Wilder Sisters
2 journalers for this copy...
Got this off the clearance shelf at the local discount bookstore. Have to read it (in June), and is already promised to caffeinechic.
Description from back cover:
"The Wilder sisters fall in love with men when they least expect it--and most need it. Rose, the older, more practical one, is a widow who lives in New Mexico and has two ungrateful kids, a bored dog, and a horse with a bad back. Lily, the younger, more daring sister, lives in southern California, where she has put her career before everything else--including love. Lily and Rose flee to their parents' ranch for some emotional detox. But the two haven't spoken in five long years, and spending time together is the last thing they'd planned on. Nor had either anticipated being so actively pursued by lovestruck men. Readers will be in their corner all the way as they rediscover the bonds of sisterhood and slowly open their hearts to love."
Description from back cover:
"The Wilder sisters fall in love with men when they least expect it--and most need it. Rose, the older, more practical one, is a widow who lives in New Mexico and has two ungrateful kids, a bored dog, and a horse with a bad back. Lily, the younger, more daring sister, lives in southern California, where she has put her career before everything else--including love. Lily and Rose flee to their parents' ranch for some emotional detox. But the two haven't spoken in five long years, and spending time together is the last thing they'd planned on. Nor had either anticipated being so actively pursued by lovestruck men. Readers will be in their corner all the way as they rediscover the bonds of sisterhood and slowly open their hearts to love."
There's just something about a book that opens up with a man's hand up a horse's butt...no kidding!
[there was a bit of a gap in between finish and journaling--got distracted by a proposal and a BFR]
Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. I'm hoping to read more of hers (I will hunt harder for Hank and Chloe after the move). There were times when I became truly exasperated with the sisters, but that was nothing compared to how I reacted to Amanda. Goddess forbid I grow one with an attitude like that.
[with this book, I finally got smart and used post-its to mark the pages I wanted to go back and quote]
So here they are:
"People die. Never the ones who deserve to, and never when it's convenient. It's one of life's more mysterious lessons, just like men getting craggier and more handsome as they age, and women, no matter how generous our souls, how polished our wit, just growing old."
"Maybe we don't grow old as gracefully as [men] do, and not all of us are blessed with physical beauty, but underneath, where things count, can't they see that a woman's heart stays as passionate as ever?"
"It was similar to being a wife. You didn't necessarily have to love every little thing you did, you only had to keep things running in the face of disaster."
"When a man loves a woman as strong as he is, the balance of power's always an issue."
[there was a bit of a gap in between finish and journaling--got distracted by a proposal and a BFR]
Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. I'm hoping to read more of hers (I will hunt harder for Hank and Chloe after the move). There were times when I became truly exasperated with the sisters, but that was nothing compared to how I reacted to Amanda. Goddess forbid I grow one with an attitude like that.
[with this book, I finally got smart and used post-its to mark the pages I wanted to go back and quote]
So here they are:
"People die. Never the ones who deserve to, and never when it's convenient. It's one of life's more mysterious lessons, just like men getting craggier and more handsome as they age, and women, no matter how generous our souls, how polished our wit, just growing old."
"Maybe we don't grow old as gracefully as [men] do, and not all of us are blessed with physical beauty, but underneath, where things count, can't they see that a woman's heart stays as passionate as ever?"
"It was similar to being a wife. You didn't necessarily have to love every little thing you did, you only had to keep things running in the face of disaster."
"When a man loves a woman as strong as he is, the balance of power's always an issue."
Journal Entry 3 by marinaw at Sent To Fellow Bookcrosser in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, California USA on Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Release planned for Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at sent to fellow bookcrosser in Glendale, California USA.
on its way to caffeinechic
on its way to caffeinechic
Got it in the mail on Wednesday, read it over the holiday weekend. I didn't care for the book as much as marinaw did, but it was a fast, relatively engaging read. It might be one of those books you have to be/ have been married and have kids-- or at least have an intent to do either or both of those-- to truly appreciate. I'm really more of a Brit chick lit style Singleton, myself. But it is well written, especially the characters. I appreciate marinaw's passing this along to me!
Now available for trade/ RABCK.
Now available for trade/ RABCK.
