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Random Winds
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Belva Plain
From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New York to war-torn London, from the bedsides of the rural poor to the life-and-death urgency of a great New York City hospital, this is a powerful epic of three generations of doctors in one magnificent family. The Farrells-dedicated, brilliant.. and driven to the edge of destruction by a love no human force coul...more
Paperback, 528 pages
Published
December 16th 2009
by Dell
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I wish I could tell you what this book is about, but I am not really sure. It covers three generations of doctors from one family and the differences of the generations; however, it goes off in many directions without a real focus. The only question I finally had (about half way through the book), was if Martin and Mary Fern would ever get together. The characters and situations, I felt, were not very real. A very soap opera type atmosphere.
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Spanning from a quiet turn-of-the-century upstate New York community to a war-torn London, from the bedsides of the poor to a bustling New York emergency room, this book follows three generations in a family of doctors - the Farrells. The Farrells are brilliant, dedicated...and subject to a love that will bring them to the brink of destruction. I enjoyed this book from one of my favorite authors. I give it an A+!
Random Winds is a novel of three generations of doctors in the Farrell family: Enoch, a dedicated country doctor; Martin, Enoch's son, who becomes a well known neurosurgeon whose love for a woman he can never have could bring him to ruin; and, Claire, Martin's daughter, who turns her back on convention and finds the price too high.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Belva Plain is a great author.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Belva Plain is a great author.
This has so much depth of character and universal truths...it is sad and good...I love the style of writing with the character saying something and then you know what they are thinking....between sentences. I think this story parallels so much of what is real in life--strife in love and what causes us to be the people we are, and especially the what-ifs (what if I had taken a different course, traveled a different path?), the possibilities of life are not just left to chance or are they? One c...more
I can't believe it now but I have written in my notebook that I enjoyed it immensley still refuse to give it more than 3 stars. Apparently I felt obliged to read it in the first place cos Mum picked it up from Nan's, when she went into a home, and thought I would like it. Surprisingly I must have done.
A doctor's life, covering about 50 years -- his family, the women he married, the children, his colleagues, his patients -- in the end, I think it was a sad read -- it was well written but I feel slightly depressed. I'm not sure about ever re-reading it.
Not as engaging as I remember Evergreen was, but, still, a Belva Plain is never completely disappointing. . . .
What a great author! I had read her several years before but it was fun to re-read the book. Her style is excellent! A great "Star-crossed lovers" book.
Family saga/medical profession.
dont like the protagonist.
I was bored one day a couple years ago and found this book on my mother's bookshelf. I read it because I had nothing else to do -- and genuinely liked it. I probably would never have noticed it, except that I wandered into her living room. :-)
Maybe the person you deraming of spending the rest of your life with is not destined to be with you, and you must learn to love the and accept the person destiny has chosen for you.
Usual theme, similar problems, well maybe I just thought that there's nothing special with how the writer wrote the story.
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I freaking loved this book. I read this about ten years ago and still remember this. Favoriate scene was the wife soming home to and seeing the husband in bed with another man. I loved this book.
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