false 2465089 1 <B>A new voice in the tradition of Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve</B><BR><BR> Christmas Eve 1967: the night the lives of the McDonald children, Deborah, Robert, James, and Meredith, changed forever. Th eir mother, Rosemarie, told them she was running out to buy more lights for the tree. Instead, she boarded a plane bound for London, leaving the children with their father and the gnawing question: Why did their mother abandon them?<BR><BR> Over the years the siblings have become practiced in concealing their pain, remaining close into adulthood and forming their own families. But long-closed wounds are reopened and secrets that each sibling has locked away come to light, as their father progresses into dementia and James encounters Rosemarie after nearly forty years of her absence. Veitch’s family portrait reveals the joys and sorrows, the complexity and ambiguity of family life, and poignantly probes what it means to love and what it means to leave. 2472285 24 6 2008 Without a Backward Glance total:173|5:11|4:53|3:72|2:29|1:8| 173 549 346 55 4 3 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 04:05:30 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 04:07:48 -0700 2008 4 1 false true Tue Jul 29 12:16:58 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 12:30:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 19:32:31 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:54:20 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false true Sat Aug 30 07:35:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 20:39:40 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 07:35:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:14:22 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:15:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 true false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 15:49:34 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 15:53:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 10:33:10 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 10:38:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jul 19 06:00:53 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 06:02:50 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:04:49 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:13:15 -0800 2009

Forty years later the McDonald siblings are all struggling with issues. Deborah, the eldest, is a bit of a control freak...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Sep 02 10:56:26 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 10:58:17 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 26 09:50:05 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 10:45:44 -0800 2008 1
I definitely loved the fact it was set in Australia, so I could be reminded of lots of Australianisms etc.]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jul 15 13:15:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 13:16:19 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Feb 13 16:06:44 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 04 18:46:14 -0700 2008
As Chapter One of this fine n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 07:28:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 04 14:24:37 -0700 2009 Without a Backward Glance, is a deeply felt novel of family, choices, and coming to terms with the past. On a stifling Christmas Eve in 1967 the lives of the McDonald children--Deborah, Robert, James, and Meredith--changed forever. Their mother, Rosema...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 18:54:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 18:57:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 11:47:47 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 11:50:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 09:15:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 20:59:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 12:10:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 12:13:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:25:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:28:00 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 13:54:13 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 14:02:07 -0700 2009
The author's descriptions are excellent, and I really felt that I knew her characters. ]]>