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This is a keeper. Although I have read other books with the same theme, I never tire of it.
You have to be kidding me.Good premise, but oh my god. Especially with the guy who cheated on his wife. Grandma invites the man who cheated on her granddaughter to her house and he goes into her bedroom and refuses to leave until she forgives him (which she does) This is the asshole who cheated on her on a whim when they were out for dinner at the country club. Just like that. And then when he is trying to reconcile with her, he's like 'I would like to think that if the positions were resolved,
short and sweet and makes you think about what is important.
Annette Byrne was 85 years old. Her husband had been dead for 10 years and she didn't know how much time she had left. She decided that she had enough of her family's feuding and decided to invite them all to her house one weekend in December. They each received an invitation without knowing the other family members would be at her house.Lewis Byrne was married to Daisy. They were parents to Cynthia. Lewis was still upset after 6 years over the loss of his family business. His family once ran an...
This was a combination Lifetime, Hallmark, and/or TV movie from the 90’s. Even though it was very predictable and often fruity, it was a quick read with the proverbial happy ending. Annette Byrne, matriarch of the Byrne clan, is getting on in age and wants the rifts among the family to be settled. So without them all knowing, she sends individual letters out inviting them to come up to her sprawling estate for a day or so. Annette’s sons haven’t spoken to one another in years. Lewis and Gene wer...
I really liked this book. The only thing-at the end it was kind of difficult to keep the characters straight. But I think I have found a new author to enjoy!
At first, I enjoyed this book. Towards the middle I was bored. As the ending came closer, I realized that I enjoyed the experience regardless of the boring bits. The ending came to an overly-sweet close considering the angst that the book started out with. Plain's style is...well...plain, and in this case it's perhaps too plain. She introduces a lot of characters with a lot of issues with each other, and the book itself is short. So you get a ton of characters with superficial problems that are
Estranged families need to read this book and see what they are missing from their life.
Talk about melodramatic! This book was all about privileged prideful people. I just didn't enjoy listening to the book much at all but it was only 4 cassettes unabridged, so I stuck with it. The narrator is Lindsay Crouse, who I think is a good actress, but wasn't good as a narrator in this book. The upper class New York accents were irritating to me but that's because I don't like the way they sound at all. It would as if you hate hillbilly accents and you had a whole book full of them. Yuck! I...
This book was about families and how truly important it is to stay connected in spite of our everyday ups and downs. This story included a few tragedies, some humor, and lots of relatable incidents. I love stories of this nature--quick and easy to read, but deep in meaning and sentimentality. This is a trademark of Belva Plains books. She is a wonderful author that I can count on for this type of book.
Very predictable but a fast read.
Family at war, but grandma saves the day. I enjoyed it
Great book to read at night because it’s so boring it’ll put you right to sleep!!
A grandmother sends out five letters which bring the family home. This is an interesting story. However, it was a slow start for me.
