New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard captured the heart of a nation with The Deep End of the Ocean, her celebrated de...
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Jun 03, 2010
Peggy
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Just begun. Curious after meeting her. Loved Deep End of the Ocean.
Okay this is getting slower than molasses in January! I may have to switch books and leave this one behind if it doesn't pick up.
Okay it only took me 1/2 way thru this book to find it interesting. And then I could not put it down! OMG Had to go work today or I would have finished.
Is it just me or are more books slow or not that great lately??
Okay this is getting slower than molasses in January! I may have to switch books and leave this one behind if it doesn't pick up.
Okay it only took me 1/2 way thru this book to find it interesting. And then I could not put it down! OMG Had to go work today or I would have finished.
Is it just me or are more books slow or not that great lately??
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Nov 20, 2011
Sidna
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When Jacquelyn Mitchard's first novel, "Deep End of the Ocean" was selected by Oprah Winfrey as her first book club selection, the book immediately became a best seller. I thought it was an interesting book, but not great.
At the time, I lived in Milwaukee and was a fan of Mitchard's column in the Journal Sentinel so I was pleased at her success. She and I had some similar life experiences and I had an opportunity to correspond with her via email and to meet her. She was warm More...
At the time, I lived in Milwaukee and was a fan of Mitchard's column in the Journal Sentinel so I was pleased at her success. She and I had some similar life experiences and I had an opportunity to correspond with her via email and to meet her. She was warm More...
Jul 04, 2010
Nancy
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Maybe there's something up with Jacquelyn Mitchard lately--but her books, once reliable good-reads, feel like she's churning them out.
No Time to Wave Goodbye is a sequel to Deep End of the Ocean, but they feel like two separate authors wrote them--as if someone posing as Mitchard were trying to recapture that detailed pain of trying to live an ordinary life after the worse possible thing (a missing child) occurs. She doesn't quite achieve that-- the residual emotional fragility of th More...
No Time to Wave Goodbye is a sequel to Deep End of the Ocean, but they feel like two separate authors wrote them--as if someone posing as Mitchard were trying to recapture that detailed pain of trying to live an ordinary life after the worse possible thing (a missing child) occurs. She doesn't quite achieve that-- the residual emotional fragility of th More...
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Jun 24, 2010
Marie
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I thought I would like this book -- I *wanted* to like this book -- about a family whose son is abducted, then found again 9 years later, and how that experience affects them. But I just found myself completely disengaged from the characters. The story just doesn't ring true in so many ways. The dialogue is stilted and doesn't sound like real people. The characters aren't actually drawn with any depth, and their actions don't make that much sense half the time.
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Jun 08, 2010
Donna
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Feb 15, 2010
Meg
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If you have not read Deep End of the Ocean, you'll need to do so before reading No Time to Wave Goodbye, as it is a sequel in the strictest sense. Reading them out of order will ruin the suspense of Deep End of the Ocean.
In No Time to Wave Goodbye, we follow the Cappadora family (now with grown children) as they fight to solve another crime against their already vulnerable family. For anyone who wonders what ever happened to Vincent (the older brother who was holding Ben's hand when More...
In No Time to Wave Goodbye, we follow the Cappadora family (now with grown children) as they fight to solve another crime against their already vulnerable family. For anyone who wonders what ever happened to Vincent (the older brother who was holding Ben's hand when More...
Nov 13, 2009
Stephanie
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I KNOW I read the first one about the disappearance of the younger son...at the woman's high school reunion, and the older boy was supposed to be holding the kid's hand and the mom looked away just for a bit, and ....
it was very creepy how the boy was then raised by a woman and her husband (who the boy grew up to know as his Dad), then the people find the kid living near them some years later, and they fight to get him back, and then...well, you get the idea...so here we are years la More...
it was very creepy how the boy was then raised by a woman and her husband (who the boy grew up to know as his Dad), then the people find the kid living near them some years later, and they fight to get him back, and then...well, you get the idea...so here we are years la More...
Oct 21, 2009
Beth
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If you read The Deep End Of The Ocean and loved it as much as I did I think you will love this book. Jacquelyn Mitchard does not disappoint. I am sometimes leery of sequels. This one was excellent! I once again fell in love with the Cappadora family. They have all aged a little but still are pretty much the same people they were in the first novel. I felt like I never lost touch with them. They have all been affected by Ben/Sam's kidnapping and eventual return. It has played a huge role in the p
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Oct 01, 2009
Diane
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No Time to Wave Goodbye, by Jacquelyn Mitchard, is a sequel to her 1996 novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, which was later made into a movie.
In The Deep End of the Ocean, three year old Ben Cappadora was kidnapped, and surprisingly, he returns home nine years later.
In Mitchard's latest novel, the Cappadora children are grown. Vincent, an older brother of Ben, films a documentary about five families whose children were abducted and are still missing. Sister Kerry helps wit More...
