Julie and Romeo

by Jeanne Ray | Romance |
ISBN: 0451208684 Global Overview for this book
Registered by catsalive of Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on 8/30/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, August 30, 2007
Actual cover of Reader's Digest Selected Edition.

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Julie Roseman is 60, divorced, loving her job running her family's florist business in Somerville, Mass., but uncomfortably aware that it's failing to turn a profit. All her life she's been aware of her father's violent hatred of the Cacciamani family, the town's only other florist; the Cacciamanis have expressed equal rancor. Julie has always wondered about the source of the enmity, which was never explained. The virulence has seeped down to the third generation, especially after Julie's daughter, Sandy, was caught planning to elope with young Tony Cacciamani when the two were in high school. When Julie bumps into widower Romeo Cacciamani at a seminar, however, love immediately blossoms between them. Their offspring react with horror, forbidding their respective parents to see each other again, and, when Julie and Romeo refuse to comply, the children retaliate with serious spite and fury.

Despite a reliance on coincidences, Ray handles her material with vitality and humor, and demonstrates a talent for witty dialogue. She's particularly smart and funny in the realm of mother/daughter relationships, as Julie tries to deal with both Sandy, who's divorced and has moved back home with her two children, and her other daughter, Nora, a real estate whiz with a drive for perfection and a dictatorial personality.

It's Nora who alerts her father, Mort, to her mother's foolish liaison, bringing Mort and his young new wife back from Seattle to complicate matters. Since it was Mort who walked out in the first place, Julie is justifiably furious. Meanwhile, Romeo enlists his parish priest as go-between and tries to placate his 89-year-old mother, whose malicious antipathy may hold the key to the family vendetta.

Journal Entry 2 by catsalive at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Monday, December 8, 2014
A nice story. Parents do allow themselves to get pushed around by their kids, & kids do pick up parental fears & dislikes.

Journal Entry 3 by catsalive at New Zealand, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Friday, March 20, 2015

Released 9 yrs ago (3/19/2015 UTC) at New Zealand, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Sent to leahjett for the March book a month offer.

Journal Entry 4 by leahjett at Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Thursday, March 26, 2015
My nana has expressed interest in reading this so I might pass it along to her. Thanks so much for sending (:

Journal Entry 5 by leahjett at Stadium Southland Lilliput Library in Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (10/28/2020 UTC) at Stadium Southland Lilliput Library in Invercargill, Southland New Zealand

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This has been on my shelf too long! Time for someone else to enjoy it (:

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