novelist and playwright
Edie Claire
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Soul-Searching Journeys |
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First Published
Grand Central Publishing
Rhapsody Bookclub |
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Years and distance
kept the memories at bay. But back at home, the past is ready
and waiting to haunt her...
Plagued with nightmares of the accident and crippled by a vague fear
whose source she can't identify, Joy realizes that in order to move
on
she must face the truth behind several disturbing gaps in her memory
of that fateful spring.
But the only person who can help her is a man she
despises--Jenny's erstwhile boyfriend Jeff, now a respected doctor,
whose carelessness as a teenager was the cause of Jenny's horrendous
death--and Joy's own emotional destruction. Can she ever forgive?
She may have no choice but to try. Because both the danger she sensed--and the
childhood friendship she
treasured--now suddenly seem very much alive... |
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“LONG TIME COMING is a
remarkably well blended romance and mystery, with fascinating shades
of the paranormal. The way each layer of Joy's discovery of her
forgotten past is revealed is deftly done and exceptionally
suspenseful. The relationship between Joy and her parents is heart
warming. This one will have you hooked from the first page.”
December 2003 Top
Pick. --Romantic
Times Bookclub Magazine
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First Published
Grand Central Publishing
Center Point L |
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When nothing
is as it seems, On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Meara O’Rourke can’t help but feel alone. With her last remaining relative newly buried and her potentially disastrous engagement freshly broken, she makes a resolution to begin her life anew--only to have an unexpected phone call turn her whole world upside down. Her biological mother Sheila, whom she met only once six years before, lies in critical condition in a nearby hospital. And though the woman once refused to see her daughter ever again--her last wish is just the opposite. A few whispered words, and Sheila is gone. But the questions she has put into her daughter’s head, and the historic stone inn she has unknowingly bequeathed, sweep Meara up into the whirlwind of another life--and a legacy of deception. When Meara begins to have memories of a place she's never been, she realizes that while finding out the truth about her birth and adoption could answer all her questions--it could also tear her apart.
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“Emotionally
gripping, suspenseful and superb…I was held in wonderment over much
of this story and realized early on to expect the unexpected. This
is a story of trust, love, friendship and healing. Ms. Claire is an
author I hope to see more of in the future. If Long Time Coming is
any indication of her writing talent, I will be first in line at the
bookstores to get more of her work. This is a positively splendid
tale from start to finish and is highly recommended.” --
Reviewer’s Choice
Award --
Road to Romance