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This is not a book I normally would have picked up, but the cover is striking and the flap copy promised the kind of novel I'd been hungering for: one whose characters I would come to know and care about, and who I would miss once the book was finished. I couldn't have been more pleasantly rewarded for my effort.
Not only is this that kind of story, but the writing is effortlessly good -- really, really good -- without being showy or having the author insinuate herself into your consciousness as you read. Maryann McFadden is simply that rare jewel of a writer: one blessed with the natural instinct to listen and observe life with empathy and compassion; then to tease from it something worth thinking about; and finally the ability to turn a phrase that captures it all in a way that makes you find yourself nodding while you read. You think, "Yes, that's exactly how it is."
You know these people, or someone like them, and the characters ring true. There's just enough action to keep things from plodding anywhere, but this is more of a cerebral exercise -- an all-too-rare treat these days. It's clear McFadden has an affinity for her fellow travelers on this planet, and she's able to be incisive without sinking to cruel stereotypes.
This woman can write, and I look forward to much more from her.
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Joanna's husband has received yet another promotion. That means they will have to move their life once more. And before they can discuss it her husband, Paul is off on another business trip. Both of their children are out of the house now so Joanne spends most of her time alone. Joanna decides she just can't handle it anymore and leaves while Paul is still out of town. Joanna finds herself in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, she finds work as a part-time live-in care taken for an older woman named Grace.
Grace has a secret, she's dying and doesn't want her family to know, she hires Joanna to help me make it to the end of her life. Joanna commits to six months and doesn't know Grace's secret. Paul shows up to try and take Joanna hope and she refuses. Is this the end of their family?
I really liked this book. I think alternating viewpoints can do wonders for a story. This story would not have worked from one person's perspective, we get to see the story through Joanna, Grace, and Paul's eyes. I think the only character I had trouble identifying with was Grace, because I am so far removed from her life and what she is going through. I really liked seeing the transformation of both Joanna and Paul after this separation, not knowing if they could get back together or if they had to move on.
Pawleys Island sounds beautiful. It made me want to go to the beach immediately, I don't think there is a better place to read this than at the beach, to bad I'm nowhere near one. I also really liked the turtle watch group that Joanna joins, sitting in the middle of the night waiting to see if the baby turtles will hatch and make a run for the ocean.
I though this was a well rounded story, I really had no idea how it was going to end or where it was going to go. I really liked the ending, I think I got a little teary eyed! I loved how this story weaved together and all the wonderful characters.
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I found The Richest Season well-written and entertaining, but it should have been cut..at least fifty to seventy five pages...all the descriptions of the minutae of Grace and Joanna's Island existence..at a certain point became boring..enough already of what they had for dinner, lunch, whether the old lady...fell alseep, looked older, younger..etc...around mid point...post the initial set-up, I wanted the story to move faster..but it didn't....and I found Grace an unlikeable old woman...and Joanna sort of an uninspiring lost soul....And the husband...he was for me by far the best of the lot...It was a little too much like a happy ever after Lifetime movie template....too fluffy...not enough edge...I feel it would draw many younger readers if the author .would fix those flaws, spice things up a bit.
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Sometimes you have to leave your life to find yourself again........
I enjoyed this book a lot and I was drawn to the book, The Richest Season, by Mary McFadden, by its beautiful cover art.
Joanna Harrison is a middle aged, empty nester corporate wife, who runs away from her seemingly perfect life after she learns that once again, her husband Paul's promotion will mean yet another move to a locale where she will face loneliness in a new community, while her husband works long hours and travels extensively. Joanna decides to leave her home in Sparta, New Jersey for a beautiful beach community she summered at when she was young. On Pawley's Island, South Carolina , Joanna begins life again. She answers an ad and takes a job caring for Grace, a dying elderly woman. We watch as Joanna becomes more independent and she and Grace find themselves becoming closer as Joanna tries to embrace her new life and Grace tries to come to terms with the end of hers. There are some peaceful, touching moments in the book, my favorite being the anticipation of the hatching on the loggerhead turtle babies in the beach (I saw this happen in Aruba......it was so awesome).
A third part of the story (my least favorite) involves Paul, Joanna's husband. Paul shows up at Pawley's Island after he loses his job when his company is acquired in a merger. Now it is his turn to do a little soul searching. He travels and spends time with their grown children, discovers some interests and, conveniently, becomes comfortable with who he is.
The ending was predictable, but all the many good things about this book made up for that.
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The story begins with corporate wife, Joanna, faced with yet another move to a new city. In her 25 years as Paul's wife she's moved and started over more than a dozen times. Never able to have close friends or meaningful jobs Joanna finally says no more and leaves her home and heads to a small island she fell in love with years before.
I found a lot of the story was disjointed and unbelievable. In the opening pages, her escape is made to seem spur of the moment. One minute she's out for a walk and the next minute she's made her escape and on her way to Pawley's Island. As the story progresses you learn there was more planning involved (she packed a box of mementos, she paid all the current bills, took $5,000 with her) but we find out these facts too late which make them seem like they were added in when the story didn't seem to flow correctly with what we knew so far.
Then you have Paul. At first he doesn't really believe Joanna is gone but when he finally faces the fact she's left he seems unable to track her whereabouts until he gets his boss to trace a late night hang up. It would have been as simple as looking into Joanna's credit card charges to find out where she's at.
The remainder of the book has similar incidents that just made the whole story frustrating and hard to believe. The ending was predictable and I didn't enjoy this read as much as I hoped to.
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