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Massachusetts: seven former schoolmates gather for a wedding. Nora, the owner of the inn, has recently had to reinvent her life following the death of her husband. Avery, who still hears echoes from a horrific event at Kidd Academy twenty-six years ago, has made a life for himself in Toronto with his wife and two sons. Agnes, now a history teacher at Kidd, is a still-single woman who longs to tell a secret she cannot reveal to the others, a secret that would stun them all. Bridget, the mother of a 15-year-old boy, despite uncertainties about her health and future, has agreed to marry Bill, an old high school lover whom she has recently re-met. Indeed, it is Bill who passionately wants this wedding and who has brought everyone together for an astonishing weekend of revelation and recrimination, forgiveness and redemption. This is Anita Shreve's most ambitious and moving novel to date, probing into human motivation with the grace and skill that have made her "one of the finest novelists of her time" (Boston Herald).
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Kristin C. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I did not finish this book, I could not get into it.
GABRIELLE A. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
SLOW!!
I did not make it past the first 100 pages. None of the characters intrested me at all.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
The author is a great story teller and this was a very easy read. I really enjoyed the book Agnes was writing about the blast in Halifax in the 1930's. But I found this book very sad - about relationships that never were or missed chances. It makes me appreciate my life and my loved ones.
Janis K. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book starts out with a bang and gradually fizzles out. I had the feeling that the author lost interest in the characters and plot and just wanted to finish writing it. I kept reading it with expectation but was sorely disappointed as the plot deteriorated into a boring, silly narration.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a wonderfully written story of love and life. It is a beautiful story that wanders through the lives of friends during a weekend reunion. It is about life and love, hopes and dreams, expectations and reality. I really enjoyed this book. I think it is one of her best. A true story teller's story.
Michele W. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not my favorite Shreve book, but a good read anyway.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book, great stories and plots running side by side
Valarie C. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
High school classmates come together for the wedding of two of their own. Love, loss, and secrets.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Another engaging Anita Shreve story.
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Megan D. (I couldn't get into this one. Normally I love this author!
Read carefully, Anita Shreeve never goes where you think she's going. It made me think about love and why we marry the people we do.
Anita Shreve is an excellent writer. This is the first book of hers that I've read, but it was good.
This was a great story of love and loss and in some cases, love again. It makes one remember how fragile our lives are.
Another fabulous Anita Shreve. Her characters have so much depth. I never want the book to end.
Great book about college friends meeting for a wedding and reunion. It tells eahc of their stories and how they haqve learned about themselves.
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