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Joyce Scarbrough
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Post Number:
196
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 05:58 pm: |   |
I don't feel quite so guilty about all the hours I spend reading for pleasure when I learn from what I'm reading or gain insight into people with mindsets different from my own, and A Separate Beginning provided me with both.
Lynn Price's main characters, Drs. Erik Behler and Kim Donovan, are about as far from cardboard as possible. In fact, they're so well-developed and multifaceted that I found myself wanting to punch them at various points in the story because they wouldn't do what I wanted them to do. They have such distinct minds of their own that I had to wonder if their actions were the author's original intent or if she had been forced to comply with the demands of her strong-willed, obstinate creations.
I didn't like many of Erik and Kim's choices as they banged heads over the difference in their professional philosophies, and I often wanted to scream at them to open their eyes and see what they were missing out on because they were too stubborn to see all the things they had in common, but I guess that just shows how realistic they were to me. And since their arguments were as full of sassy, witty dialogue as the rest of this entertaining novel, I couldn't help enjoying their barb-slinging sessions.
The author's extensive research and passion for educating her readers about alternative pain management and integrative medicine make A Separate Beginning a literary documentary that resonates with emotion on every page, and I recommend it to anyone who likes books that touch them and make them laugh while expanding their mind.
Toyce
True Blue Forever
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Joyce Scarbrough
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Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 06:04 pm: | |
Well, I know how the wrong subject line shows up on new threads now--Netscape is forcing unwanted cookies in my mouth!!
The subject of this thread was supposed to be "My review of Lynn's book"!
Toyce
True Blue Forever
Read the first chapter at http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
See the hunk at http://www.southernbelleauthor.com/joycepersonalpage |
Jennifer Lynn
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Post Number:
1352
Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 06:05 pm: | |
As long as they're chocolate chip, Joyce. Anything else and complain long and loud!
Jenn
Jennifer Lynn
www.jenniferlynn.ca |
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