That Camden Summer
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The year is 1916. the place is a tiny New England village called Camden, where a newly divorced woman learns that love can be more special the second time around...
When free-thinking divorcee Roberta Jewett returns to her hometown of Camden, Maine, she discovers that small-town folk consider a divorced woman little more than a prostitute. Condemned by her mother and scorned by neighbors, she nontheless perseveres in her struggle to forge a good life for her girls and herself.Behaving like no "respectable" woman would, she gets a job as a county nurse, learns to drive, and buys her very own Model T. Embittered by her painful marriage to an unfaithful husband, she has no intention of being any man's victim again. So when widowed carpenter Gabriel Farley begins work renovating her house, Roberta's first response to him is blatant resentment. But Gabriel's quiet, vibrant masculinity soon finds a way to soothe roberta's heart. And in the ultimate test of will and devotion, she must depend up the man she has grown to love and summon the courage to stand up to an entire town.
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This was an outstanding book!!!
When free-thinking divorcee Roberta Jewett returns to her hometown of Camden, Maine, she discovers that small-town folk consider a divorced woman little more than a prostitute. Condemned by her mother and scorned by neighbors, she nontheless perseveres in her struggle to forge a good life for her girls and herself.Behaving like no "respectable" woman would, she gets a job as a county nurse, learns to drive, and buys her very own Model T. Embittered by her painful marriage to an unfaithful husband, she has no intention of being any man's victim again. So when widowed carpenter Gabriel Farley begins work renovating her house, Roberta's first response to him is blatant resentment. But Gabriel's quiet, vibrant masculinity soon finds a way to soothe roberta's heart. And in the ultimate test of will and devotion, she must depend up the man she has grown to love and summon the courage to stand up to an entire town.
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This was an outstanding book!!!
Journal Entry 2 by valentina1209 at RABCK in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (6/22/2005 UTC) at RABCK in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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RABCK to Lei510 in TX
RABCK to Lei510 in TX
How exciting, Camden Summer arrived today safe & sound. I will read it & then release or RABCK it. Thank you so so much for sending it Valentina.
Good!! I really enjoyed this book. My mother loves this author, so this one is off to Mom for her reading pleasure before I release it back out into the world.
My mom loved this book too. Now it's back with me again and about to continue with its travels. Thanks again valentina.
Journal Entry 6 by Lei510 at Starbucks - Corner Of NW Hwy And Centerville in Garland, Texas USA on Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (8/9/2005 UTC) at Starbucks - Corner Of NW Hwy And Centerville in Garland, Texas USA
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I left this book inside on a table about 12:20. Enjoy!
I left this book inside on a table about 12:20. Enjoy!
I am going to leave it back at the same Starbuck's for someone else to find now, so I guess I set the status to traveling again. I hope.
We found this book at the bar in Chili's tonight. Hope it's good. This is a pretty good idea.
CAUGHT IN ROCKWALL TX US
CAUGHT IN ROCKWALL TX US