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135th out of 323 books
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Losing the Moon
by
Patti Callahan Henry (Goodreads Author)
Amy Reynolds is stunned when her first, great love suddenly reappears. A happily married mother of two, she wants nothing to do with him. But then-needing to know why he was ripped from her life without explanation-Amy becomes obsessed with the idea that maybe they really were meant to be together...
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
May 4th 2004
by NAL Trade
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Perder la luna es una historia de amor que se basa en una pareja de universitarios Nick y Amy, los cuales se ven en la necesidad de separarse por unos meses con la promesa de que estarán juntos de nuevo.
Sin embargo el esperado reencuentro no llega en el plazo acordado, la falta de conocimiento sobre los hechos del porque no se había cumplido aquella promesa hace que Amy siga su camino sin la compañía de Nick, al casarse con Phil un empresario con el que tiene dos hijos Jack y Molly.
Acabo...more
Perder la luna es una historia de amor que se basa en una pareja de universitarios Nick y Amy, los cuales se ven en la necesidad de separarse por unos meses con la promesa de que estarán juntos de nuevo.
Sin embargo el esperado reencuentro no llega en el plazo acordado, la falta de conocimiento sobre los hechos del porque no se había cumplido aquella promesa hace que Amy siga su camino sin la compañía de Nick, al casarse con Phil un empresario con el que tiene dos hijos Jack y Molly.
Acabo...more
Patti Callahan Henry’s book snuck up on me. I wasn’t overly impressed with her writing when I started the book and I can’t say that I fell in love with the characters or the secondary story (of the main character’s quest to preserve an island off Georgia’s coast) and yet, I finished the book with a lump in my throat.
Amy is happily married to Phil. Her kids, Jack and Molly, are grown; Jack is actually away at college and Molly in her last year of high school. Her world, however, is about to be tu...more
Amy is happily married to Phil. Her kids, Jack and Molly, are grown; Jack is actually away at college and Molly in her last year of high school. Her world, however, is about to be tu...more
This book is a story about what can happen when your child unknowingly dates the child of a previous lover. As if this is not enough, things ended badly between the two lovers and there were a lot of unanswered questions and betrayals that come to the surface 25 years later when they meet again because their children are dating.
At this point, both are married with children but the past keeps coming back to haunt them. Both of the main characters are into wildlife preservation and become involved...more
At this point, both are married with children but the past keeps coming back to haunt them. Both of the main characters are into wildlife preservation and become involved...more
Books like this should come with a WARNING: Bittersweet ending...prepare to cry your eyes out in the epilogue and then feel like sh*t afterwards when you realize there isn't one more page to make it all better.
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I'm sure PAtti CAllahan Henry is an absolute lovely person, and know that she is friends with some of my friends. But I just am not a huge fan of her books, even though they are set in places familiar to me. The premises of some are interesting, but they just don't resonate within me. I'm sure the fault lies in the reader. The foundation of this one is a thought that has crossed my mind several times -- what if your child falls in love with the child of a person in your past. But I just never en...more
Losing The Moon is my Book..Similar Story of my Life...So of course I savored every page...I felt connected...Not alone with my Memories...Is there ever closure...If you haven't read Any of Patti's books...You are missing out on the perspective of An Author that understands you..I became fully invested in Southern Women Writers while living in GA...Dorothea Benton Frank,Mary Alice Monroe,Carrie May Fowler...A Different spin for me...And Still Love their Books...Thank You Patti..
This book was just ok. I think the author took the easy way out to get a happy ending. She should have took some risks. The story is a little farfetched to me. It's hard to believe that if you are that much in love with someone that you just give up and get engaged to someone else under a year later.
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I picked this book up as just an escape from heavy reading. It wasn't a very deep, thought-provoking story, but I loved it just the same. Finished it in under 24 hours. I could completely identify with the characters and the theme of "What if..." and the path not taken. It would make a great beach read.
I wasn't sure if I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others because of the time in my life when I read it or if it just wasn't as good as the others I have read by this author. I think now that I have finished the book that it just didn't connect as well for me. Well-written.
I generally like this author's books, so I was excited to pick this up at the library one day. From the beginning, I had a difficult time with the story. It just didn't hook me as her other books have. Sorry to say I finished it up so I could move on to another book.
The main character was so limp that I almost stopped reading the book. I read this book after thoroughly enjoying Henry's latest book Coming Up for Air. But this is one book I don't recommend.
A woman reunites with her college boyfriend who disappeared 25 years earlier, with dire consequences to her marriage. Wasn't the best book I've ever read, but worth finishing.
A story of love - lost, remembered, recovered, misunderstood. An compelling story easily read and perfect for a day at the beach or in front of the fire on a cold day.
I really like Patti Callahan Henry's book and was dissapointed that I couldn't get into this one. I tried several times and it just wouldn't grab me.
Good writing; but the plot is similar to other books by this author. Now a mature woman with a love interest from the past impacting on current life situation.
the story line is good but the writing style is way to flowery and overdone for me. I just kept wanting them to get to the point.
The author's writing style is not that unique, but it was an enjoyable read and I was a bit surprised at the ending.
Not quite 5 starts, more like 4.5, but since it made me bawl my eyes out and I can't do halfs I'll go with 5 stars.
The beginning of this book contained a few spots where I rolled my eyes at some phrases or actions and a few points where it seemed cliche, but after the halfway point the author hit her stride and was brilliant in the way she pulled you in and twisted you all up emotionally with what the two main characters were going through.
Anyone who has a first, or former, love that left a hole...more
The beginning of this book contained a few spots where I rolled my eyes at some phrases or actions and a few points where it seemed cliche, but after the halfway point the author hit her stride and was brilliant in the way she pulled you in and twisted you all up emotionally with what the two main characters were going through.
Anyone who has a first, or former, love that left a hole...more
Suggested to me by my grandmother. Definitely a break from what I usually read. Good story overall.
This one was just okay - though I've loved some of her others. Too well telegraphed.
Elicits conflicting emotions. Not your typical predictable fairytale. A good read.
I would have given this book 3-4 stars if it was 1/3 shorter, didn't have descriptions of emotions that made me vomit in my mouth a little and covered up some of its plot gaps.
Jul 30, 2011
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I enjoyed this one. I could truly feel the raw emotion and pull coming out of the characters. At times it was physically painful to read.
Didn't enjoy nearly as much as between the tides, however, an enjoyable read.
Very hard to get into after the first 75 pages still nothing, so I didn't finish.
One of my all-time favorites! Read it 3 times! =]
Local author. Not all that factual or accurate. Good story/light reading. She lost me when she said that she was watching a red breasted robin take a sunflower seed from the bird feeder out her window. Very wrong! Robins eat worms and bugs.
Heartbreaker!! great Novel. Great Writer follow her...
Although this novel was painfully sad at times, it is my favorite of Henry's books.
love her down to earth stories!
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Patti Callahan Henry is the National Bestselling author of six novels with Penguin/NAL (Losing the Moon, Where the River Runs, When Light Breaks, Betweeen the Tides, The Art of Keeping Secrets, and Driftwood Summer).
Patti is hailed as a fresh new voice in southern fiction. She has been short-listed for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and has been nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksell...more
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Patti is hailed as a fresh new voice in southern fiction. She has been short-listed for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and has been nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksell...more
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