In The Deep End of the Ocean, three year old Ben Cappadora was kidnapped, and surprisingly, he returns home nine years later.
In Mitchard's latest novel, the Cappadora children are grown. Vincent, an older brother of Ben, films a documentary about five families whose children were abducted and are still missing. Sister Kerry helps wit More...
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Aug 31, 2009
Linda
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The Cappadora family is welcome in my home any time. I read “Deep End of the Ocean” many years ago, saw the movie once on the big screen, then on video, my mother listened to the audio book and I grabbed it and listened, then read the book again - all this over a period of several years. I was delighted when I heard that there would be more . . . . . that once again we would have the opportunity to renew our relationship with this family. Jacquelyn Mitchard has an insight into family dynamics
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Jul 21, 2009
Dulcey
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I just received an advance copy of Jacqueline Mitchard’s newest book No Time to Wave Goodbye and I devoured it. It is the riveting sequel to Deep End of the Ocean, Mitchard’s first novel which was chosen as Oprah’s first Book Club entry in September 1996. As the new novel opens, Beth Cappadora is about to watch the premier of her oldest son Vincent’s documentary film whose gut-wrenching theme of family life after a child is abducted and lost comes as a complete shock to the Cappadora parents.
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Sep 14, 2009
Rocky
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Sequels sometimes work. And Jacquelyn Mitchard’s No Time To Wave Goodbye without question is one of those sometimes. And what a sequel! We return to the world of the Cappadoras more than twenty years after Ben’s kidnapping in The Deep End of the Ocean, the first Oprah bookclub selection. Ben is now married with a daughter. Kerry is a voice student. Vincent is a filmmaker who has made a well-regarded documentary on childhood abduction that garners an Oscar nomination.
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Jul 13, 2011
Daphne
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Duh! I didn't realise until I read the reviews for this to remind me what it was about that I found out it was a sequel to The deep end of the ocean which I loved! How could I not see that? I try to stay away from blurbs on jacket covers and reviews until I have read a book, but this time I obviously outdid myself. The new book was great, and if I read it as a continuance of the first one, I might have thought it was even better. When the powerful media headlights go off the story of the da
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Oct 26, 2009
Ramona
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Mitchard has again written an excellent novel focusing on what became of brothers Vincent & Ben from her book, The Deep End of the Ocean. Another kidnapping takes place after Vincent writes & produces a documentary that interviews & tells the story of families whose children have disappeared. The story brought me to the edge of my seat as the search for this baby takes them into the snow covered hills in CA. No Time to Wave Goodbye made me aware of the importance of making the general public
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Feb 15, 2010
Amy
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Dec 21, 2009
Laren
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Jan 18, 2010
Heather
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No Time to Wave Goodbye takes place thirteen years after the conclusion of Mitchard’s novel The Deep End of the Ocean. Vincent, the oldest Cappadora son, has recently produced a documentary film about five families who have suffered the effects of child abduction. Ben, the younger Cappadora boy, who was abducted in the first book and found nine years later, completely unharmed but with a new name and new parents, of course helped Vincent with the film as he was its inspiration. On the night o
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Oct 01, 2009
Laurel-Rain
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Twenty years after the events of "The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club)," the Cappadora family still struggles with issues that sprang from that horrendous period in all their lives. And despite the reunion that came to them, their son Ben still calls himself "Sam," the name given to him by his "kidnapper," and still considers George, his "father" during that period, his "dad." He calls his birth parents "Beth" and "Pat."
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Apr 01, 2010
Robin
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I had several different reactions to this book. First of all, I did not like the first half of this book, but loved the middle and the ending was a five star one. That is why I gave it four stars. If you want to read this book, I would suggest first that you read "Deep End of the Ocean".
This is a sequel to "The Deep End ...", which I had read years ago. That was about a child abduction that happened years ago. The boy, Ben, was returned after nine years, but he never fi More...
This is a sequel to "The Deep End ...", which I had read years ago. That was about a child abduction that happened years ago. The boy, Ben, was returned after nine years, but he never fi More...
Jul 31, 2010
Patty
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I wanted so much more from this book. The Deep End of the Ocean is one of my all-time favorite books. Unfortunately, I feel like Mitchard's writing is getting worse instead of better. I really didn't like Still Summer, and this book has the same problem; Mitchard thinks we want action and suspense, and I don't. I just want character development and, in this case, to catch up on much-loved characters from another book. This doesn't happen AT ALL. All I got was that Pat and Beth are stinking
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Oct 26, 2009
Nancy (Hrdcovers)
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TIME TO WAVE GOODBYE TO THE CAPPADORO'S
Back in the late 90's, I was just getting back into reading when, lo and behold, Oprah started her book club. For as much as the reader elite got pleasure in putting down an Oprah pick, I, on the other hand, couldn't wait for each new one to be announced. I was right there, at the beginning with her, when she touted Deep End of the Ocean as the first book to be read by the "club". I read it and loved it and was consequently introduced More...
