Where or When?
1 journaler for this copy...
(this one was weird.. first time a book i had did not match an ISBN number on Bookcrossing!
oh wow.. i just figured out why the ISBN did not register.... this is a british book!!! yet, i bought it in an american store. (I checked the back of the book, and it said U.K and the price was in pounds!!!)
This book is currently available.
Blurb or Synopsis: here''s another Anita shreve book, one that was published back in the 1990''s. As a fan of Anita Shreve, i definitely saw a difference in writing style with this book. much shorter in length than her more current works, WHERE OR WHEN is the story of an affair between two former childhood sweethearts who never were given the chance to find out whether they belonged together or not.
Charles Callahan is married with two children. He is in sales. he lives a mundane yet successful life, or at least he had been able to say so at one point in his life. However, unbeknown to his wife, he has not been able to pay the mortgage so they are about to lose their house. he has never really been i love with his wife, but he has grown to love her over the years.
one day he accidentally comes upon a newspaper article of a woman and her photograph, announcing her latest collection of poetry. that woman was Sian Richards, and he recognizes in this woman the young teenage
girl he had fallen in love with at summer camp so many years ago. He doesn''t'' let his wife know he''s reading the article, and in fact hides the page when she comes upon him while he''s reading the article. he
doesn''t'' know it yet, but he is about to embark on a journey back to his teenage years, and to a love that never grew.
Charles is now wondering what ever happened to Sian all these years. he is curious and he makes contact with her. it''s on a whim, but she answers him, and soon they are pen pals, not letting their spouses know,
as they catch up on each others lives.
An affair ensues as is inevitable. But what makes this book worth the read, as usual, is Anita Shreve''s writing technique. She intersperses the story with the letters they write to each other, and keeps the
reader in suspense with each new letter that is sent. It''s a basically simple story, about two secret lovers who want their story to be happily ever after, but there is of course that hitch - they have their own
families. do they want to risk their loved ones to be hurt, just for the sake of their own happiness? I won''t reveal the ending, as it really is the highlight of the book and makes the story what it is - a tragic love story about two people who tried their hand at love, and lost.
(The reason for the 3.5/5 stars is because I had a hard time feeling any sympathy for Charles. There was something about him that I did not like. )
Blurb or Synopsis: here''s another Anita shreve book, one that was published back in the 1990''s. As a fan of Anita Shreve, i definitely saw a difference in writing style with this book. much shorter in length than her more current works, WHERE OR WHEN is the story of an affair between two former childhood sweethearts who never were given the chance to find out whether they belonged together or not.
Charles Callahan is married with two children. He is in sales. he lives a mundane yet successful life, or at least he had been able to say so at one point in his life. However, unbeknown to his wife, he has not been able to pay the mortgage so they are about to lose their house. he has never really been i love with his wife, but he has grown to love her over the years.
one day he accidentally comes upon a newspaper article of a woman and her photograph, announcing her latest collection of poetry. that woman was Sian Richards, and he recognizes in this woman the young teenage
girl he had fallen in love with at summer camp so many years ago. He doesn''t'' let his wife know he''s reading the article, and in fact hides the page when she comes upon him while he''s reading the article. he
doesn''t'' know it yet, but he is about to embark on a journey back to his teenage years, and to a love that never grew.
Charles is now wondering what ever happened to Sian all these years. he is curious and he makes contact with her. it''s on a whim, but she answers him, and soon they are pen pals, not letting their spouses know,
as they catch up on each others lives.
An affair ensues as is inevitable. But what makes this book worth the read, as usual, is Anita Shreve''s writing technique. She intersperses the story with the letters they write to each other, and keeps the
reader in suspense with each new letter that is sent. It''s a basically simple story, about two secret lovers who want their story to be happily ever after, but there is of course that hitch - they have their own
families. do they want to risk their loved ones to be hurt, just for the sake of their own happiness? I won''t reveal the ending, as it really is the highlight of the book and makes the story what it is - a tragic love story about two people who tried their hand at love, and lost.
(The reason for the 3.5/5 stars is because I had a hard time feeling any sympathy for Charles. There was something about him that I did not like. )
this is going to a book buddy!
