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Born Ruth Greenberg, and raised in suburban Boston, Barbara Delinsky worked as a sociology researcher in children's services and was a newspaper photographer and reporter before turning to fiction writing full-time. In point of fact, she never intended to pursue a literary career. But, in the early 1980s, a newspaper article profiling three women who successfully balanced home, family, and romance writing caught her attention. Intrigued, she spent months researching and writing her first novel. It sold -- and Delinsky was off and running.
Praised by critics and fans alike for her character driven studies of marriage, parenthood, and friendship, Delinsky is one of a small cadre of successful women writers (including Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown) who started out writing pseudonymous paperbacks for the category romance genre and muscled their way onto the bestseller lists with hardcover escapist fiction. Yet she is candid about the hard work involved and insists there's no tried-and-true formula that converts automatically to easy money. As if to prove her own point, Delinsky works from eight in the morning to about seven at night, writing in the office above the garage in her Newton, Massachusetts home; doing research; handling interviews; or -- her least favorite part of the job -- touring the country making author appearances.
Over the decades Delinsky has written dozens of novels that have landed on The New York Times bestseller list, including Twilight Whispers (1988), For My Daughters (1994), Three Wishes (1997), Flirting with Pete (2003), and Family Tree (2007). In 2001, she published her first nonfiction title, Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. A cancer survivor herself, she has earmarked all the profits from the sale of this book to benefit breast cancer research.
She gets some of her best ideas in the shower. "It's a little harder to write ideas down there," she wrote to fans on her web site, "but I've been known to yell something out to my husband, who does it for me!"
The family cat, Chelsea, is named after her 1992 novel The Passions of Chelsea Kane.
KLM51
Posted May 2, 2011
I am going to have to start paying more attention to file size before I buy, in future. This is only a short story, which really disappointed me. It was so short, in fact, I thought it must be a mistake. When it was clear that I had indeed reached the end, it felt really abrupt. Seemed more like a college writing assignment...make this, this & this happen, in 20 pages or less. OK, so I only paid $ .99 for it, but it wasn't worth even that, in my opinion.
29 out of 29 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 5, 2011
Being an avid fan of Barbara Delinsky, I was delighted to see Sunlight and Joy on the Nookbook Deals page. Yes, I saw that it had only 2 stars and that it was a short story. There were no reviews at the time. For those reasons I hesitated to buy it and now I wish I hadn't wasted 99 cents on it. Not that 99 cents is alot of money by any means BUT this should be a free book. The story itself is only 13 pages. Husband wants to take a new job in another state - wife doesn't want to uproot the family again - husband decides not to take the job after all. The end. Ok, there is a bit more to the story than that but definitely a disappointing read. The story is followed by an interview with Barbara Delinsky and a preview of her upcoming book Escape. I would not recommend this book unless you can get it for free!
24 out of 25 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 23, 2011
this is only 38 pages long!!! i paid .99 for 38 pages. i'm really, really, really, really, really ticked off. but i was the stupid one that didn't check the file size. don't be an idiot like me. at the same though, b&n should be ashamed of themselves for even charging for that. are you kidding me??? 38 pages will take me like 2 mins. to read. i wasted a dollar of hard earned money and will never fall prey to this again.
18 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 22, 2011
I can't believe that I paid the same price for this 38page very short story with no middle or ending that I paid for a full length Maeve Binchy book.
Doesn't seem like a very smart marketing plan for BD. Shame on Barnes & Noble for not showing the number of pages in the books they sell.
14 out of 15 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 14, 2011
It's a good 20 page story.
Problem is that it's not worth paying for. What a rip off.
13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 8, 2011
Only 18 pages saave your .99¿
10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 9, 2011
I agree withe the previous review it wasa short story and ended quickly. wast of money.
10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 10, 2011
18 pages isn't a story. This plot wasn't worth the cost. Interesting that the interview and sample was 20 pages. Rip off! Why not post the number of pages?
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 29, 2012
I like her books but to think i paid 99 cents for less than 18 pages. Was so not worth it.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted April 24, 2012
I agree with the other reviews. Should have read the file size. I would not have paid .99 cents for a 13 page book. Wasn't even that compelling of a story. Very disappointing.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 4, 2012
This short condensed story was a real waste of $$$$$...33 pages..
Best part of the book is the COVER.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 31, 2011
I was expecting a full novel, not a short story. I wish they would tell you if its not a full novel!
The story line was so promising..I would have loved to have gotten to know the characters in more depth.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 31, 2012
B&N should refund everyone that bought this book their money. Its just wrong to sell such junk. I will not buy anymore of this authors books.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 23, 2011
Boring
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 11, 2011
I was expecting a short story not only 18 pages, then questions and answers..
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 31, 2011
Not worth the 99 cents! Most of the 38 pages are an interview. I generally like the books the author writes, but this was a ripoff.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 30, 2012
Total waste of money. Why even offer such a short story. Save your money...don't buy!
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 27, 2011
Thought i was getting a "book" not just a very short story. It should have been a "free" short story. There was more "promotion" for her upcoming book.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 2, 2012
I thought a short story should of been more than 18 pages, then there was section "A conversation with Barbara Delinsky and the an excerpt from "Escape". I was expecting more than 38 pages in this ebook. Very disappointing. I will check to see how many pages are in each ebook before purchasing.
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Posted October 10, 2011
I did not like it
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Blessed with three wonderful children and a life full of material comforts, Rick and Ellen have always had a happy, if increasingly busy, marriage. But when Rick announces that ...