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Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD (Unabridged)
Book Description:
In a summer community on the coast of New Hampshire at the turn of the last century, a girl is drawn into a passionate affair with a man nearly three times her age. Fortune's Rocks is the story of Olympia Biddeford, proveleged, well-educated, and mature beyond her years, and her affair with John Haskell, who not only is a physician, essayist, and champion of mill workers but also a married man with children. Drawn inexorably together on the night of the summer solstice, the pair set in motion a series of events with far-reaching consequences for all involved.
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Virginia K. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is one that once you start it, it is impossible to put down. The story revolves around a teenage girl in the beginning of the 1900,s who is mature beyond her years. We learn of her sexual awakening, tragedy mixed with poignant undying love. Love the author, as always, and loved this book, in particular.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this novel-the descriptions in it are beautiful to say the least, and the story line was very intriguing. I highly recemend this book, its a very good read!
Maureen C. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Oh...so GOOD! I couldn't put it down once I got into it. Olympia is quite the woman for the late 1800's, early 20th century! This is a great work of fiction. Very enjoyable. Quite a story!!!
Julia S. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I don't recommend this book. It's about a love affair between a teen girl and a married man with children. Why would we celebrate this? Today, we would call the man a "child predator", and we would call the girl a "home wrecker".
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Simply wonderful. I felt lost when I finished it!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a book that is hard to put down. While it is fiction, it reminds readers that the past wasn't as innocent as we think it was.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I find Anita Shreve books to be hits and misses. For me, this was a hit. I would recommend it, especially if you are an Anita Shreve fan.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Starts off slow, but then I found it difficult to put down. First book I've read by this author. I do plan to read more of her work.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I LOVED this book. It was heart wrenching and romantic--but the female character was smart and lively. It is an intelligent book set at the turn of the 20th century at a seaside resort town in New England.
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Corinne O. (Excellent in every way, and captivating for the time and setting. I read this book when it was newly published and liked it so much that I listened to the audio version too. Just wonderful, heartwrenching, moving and as all of Shreve's novels... memorable.
A beautifully written page-turner about a morally complex heroine who falls into a passionate, illicit affair with an older man during early 1900s.
I was given this book to read and just couldn't get started and in to it. I hope that you enjoy it.
If you like Anita Shreve, you will like this book. Very typical of her style.
This is one of those books that you read once, but you will never forget. The entire thing is bittersweet and left me with just the right amount of knowledge about the characters. Anita Shreve hit it perfectly with Fortune's Rocks.
I enjoyed this book, but had a real problem with the 40-year-old married man having an affair with a 15 year old.
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