossing tale of a man, a woman, and a passion wondrous, heartbreaking, and unforgettable. 220922 1993 Almost Paradise total:223|5:46|4:82|3:79|2:14|1:2| 223 825 297 13 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990 Thu Apr 09 22:01:10 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 22:02:31 -0700 2009 1 1 false false Fri Oct 03 05:55:57 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 06:00:16 -0700 2008 1
For all the detail, and the back story, and the excruciating detail, the ending sucked.

I think I was so mad at the end of this book that I threw it away. I couldn't believe I had read thru what amounted to 500 year...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri Dec 05 09:08:34 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 09:09:45 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Mar 02 16:57:42 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 02 17:00:47 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue May 20 15:12:16 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 15:13:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Apr 16 12:23:54 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 05:09:13 -0700 2008 4 0 false true Mon Jan 12 07:17:04 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 18 12:01:36 -0700 2009
Wonderful multi-generational story. Susan Isaacs never disappoints...although the ending was tragic. ]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jul 24 17:34:49 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 08:28:43 -0700 2008 4 0 true false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 14:13:02 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 14:14:11 -0700 2008
This book was very good.]]> 0 0 true false Mon Sep 15 20:45:13 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 20:46:29 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Dec 03 12:56:11 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 12:56:20 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Apr 21 09:00:19 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 09:00:33 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 03 11:55:20 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 11:55:35 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 23:25:31 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 23:25:31 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 06:49:02 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 06:49:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 04:20:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 04:20:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 11:45:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 11:45:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 18:07:17 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:07:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 17:46:22 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 17:46:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 20:25:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 20:25:45 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=228098