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Title: An Ordinary Woman: A Novel by Donna Hill ISBN: 0312281919 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 11 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32
Rating: 5
Summary: Life changing decisions
Comment: One of the most unforgiving acts in the world is betrayal of a best friend.
"Ordinary Woman" deliveries the story of childhood friends Lisa and Asha. Lisa is the good girl from a two parent house hold who has a controlling personality. Asha is free spirit and spontaneous and has a troubled relationship with her mother.
After the vows life isn't as perfect as Lisa would like and she forces Ross to re-think the whole marriage thing. Asha, on the hand is dealing with self doubt. One thing leads to another and before you know it everything is turned up side down. Lives are changed forever.
The novel grabbed my attention in the beginning and kept me capativated until the end. The characters were well developed and I felt the highs and lows of each one. Excellent story about friendship, marriage and adultry. This is one that shouldn't be missed. Hats off to Donna.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not An Ordinary Story
Comment: One of the most important relationships women form, are friendships with their best friend. It is a bond that is sacred and difficult to destroy. In one of Donna Hill's finest stories, in my opinion, we watch as infidelity cripples the lives of the three main characters. Asha, is our self-assured, strong-willed, worldly and life of the party character. She meets Lisa when they are both young and they become in essence, not only best friends, but sisters. Lisa is our shy, good girl, and hopeless romantic who through two failed engagements finds Mr. Right. Mr. Right is Ross, an architect, who exhibits strength by taking on and handling responsibility as well as being a strong family man.
Ms. Hill takes us on a journey as we examine the cracks in the facades of each character. The reader will ask how could Asha sleep with Lisa's, her best friend, husband? How could Asha hurt her best friend? Asha is not so perfect. Lisa seems to have forgotten that marriage is not about what she wants but a partnership. And Ross has lost himself in making Lisa happy. The issues each faces inevitably leads to the betrayal of a friend and wife. Each character learns a lesson and they are able to finally look into themselves to recognize their faults and move forward.
The reader will empathize with all three main characters. What we have is an ordinary woman who made a mistake.
Well written and a provocative story that tackles a sensitive issue. This is one of my favorite Donna Hill novels. This is a must read!
Rating: 5
Summary: An extraordinary work of fiction!
Comment: Donna Hill is a gifted writer. Her ability to give life to ordinary characters and weave a wonderful story around them speaks of her talent and ability to assemble the written word in a form that has you literally turning page after page without stopping.
Just like Rhythms, An Ordinary Woman was a riveting story of three friends whose lives are totally altered by the indiscretion of a selfish act of two of them. The opening paragraph told in the words of best friend, Asha Woods, says it all.
"You'll find out soon enough. So I may as well say it
now. I slept with my best friend's husband. There's
no explanation....."
One of the most unforgiving acts in the world is to betray the trust of a best friend...by sleeping with their man. While Lisa, Asha's best friend, and Ross, Lisa's husband, did not set out on the course of infidelity, they crossed the line of unforgiveness, thus altering their lives forever.
While most would agree that Lisa had every right to sever her relationship with Asha, I had hoped they might have been able to talk it out. More importantly, I had hoped that Lisa and Ross might have been able to work things out. But as most things in life (especially in love and war) have proved over and over, the outcome isn't always predictable. It depends upon the person, and Lisa with all of her issues could probably not see her flaws that pushed the moment to becoming what it shouldn't.
Donna, keep them coming!!!!
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Title: True Lies by Margaret Johnson-Hodge ISBN: 157566917X Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: A Taste of Reality : A Novel by Kimberla Lawson Roby ISBN: 0060505656 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: I'm Telling: A Novel by Karen Miller ISBN: 0743214358 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: God's Gift to Women by Michael Baisden ISBN: 0743246926 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Love Frustration: A Novel by RM Johnson ISBN: 0743229738 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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