false <![CDATA[The Riders]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173909460m/343883.jpg 343883 12 After traveling through Europe for two years, Scully and his wife Jennifer wind up in Ireland, and on a mystical whim of Jennifer's, buy an old farmhouse which stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges -- alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully's life falls to pieces. <I>The Riders</I> is a superbly written and a darkly haunting story of a lovesick man in a vain search for a vanished woman. It is a powerfully accurate account of marriage today, of the demons that trouble relationships, of resurrection found in the will to keep going, in the refusal to hold on, to stand still. The Riders is also a moving story about the relationship between a loving man and his tough, bright daughter. 2071950 1994 The Riders total:437|5:83|4:156|3:137|2:37|1:24| 437 1548 586 60 3 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jun 25 21:08:13 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 21:09:20 -0700 2007 really made me want to do these things. I thought about ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 20:20:06 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 20:02:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 13 16:47:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 24 06:19:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:13:51 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 16:27:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 10:05:58 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:10:09 -0700 2009 Tim Winton's facility with getting dialogue and characters just right is so amazing.
Here we have a Aussie, working feverishly to get a derelict cottage in Ireland ready for the retu...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 10:47:40 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 18:47:01 -0700 2009 The Turning: New Stories so much. I liked Winton's prose very much - he's got a very good command of the language, and many excellent turns of phrase. I really enjoyed the beginning, with Scully's arrival in Ireland and the description of his efforts to fix up the new...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Dec 25 13:51:08 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 10:59:29 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 17:32:03 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 17:32:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 02:47:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 02:53:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1994 Fri Jul 17 23:10:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 23:16:17 -0700 2009
Fred it such an awful, unlikeable loser, I hated him the entire book and secretly wished someone would do him...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 12 09:01:09 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 08:39:49 -0800 2009
When Fred Scully started out his new life in Ireland he was a rider. Scully, his wife Jennifer and their daughter Billie, a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 01 12:59:48 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:17:35 -0700 2009
To me this was a riveting story, told in brilliant prose that engaged me until the mysterious end.

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