false 382470 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 382470 3 811561 2003 A Window Across the River total:128|5:19|4:38|3:38|2:30|1:3| 128 424 187 19 54766 3.52 652 131 26077430 959531 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 127 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 3 1 false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 20:39:07 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 13:37:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 79216218 2709780 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 5 0 false Wed Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 28 12:46:15 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:50:10 -0800 2009
I loved it. I read it in one sitting and fell in love with Brian Morton's writing sty...more...]]> 37872779 565947 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 3 1 false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 11:23:31 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 11:23:31 -0800 2008 18530656 250757 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 2 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 13:32:17 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 13:50:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67101096 1342790 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 2 0 false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:22:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 23:33:00 -0700 2009
There was so much foreshadowing in this book that anyone could pretty much tell what the outcome would be pretty quickly.

The narrator is a writer. Her best and truest works depict the worst aspects of the people she loves the most. Once they read...more...]]> 61796791 861955 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:34:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:38:08 -0700 2009 25342367 1203728 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 4 0 false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:26:21 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:21:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45360950 1026688 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 2 0 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 10:05:27 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 10:06:26 -0800 2009 54109416 2182389 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 3 0 false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:26:59 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:27:55 -0700 2009 27433532 979447 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 2 0 false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 11:57:46 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 11:42:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18584916 717227 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 4 0 false Tue Mar 25 08:34:33 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 08:40:16 -0700 2008 32259041 255071 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 3 0 false Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 07 11:47:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 24 07:54:19 -0800 2009 37157040 1029820 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 5 0 false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 19:16:13 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 19:18:01 -0800 2008 28772673 463964 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 4 0 false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 12:41:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 12:44:59 -0700 2008 32845419 332261 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 3 0 false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 10:21:43 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 04:43:00 -0700 2008 1119795 80055 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 2 0 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed May 09 08:15:48 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 09:04:20 -0700 2007 44037021 958989 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 2 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 05:13:21 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 05:35:09 -0800 2009 22661953 1055116 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 4 0 false Tue May 20 21:08:06 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 21:08:42 -0700 2008 14411570 868639 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

]]> 2003 5 0 false Sat Feb 02 19:36:18 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 19:37:05 -0800 2008 82647486 578722 382470 0156030128 9780156030120 19 <![CDATA[A Window Across the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904m/382470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174335904s/382470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382470.A_Window_Across_the_River 3.31 128 A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?

Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.

There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. --Brangien Davis

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