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The fountain : a novel / Emily Grayson.
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- ISBN: 9780060184865
- ISBN: 0060184868
- Physical Description: 199 p ; 19 cm. : ill.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Morrow, c2001.
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| Subject: | Married women > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. First loves > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Love stories. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Sitka.
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| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC GRA (Text) | 35136000184763 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 June 2001
Casey Becket is planning her twentieth wedding anniversary to Michael, once the boy next door, when the man who left her at the altar, Will Combray, returns to their small upstate New York town to see the woman he truly loved. They talk briefly, and it's up to Casey whether to continue the dialogue. Michael and Casey were neighbors and best friends until their relationship changed during their senior year in high school, and Casey wasn't sure if she loved him as a friend or lover. When Michael left for the summer, she met the intriguing Will Combray and dumped Michael, but Michael was there to pick up the pieces when Will dumped her. She has led a contented life with him and her three children, but Will reminds her of the romance that she believes she's been missing. Now she must decide whether to stay or take a gamble. Grayson has written a perfect beach book that examines the nagging question, "what might have been?" ((Reviewed June 1 & 15, 2001)) Copyright 2001 Booklist Reviews - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2001 May #2
Another lugubrious romance from Grayson, her third (The Observatory, 2000, etc.), set, once again, in Longwood Falls, New York.Maybe it's something in the water, but no one seems too happy in this upstate hamlet, especially not Casey Becket. Teacher. Wife. Mother of two. Is that all there is to life? About to celebrate her 20th wedding anniversary with hubby Michael, she dreams obsessively of the man who got away years ago: Will Combray, a lean, sexy drifterâalthough the author feels obliged to point out primly that he wasn't a "real vagrant." Everything else about the mysterious stranger seemed deliciously real to an impressionable teenager like Casey, who was intrigued by his vague plans to be a writer someday and even more intrigued by his huge, throbbing motorcycle. Though Casey had expected to marry Michael, the boy next door, Will's catlike gray eyes and passionate lovemaking thrilled her no end. Too bad he left her at the altar without a word of farewell. Fortunately, she wasn't pregnant. Unfortunately, her parents were killed in a car crash soon after. Noble Michael married the devastated girl, and turned out to be a peach. But this skilled woodworker, loving mate, and tender, funny father isn't quite good enough for self-absorbed Casey. When Will turns up unexpectedly amidst preparations for their anniversary fête, telling her that he's been married and divorced twice, she's flabbergasted. Apparently he never stopped thinking about her! And his meteoric rise from bank underling to wealthy San Francisco venture capitalist wows her tooâit's not long before she's swooning in his arms. But when she discovers the real reason he ditched her the night before their wedding, Casey thinks twice.Ho-hum. Copyright Kirkus 2001 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2001 May #2
Casey Stowe plans to leave her happy 20-year marriage and children for Will Combray, the man who jilted her at the altar as a teenager. Before Will resurfaced, Casey hadn't seen him in a generation, and she admits to herself that she doesn't really know him (beyond knowing that he's undependable). But her attraction to him is all that really matters. This tale of one woman's relationships with her dedicated husband ("Old Dependable") and more exciting former flame is prettily written and easily read. However, this reviewer found it hard to get involved with a protagonist that she couldn't respect. At the story's very end, Casey does have a sudden change of heart, but it's too late readers will have already lost interest in this selfish woman. Lacking the complexity required to keep the discerning audience engaged, this book does not offer a lot for the price. Recommended only for libraries where Grayson's earlier books, The Observatory and The Gazebo, have been popular. Carol J. Bissett, New Braunfels P.L., TX Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
