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Dockside (Lakeshore Chronicles, #3)
by Susan Wiggs (Goodreads Author)
by Susan Wiggs (Goodreads Author)
OK, but not recommended.
This is a book about relationships floating around and developing from three different unmarried teens getting pregnant. I would categorize it as contemporary women's fiction, as opposed to a romance novel. There were no sex scenes in this book. The author describes a couple kissing and the next sentence was similar to they woke up at dawn in each others arms. I don't require sex scenes to enjoy a book. For example, Claire Cross wrote two "relationship" books (having little or no sex) which I thoroughly enjoyed. Therefore, when comparing Susan Wiggs to Claire Cross I would not recommend Susan unless you specifically desire the subject matter. The words I used to described Claire Cross' books were: charming, witty and unpredictable for All or Nothing; and fulfilling, enjoyable and thought provoking for One More Time. I wouldn't put any of those adjectives with Dockside, unless I might say "somewhat thought provoking." The book just didn't hold my interest. Nothing surprised or delighted me. Greg hires Nina to work for him after he gets a divorce. He and she are in their 30s. I enjoyed their developing relationship, but I did not enjoy all the back stories about their earlier lives as teens and then being parents for fifteen plus years which were significant parts of the book. But, for those who might want to read about teen pregnancies, I will mention some things under spoilers, below.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Nina gets pregnant but does not tell the father because it would hurt his career plans and get him kicked out of West Point. She raises the girl by herself, but tells the father four years later. He stays in the girl's life even though he marries someone else and has children with his wife. Sophie breaks up with Greg not knowing she is pregnant. Several months later she shows up with the baby and Greg feels he must marry her for the child's sake. Greg does not love her but marries her anyway. He is angry but he tries to do the right thing. Eventually they divorce. Greg's daughter Daisy gets pregnant due in part to teen anger at her parents' divorce. This book is about choices and results. It is also about happy vs. unsuccessful marriages.
DATA:
Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: none. Setting: around 2005, small town of Avalon in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. Genre: comtemporary women's fiction.
This is a book about relationships floating around and developing from three different unmarried teens getting pregnant. I would categorize it as contemporary women's fiction, as opposed to a romance novel. There were no sex scenes in this book. The author describes a couple kissing and the next sentence was similar to they woke up at dawn in each others arms. I don't require sex scenes to enjoy a book. For example, Claire Cross wrote two "relationship" books (having little or no sex) which I thoroughly enjoyed. Therefore, when comparing Susan Wiggs to Claire Cross I would not recommend Susan unless you specifically desire the subject matter. The words I used to described Claire Cross' books were: charming, witty and unpredictable for All or Nothing; and fulfilling, enjoyable and thought provoking for One More Time. I wouldn't put any of those adjectives with Dockside, unless I might say "somewhat thought provoking." The book just didn't hold my interest. Nothing surprised or delighted me. Greg hires Nina to work for him after he gets a divorce. He and she are in their 30s. I enjoyed their developing relationship, but I did not enjoy all the back stories about their earlier lives as teens and then being parents for fifteen plus years which were significant parts of the book. But, for those who might want to read about teen pregnancies, I will mention some things under spoilers, below.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Nina gets pregnant but does not tell the father because it would hurt his career plans and get him kicked out of West Point. She raises the girl by herself, but tells the father four years later. He stays in the girl's life even though he marries someone else and has children with his wife. Sophie breaks up with Greg not knowing she is pregnant. Several months later she shows up with the baby and Greg feels he must marry her for the child's sake. Greg does not love her but marries her anyway. He is angry but he tries to do the right thing. Eventually they divorce. Greg's daughter Daisy gets pregnant due in part to teen anger at her parents' divorce. This book is about choices and results. It is also about happy vs. unsuccessful marriages.
DATA:
Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: none. Setting: around 2005, small town of Avalon in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. Genre: comtemporary women's fiction.
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