Back in the late 90's, I was just getting back into reading when, lo and behold, Oprah started her book club. For as much as the reader elite got pleasure in putting down an Oprah pick, I, on the other hand, couldn't wait for each new one to be announced. I was right there, at the beginning with her, when she touted Deep End of the Ocean as the first book to be read by the "club". I read it and loved it and was consequently introduced More...
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Feb 02, 2010
Candice
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I read this because I liked The Deep End of the Ocean. This had many of the same characters and takes place years later. Some of the events just didn't ring true to me. However: two things I did like. This quote: "Beth...comforted herself by thinking, This is the best night of someone's life. Tonight, someone learned the lump was only a lump; someone said yes; the stick had a plus sign; the call finally came; the smoke from under the hood was only steam; the kids won the game that wou
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Aug 25, 2010
Amy
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Sep 02, 2009
It was wonderful to be with the Cappadora family again. Since I am married to an Italian I get that familiarity of family and love feeling when reading about them. I have often wondered how Vincent and Ben/Sam, Beth and Pat faired all these years. I was very moved how you were able to intertiwne the issue of child abduction through Vincent's movie and the peril of the family once again. I want to keep this brief as I know you get lots of emails I would say my favorite scenes were between Sam and
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Oct 11, 2009
Jennifer
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I read Deep End of the Ocean years ago and really enjoyed it. This book is a follow-up to that novel, allowing the reader to see what happened to the family that was ripped apart by child abduction twenty years earlier.
I was disappointed by this novel in many ways. I thought that understanding the characters and their motivations required remembering a lot of detail from the previous book (and I did not). I also thought that the plot was silly --- the child who was abducted in the f More...
I was disappointed by this novel in many ways. I thought that understanding the characters and their motivations required remembering a lot of detail from the previous book (and I did not). I also thought that the plot was silly --- the child who was abducted in the f More...
Sep 05, 2009
Jessi
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Oh the Cappadoras, those amazing Cappadoras are back! This wonderfully written novel takes us back to the sad heartwrenching story of the family we fell in love with from The Deep End of the Ocean. Jackie makes the “s word” (sequel) not so dirty. I oftentimes wondered what happened to the tragic Beth Cappadora and her family. Jackie’s wonderful writing style and flow brought it all back to me and gave me so much more insight on the survival of a family. I felt like I was right there sitting
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Sep 29, 2009
Becky
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The book starts really well. Mitchard spends little time rehashing old history from The Deep End of the Ocean or time in-between novels.
As the plot unfolded, I found it to be predictable, but that didn't bother me. Mitchard's writing style is based upon emotion and dissecting interpersonal relationships. The crux of the story is how each of the Cappadora family members have dealt with Ben/Sam's kidnapping (15 years in the future.)
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As the plot unfolded, I found it to be predictable, but that didn't bother me. Mitchard's writing style is based upon emotion and dissecting interpersonal relationships. The crux of the story is how each of the Cappadora family members have dealt with Ben/Sam's kidnapping (15 years in the future.)
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Jan 08, 2012
Melissa
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Read The Deep End of the Ocean many years ago - while the resolution was better than the alternative, it was all-around a sad book, demonstrating how family members get lost as a result of grief. This sequel, No Time to Wave Goodbye, was written fourteen years after the initial book. I picked it up reticently, not sure that I wanted to ride the emotional roller coaster with this family, specifically the mother, again, but it was very much an emotional resolution to the first book, which was ap
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Oct 21, 2009
zz-neena
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Years ago, after reading The Deep End of the Ocean, I found The Most Wanted which I thought as good as or better than Deep End. Then there was A Theory of Relativity which was almost as good as the first two.
Unfortunately, all Mitchard's subsequent titles seemed to slide downhill, picking up speed as they progressed. I was heartened by Cage of Stars, but depressed again with her next three titles.
Now it seems Mitchard has gone back to the well, and in No Time to Wave Good More...
Unfortunately, all Mitchard's subsequent titles seemed to slide downhill, picking up speed as they progressed. I was heartened by Cage of Stars, but depressed again with her next three titles.
Now it seems Mitchard has gone back to the well, and in No Time to Wave Good More...
Jan 26, 2011
Melissa
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Not nearly as good as The Deep End of the Ocean, to which this is a follow-up. In parts this book was gut wrenching (particularly the very brief but heartbreaking story of what happened to Patty's child, which actually made me lose my breath and sick to my stomach) but other parts were not well written. However, it did make me want to grab my daughter and never let go. But the first two thirds were good and I couldn't put down, but the last third was wrapped up to neatly and quickly. The most im
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