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Pieces of Dreams
Caley Burrell and artist Martin Maddox have their lives all mapped out, until a disaster shatters everything for both and sets in motion events that bring them together in new love and for a new, shared life
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First published May 5, 1984
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Charlotte Vale Allen
60 books40 followersCharlotte Vale-Allen was born in Toronto and lived in England from 1961 to 1964 where she worked as a television actress and singer. She returned to Toronto briefly, performing as a singer and in cabaret revues until she emigrated to the United States in 1966.
Shortly after her marriage to Walter Allen in 1970 she began writing and sold her first novel Love Life in 1974. Prior to this book's publication she contracted to do a series of paperback originals for Warner Books, with the result that in 1976 three of her books appeared in print.
Her autobiography, the acclaimed Daddy's Girl, was actually the first book she wrote but in 1971 it was deemed too controversial by the editors who read it. It wasn't until 1980, after she'd gained success as a novelist, that the groundbreaking book was finally published.
One of Canada's most successful novelists, with over seven million copies sold of her 30+ novels, Ms. Allen's books have been published in all English-speaking countries, in Braille, and have been translated into more than 20 languages.
In her writing she tries to deal with issues confronting women, being informative while at the same time offering a measure of optimism. "My strongest ability as a writer is to make women real, to take you inside their heads and let you know how they feel, and to make you care about them."
A film buff and an amateur photographer, Allen enjoys foreign travel. She finds cooking and needlework therapeutic, and is a compulsive player of computer Solitaire. The mother of an adult daughter, since 1970 she has made her home in Connecticut.
Shortly after her marriage to Walter Allen in 1970 she began writing and sold her first novel Love Life in 1974. Prior to this book's publication she contracted to do a series of paperback originals for Warner Books, with the result that in 1976 three of her books appeared in print.
Her autobiography, the acclaimed Daddy's Girl, was actually the first book she wrote but in 1971 it was deemed too controversial by the editors who read it. It wasn't until 1980, after she'd gained success as a novelist, that the groundbreaking book was finally published.
One of Canada's most successful novelists, with over seven million copies sold of her 30+ novels, Ms. Allen's books have been published in all English-speaking countries, in Braille, and have been translated into more than 20 languages.
In her writing she tries to deal with issues confronting women, being informative while at the same time offering a measure of optimism. "My strongest ability as a writer is to make women real, to take you inside their heads and let you know how they feel, and to make you care about them."
A film buff and an amateur photographer, Allen enjoys foreign travel. She finds cooking and needlework therapeutic, and is a compulsive player of computer Solitaire. The mother of an adult daughter, since 1970 she has made her home in Connecticut.
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November 26, 2012
I loved this story! Very interesting! This is the book I always tell my kids that I don't want to wear a seat belt so I can be like this woman who flew thru the windshield and had a face like a monster, but then later met a man in Canada who loves her for her eyes! And then helped her to get the right plastic surgery! We always laugh, and it's a joke, but I did like this story!
February 13, 2020
Two shattered lives meet and heal hearts.
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August 21, 2021
It’s been some time since I read this book, but was just reminded of it. Clearly, it stayed with me a long time. Two broken people who find one another and manage to work toward becoming whole.
July 24, 2012
this book is pretty powerful, for anyone who hates the way they look it really makes one think. i have no teeth, and am very self-conscious about it. after reading this book i realized that looks aren't everything and i am going to stand up straight and stare the world right in the face. if you don't like the way i look that is not MY problem!!! i have a friend with cancer who has no face, now i think i realize how he feels somewhat. i have seen the looks and whispers when we are out in public. it is not what is on the outside that counts
May 3, 2015
While the story was good, the writing isn't that great. The author over uses "big" words, like she's trying too hard.
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