Off Season
by Anne Rivers Siddons
Book Summary Information
Author: Anne Rivers SiddonsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-13
ISBN: 0446527874
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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- ISBN13: 9780446527873
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Off Season
Book Review: been there, done that
Summary: 1 Stars
Come on, Anne,
Much of this book has already been written (by YOU no less). The most obvious 'second take' is Lilly's discovery of Cam's infidelity via an illegitimate child who appears in the midst of a storm at a cottage in Maine(with a disliked neighbor down the road). Check out Colony!
then there's the higly idealized marriage...incredibly handsome, brilliant and successful (here an architect) meets and falls immediately in love with reclusive (but also brilliant and about to be successful scuptress) but equally beautiful woman with a secret in her past (gasp, so does HE!!!)
their marriage is beyond belief (passionate sex, wonderful companionship, great house, servants, two lovely daughters who are also talented and compliant). And only ONE (ever!) serious argument. Until (drum roll) progatonist finds out about infidelity. where have we seen this before? (Like in about three of your previous books).
Of course she does talk to the cat (who talks back)...perhaps Siddons is also taking a clue from Martha Grimes' more recent talking animal trend. and then there's the ghost. for Siddons that is a bit more original, but also not particularly coherent.
For me this book reads like Siddons took the main characters in most of the books she's written over the last 10 years or so and created two composits (Lilly and Cam) and then tacked on a Stephen King ending (who, by the way recommends this book as does Pat Conroy). Fella's you owe readers who trust you an apology!
Summary of Off Season
Acclaimed novelist Anne Rivers Siddons's new novel is a stunning tale of love and loss.
For as long as she can remember, they were Cam and Lilly--happily married, totally in love with each other, parents of a beautiful family, and partners in life. Then, after decades of marriage, it ended as every great love story does...in loss. After Cam's death, Lilly takes a lone road trip to her and Cam's favorite spot on the remote coast of Maine, the place where they fell in love over and over again, where their ghosts still dance. There, she looks hard to her past--to a first love that ended in tragedy; to falling in love with Cam; to a marriage filled with exuberance, sheer life, and safety-- to try to figure out her future.
It is a journey begun with tender memories and culminating in a revelation that will make Lilly re-evaluate everything she thought was true about her husband and her marriage.
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