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Search - Midnight Champagne
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Book Description:
April Liesgang and Caleb Shannon have known each other for just three short months, so their Valentine's Day wedding at a chapel near the shores of Lake Michigan has both families in an uproar. As the festivities unfold (and the cash bar opens), everyone has an opinion and a lively prediction about April and Caleb's union, each the reflection of a different marital experience.Members who requested this book also requested:
Meanwhile, at the nearby Hideaway Lodge, a domestic quarrel ends in tragedy. As April and Caleb's life together begins, death parts another man and woman in angry violence -- and as the two stories gradually intersect, their juxtaposition explores the tangled roots of vulnerability and desire.
By the time the last polka has been danced and the bouquet tossed, Midnight Champagne has cast an extraordinary spell. From the novel's opening epigraph from Chekhov -- "If you fear loneliness, then marriage is not for you" -- to its final moments in the honeymoon suite, A. Manette Ansay weaves tenderness and fury, passion and wonder into a startling tapestry of love in all its paradox and power.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Less grim than some of the author's work, it nonetheless retains a gritty feel. The story is of a wedding, beginning as the bride dresses and ending at the midnight toast at the reception. Along the way we explore the families and closest acquaintances of the couple as well as the hearts and histories of the bride and groom, as the night with accompanying heavy snows goes on. Ansay is a master of imagery - I'll retain the image of the bride in her mother's too-hastily altereed gown with the pearls dropping off at every move for a long time.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Quick read, a little bit sweet, haunting & touching all at once.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this slice of small town life and family dynamics!
Lauren S. from OAKLAND, CA wrote on 4/9/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is so captivating. I really enjoyed it!
Dayna B. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Ansays best novel, in my opinion. Very weel written and entertaining.
JEANETTE A. from SANTA FE, NM wrote on 2/22/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Deeply absorbing and well written -- love, marriage, passion, wonder, tragedy weave together seamlessly. Ansay is an amazing writer.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very smooth autopsy of a wedding, held together by the lovely images and the slow swelling train wreck....
Patricia W. from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote on 1/12/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A. Manette Ansay is a fantastic writer and storyteller. She paints wonderful scenes with words. Highly recommend this book.
Bridget W. from NASHVILLE, TN wrote on 12/23/2005...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Maybe it's a mystery. Maybe it's a love story. Whatever type of book it is, I couldn't put it down until I found out what happened in the end.
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I remember really liking this book enough to read it twice. Now I can't remember anything about the plot! But I do remember that I really enjoyed it.
Good book... easy read. Written from an interesting point of view.
Great book, I really enjoyed it. I got it from PBS.