false \ 3126937 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 127395 13 3158290 book 2005 The Year of Pleasures total:2308|5:23|4:44|3:58|2:6|1:3| 2308 8341 3044 445 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 2 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 10:34:45 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 11:06:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 2 4 false Sun Dec 02 20:43:22 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 20:43:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 2 false Wed Jun 25 10:16:35 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 10:20:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 2 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Oct 09 14:49:40 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 14:53:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 871298 1400061601 9781400061600 40 15 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179075510m/871298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/871298.The_Year_of_Pleasures 3 7 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 05:14:38 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:04:57 -0700 2009 all women. I was 22 or 23 when I read Open House by Elizabeth Berg and I didn’t particularly care for it. I couldn’t identify with the main char...more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 2 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 07 06:44:49 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 06:45:25 -0700 2008 I couldn't quite get into The Year of Pleasures, written by Elizabeth Berg, although the subject matter was important - how a woman begins life again after her husband unexpectedly dies.

This story was just too neat, and Bette Nolan's life during the year after her hus...more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 1 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Apr 28 10:42:05 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:48:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 11 13:38:49 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 13:58:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 1 false Wed Jun 11 09:57:16 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 14:16:24 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 09:57:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 5 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 02 15:55:55 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 15:57:46 -0800 2008 1
Here are some of the things I remember (or marked) about this book:
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Elizabeth Berg does have a way of expressing YOUR feelings. In the first few pages, she describes death as a ride you’re not prepared for.

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I have never read a book about the grief of a widow on such a personal level. It was overall a good book - heartwrenching parts and other less believable ...more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 1 false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 07:07:24 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 07:10:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 0 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:32:52 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:40:24 -0700 2009 Throughout the book you learn that her relationsh...more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 0 false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 07:52:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 09:34:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 1 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:30:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:39:36 -0700 2009 1
Her s...more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:22:21 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:33:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 3 0 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:21:33 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 16:50:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 3 0 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 19:39:58 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:51:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 127395 0812970993 9780812970999 2251 424 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934105m/127395.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127395.The_Year_of_Pleasures 2 0 true Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 21:14:39 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 07:02:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3126937