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Title: Safe Harbor by Luanne Rice, Hope Davis ISBN: 0-7435-2330-X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.69 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another endearing, heart-tugging tale
Comment: As a Luanne Rice fan, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Safe Harbor and as usual, could not put this Rice book down either! Rice has the endearing quality of drawing the reader right into the world she is portraying and making the reader one of the family. One cannot help but become intensely involved with the character's lives. Rice also paints a realistic picture for the reader, and not some made-up fantasy world, where one cannot really relate to the experiences that they are reading about.
Rice does a wonderful job portraying the deep bond of two sisters and the aftermath of Dana having to raise her sister, Lily's children, after her and her husband's untimely death. Family issues arise, centered on Lily's two girls, Quinn and Allie, and once again Rice portrays the intense emotions from the entire family, so that the reader can feel them and experience them. Throwing a bit of mystery into the untimely deaths, the reader is left wondering for a long time just exactly what is up.
The themes of Rice's books seem to center around the family unit and how each member copes when tragedy enters into their lives. Yet it is done poignantly and with depth and sensitivity, that the reader is left with a renewed sense of hope, and that love can and will prevail. The romance angle woven into this story is not overwhelming or intoxicating, but has just the right dose of sweetness so that the reader is rooting for Sam and urging him to never give up on Dana! The reader comes to know the characters so intimately, that one cannot wait to get to the next chapter!
I found this story to be endearing and touching and it is classic Rice at her best! Rice fans will not be disappointed, and I found this book to be one of her best!
Rating: 5
Summary: Reading a Luanne Rice book is always a safe harbor!
Comment: At a recent book signing I asked an author who were her favorite authors. She answered by saying Alice Hoffman and Luanne Rice and I shook my head in total agreement. From the first book I read by Luanne Rice, Crazy in Love in 1988, till now Ms Rice remains a very favorite author of mine whose books generally always make my top ten list at the end of the year. I even met my first online friends in a book folder on AOL when she mentioned an earlier Rice title, Blue Moon. And now my most recent read, Safe Harbor is a perfect example of why I love and look forward to any book by Luanne Rice. Combining the bonds of family life with personal needs, Ms Rice presents a portrait of characters finely etched in the minds of her readers. Characters we hate to leave at the end of the book and think about for some time afterwards.
Returning to Hubbard's Point, Conn. the scene of an earlier book, Firefly Beach and the recently published True Blue, we meet the central character, Dana Underhill, as she returns home after many years living abroad. An artist living in Paris, she is still reeling from her husband's recent affair with a model and their subsequent divorce. She claims to love her independence and few family ties but fate has something else in store for her. Several months before, her beloved sister died with her husband during a boating accident. Her nieces are now being raised by their grandmother but now Dana realizes that her mother is no longer able to care for the girls especially Quinn, a difficult and unhappy 13 year old. While Dana expects to return home and then bring her nieces back to Paris to live with her, circumstances conspire against her plans. Dana's arrival at her family home, her niece's unhappiness and the appearance of a younger man from her past, may force her to make a decision she never thought possible.
Ms. Rice captures the many moods of this book completely and perfectly. The longings of young children for their deceased parents, the needs of a woman unaccustomed to raising children and love between an older woman and a younger man. But Ms. Rice is always best at family relationships and in Safe Harbor, you will cry as I did when this authors writes about the relationship of Dana and her sister and ultimately Dana's grief at her loss. We finish this book on a hopeful note as new relationships are forged and the characters become safe harbors for one another. And the best part is that we can visit with them once again in the third and final book in this trilogy, True Blue. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys a wonderful story and characters.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Romantic Read
Comment: Safe Harbor is a continuation of Luanne Rice's Firefly Beach. Ms Rice takes up the story of the younger brother. The story is well written. The Heroine finds herself in her early 40's suddenly a mother figure to her two nieces who have been suddenly orphaned. This follows her younger lover betraying the older artist with a model. The Hero has had a 'thing' for the heroine since childhood, and spends the course of the novel attempting to overcome her defensiveness against love with a younger man as well as trying to resolve the problems of the children of the family. Worth your time and money, if you like modern romance novels.
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Title: Firefly Beach by Luanne Rice ISBN: 0553573209 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Summer Light by Luanne Rice ISBN: 0553582658 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Follow the Stars Home by Luanne Rice ISBN: 0553581023 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Cloud Nine by Luanne Rice ISBN: 055358099X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Home Fires by Luanne Rice ISBN: 0553573225 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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