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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Poignant May-December Novel
Letters To My Mother is the bittersweet story of a love affair between a college professor and the student he hires as his typist. Kate is 19, gifted, naive and shy; David is a renowned biochemist stuck in a loveless marriage. While Kate is immediately infatuated with...
Letters To My Mother is the bittersweet story of a love affair between a college professor and the student he hires as his typist. Kate is 19, gifted, naive and shy; David is a renowned biochemist stuck in a loveless marriage. While Kate is immediately infatuated with the older man, David is doubly cautious: he's unwilling to take advantage of Kate's innocence and he realizes, too, that in falling in love with Kate he runs the risk that she will eventually meet someone her own age, leave him, and break his heart.
A great age difference between the main characters is generally taboo in romance writing but, in the case of Letters, the relationship between Kate and David evolves from friendship to love so naturally that the reader is hardly aware of the disparity. Set in 1950s Seattle, the book is touching, realistic and provocative - I highly recommend it.
A great age difference between the main characters is generally taboo in romance writing but, in the case of Letters, the relationship between Kate and David evolves from friendship to love so naturally that the reader is hardly aware of the disparity. Set in 1950s Seattle, the book is touching, realistic and provocative - I highly recommend it.
posted by California-reader on July 22, 2010
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Kind of slow
I had a hard time finishing this book -- it just didn't grab my interest long enough -- in fact I was glad when I was finished.
posted by Lady_Di_52 on October 13, 2010
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Posted July 22, 2010
Poignant May-December Novel
Letters To My Mother is the bittersweet story of a love affair between a college professor and the student he hires as his typist. Kate is 19, gifted, naive and shy; David is a renowned biochemist stuck in a loveless marriage. While Kate is immediately infatuated with the older man, David is doubly cautious: he's unwilling to take advantage of Kate's innocence and he realizes, too, that in falling in love with Kate he runs the risk that she will eventually meet someone her own age, leave him, and break his heart.
A great age difference between the main characters is generally taboo in romance writing but, in the case of Letters, the relationship between Kate and David evolves from friendship to love so naturally that the reader is hardly aware of the disparity. Set in 1950s Seattle, the book is touching, realistic and provocative - I highly recommend it.11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted September 7, 2010
WOW!!!
I wasnt so sure about this book as it was downloading but I thought, "Ill try it out, after all it is free" and I am so glad I did. This book has got to be one of the best books Ive ever read! It had me crying, it had me laughing and was so real...
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted March 8, 2012
Fantastic!
Not a run-of-the-mill romance novel! Beautifully written...the language of the story just flows. A roller coaster ride of love between teacher and student that literally had me holding my breath at times...I mean, who hasn't had a crush on a teacher at one time or another? But what if the teacher reciprocated? WOW! Well done, realistic, and classy not trashy. So glad I gave this one a try, and will purchase more by this author. (600+ pages, too!)
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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unknownSC
Posted August 19, 2011
Worth Reading
This was one of the best books I've read. I was so sad after I read it even though the ending wan't unhappy it was still heart breaking. It was one of those books that I couldn't stop thinking abou for a long time. I know the age difference was great but the way the events went I wanted so bad for them to be together. Love is bitter sweet sometimes...Great story!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Good read
I enjoyed this book but i cant help but were people really that well read? If so im living in the wrong era. The plot was very good but i was annoyed with one part...i dont want to give anything away so i will just say this...did condoms not exist in the 50's? Im sure they did!
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted October 13, 2010
Kind of slow
I had a hard time finishing this book -- it just didn't grab my interest long enough -- in fact I was glad when I was finished.
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted March 15, 2012
MAY-DECEMBER
Can't get into it....not willing to give it a try. And he's married...not my cup of tea. Nothing about cheating is romantic or justified.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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9005718
Posted August 15, 2011
Eh... Not bad, not great.
Not too bad, overall, but there were some very slow parts which were hard to get through. All the sailing jargon bored me to death and I found myself skimming several pages for this reason. I had a difficult time liking any of the characters, so I was somewhat indifferent about what happened to any of them.
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Long and drawn out
Good story but it was too long wouldve been better shorter
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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herinfernalmajesty
Posted April 9, 2011
Loved it
i have to say its one of my favorites..it waas touching, tender, and romantic in a way...definately have a tissue box reafy worth the read....
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted May 30, 2012
Great read
I enjoyed this book. The characters came to life as if you knew them. The title is misleading, because it has very few letters, but a key part of the book.
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Anonymous
Posted May 7, 2012
WORTH THE READ
I ENJOYED THIS VERY MUCH - THE TITLE DOESN'T EXACTLY FIT THE STORY BUT A GOOD BOOK.
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Anonymous
Posted April 7, 2012
Good read
This was a good read for being free.. it was a bit rambly at times but overall worth the time.
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