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Linda MacDonald
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September 2011
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The Man in the Needlecord Jacket
— 2 editions |
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Meeting Lydia (2nd Edition; Lydia, #1)
— published 2011 — 6 editions |
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A Meeting of a Different Kind (Lydia, #2)
— published 2012 — 3 editions |
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The Alone Alternative (Lydia, #3)
— published 2014 — 2 editions |
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The Man in the Needlecord Jacket has completed a blog tour and has clearly resonated with readers. Almost all bloggers commented on how refreshing it was to read about the life and loves of older characters in believable situations. The examination of emotional betrayal was also found to be of significant interest and I'm hoping that this novel will highlight the pain and suffering that this ty...
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"Meeting Lydia was an absolute delight to read. It was such a refreshing change to read a book with a female central character who was in her middle years. This is an emotional read, which deals with 'grown up' and mature worries surrounding the ma..."
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"This was a very believable, totally true to life story. I found Mary Ann incredibly easy to relate to, in part because some of her background and personality align with mine. I really enjoyed how realistic this book was and loved working through t..."
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"My Highly Caffeinated Thought: A delightful and witty story. It gives the reader a honest glimpse into mind of a woman struggling with aging, marriage, and the emotions from her past as she reconnects with an old acquaintance from her school days...."
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"In my review of The Man in the Needlecord Jacket I said that for a book to really impress me it needs to engage my emotions, win my heart, and move me – and it’s even better when it engages my brain a little too. This book did all that, and more –..."
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Thanks Hannah! Abridged audiobook due out in about a month. Voice actress Harriet Carmichael is the narrator and she really brings it to life.
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“He went up to the globe and gave it a spin. It emitted a faint creak and moved about one inch, bringing into his purview a daddy long legs which had died on it in latitude 44.”
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“No one has told Jon's wife that he and I were once in love, I suppose?"
Holly shook her head. "I'd rather they didn't, then." "of course not, my dear. I'll see to it. The child's nice, I think." "Nice," said Fleur, "but not important.” John Galsworthy |
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“There isn't a man alive who doesn't have the potential to philander, given the right material to philander with." Taryn in A Meeting of a Different Kind”
― Linda MacDonald
― Linda MacDonald
“Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life's the other way round.”
― David Lodge
― David Lodge
“To me, fair friend, you never shall be old,
For as you were when first your eye I ey'd
So seems your beauty still.”
― William Shakespeare
For as you were when first your eye I ey'd
So seems your beauty still.”
― William Shakespeare
“No one has told Jon's wife that he and I were once in love, I suppose?"
Holly shook her head.
"I'd rather they didn't, then."
"of course not, my dear. I'll see to it. The child's nice, I think."
"Nice," said Fleur, "but not important.”
― John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga
Holly shook her head.
"I'd rather they didn't, then."
"of course not, my dear. I'll see to it. The child's nice, I think."
"Nice," said Fleur, "but not important.”
― John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga
“He went up to the globe and gave it a spin. It emitted a faint creak and moved about one inch, bringing into his purview a daddy long legs which had died on it in latitude 44.”
― John Galsworthy
― John Galsworthy
