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Title: Escape Artist by Diane Chamberlain ISBN: 0-06-017651-2 Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: The *kayters* review
Comment: Susanna Miller has just lost custody of her son, Tyler, to her ex-husband and his new wife (the other woman). Unwilling to give up taking care of her son, she runs off with him in the middle of the night, leaving behind a brokenhearted lover, Linc, her son's distressed stepmother, Peggy, and an indifferent ex-husband, Jim. She begins to make herself a new life in Annapolis, MD, light-years away from her former home in Boulder, CO. Yet she feels as though her whole existence is temporary and is constantly looking over her shoulder. Enter artist Adam Soria and his sister Jessie. Adam's wife and two children were killed seven months prior in a drunk driving accident. He and Jessie have been overcome by grief ever since, but with the introduction of Susanna (now known as Kim) and Tyler (now known as Cody) into their lives, things seem to be looking up.
Yet strange things are happening. Two bombings have occurred in Annapolis and Kim's new computer had a file on it with a list of the locations where the bombings occurred as well as more locations for apparent bombings-to-be. She returns from a trip only to find that her apartment has been broken into and her computer left on. Her brakes are tampered with. Obviously, someone knows Kim has the file.
Though this book contains many elements of romance, there is lots of suspense to flesh out the plot. It took me a while to get started, but then once I was into the book, the pages seemed to turn themselves. I am not sure if I will read more by Ms. Chamberlain or not because I was over halfway through the book before I was sure I would finish it. However, it was a good read.
Rating: 5
Summary: I WANTED TO ESCAPE ALSO
Comment: This is another amazing story from Diane Chamberlain. This time she takes a young womans life which is turned upside and brings it right side up only turn it around and around again. The ride was great, I loved this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, suspensful story!
Comment: The Escape Artist was my third book by Chamberlain and a very quick read. I live in the Annapolis area, which made the book even more interesting to me, as Chamberlain describes the scenes downtown near the waterfront.
This is a story of a Susanna, a single mother's fight for her only child as she looses custody to her ex-husband and his new, child hungry, unable-to-bear-children wife. Unfortunately, the theme is all too relevant today in our society, with courts awarding custody not to the parent who can provide the most loving, stable, and balanced home, but instead to the parent to has the most money and can "buy" the child. I could relate to Susanna totally and could not condone her actions, nor can any other mother reading this book! The reader is able to feel her terror and fear as she formulates her plan and carries it out. Yet it is in the day-to-day activities, in which we feel Susanna's fear and her loss of Linc. Susanna sacrifices her own happiness and her chance for love for her only child.
This book was similar to the other Chamberlain books I have read, in that there were a lot of little subplots going on, each a mystery in themselves!! I thought that the characters showed depth, emotion, and portrayed a very real believable element in the plot. Chamberlain writes of very strong female characters, who seem to push out of their paradigms and prove to themselves that they are capable, despite what family and society seems to say about them.
This book will keep you guessing to the very end and the ending once again, will take the reader completely back! I love the way Chamberlain completely fools the reader at the end, when the reader thinks they have it all figured out!! It is not what it appears to be!
Another good story from Chamberlain!
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Title: Brass Ring by Diane Chamberlain ISBN: 0061042811 Publisher: HarperPrism Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Reflection by Diane Chamberlain ISBN: 0061093963 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Fire and Rain by Diane Chamberlain ISBN: 006109272X Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Keeper of the Light by Diane Chamberlain ISBN: 1551669595 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Secret Lives by Diane Chamberlain ISBN: 0061099503 Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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