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Safe Harbor
written by Luanne Rice
Studio : Simon & Schuster Audio
by Simon & Schuster Audio
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio
Released : 2002-02-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 4
EAN : 9780743523295
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 25 reviews)
List Price : $26.00
Our Price : $9.95
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Book Description |
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Dana Underhill's artistic gift has led her all over the world in search of new oceanscapes. Her breathtaking underwater canvases evoke all the beauty and romance of the seas she and her beloved sister, Lily, have sailed since childhood. But when a shattering event takes Lily from her forever, Dana must leave her nomadic artist's life for the salt marshes and tidal creeks of their childhood home at Hubbard's Point, Connecticut, to become a mother to Lily's two young daughters, Quinn and Allie. Twelve-year-old Quinn may be Dana's toughest challenge because she clings fiercely to private mementos of her parents. Already an expert sailor, Quinn is convinced their deaths at sea were no accident. Dana is also troubled by the puzzleof what could have gone so terribly wrong on that clear, moonlit night. Support comes to Dana with the unexpected reappearance of an old friend, marine biologist Sam Trevor who has been in love with Dana for years. Dana cannot contemplate opening her heart again, but she and Sam discover that Hubbard's Point is the center of endless mysteries, and that many of the answers lie in the blue-purple depths that surge through Dana's paintings. Haunting and powerful, Safe Harbor is an unforgettable story of family bonds, love lost and found, and of a painter's unfolding vision of herself, as an artist -- and as as woman. |
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A PERFECT BEACH READ |
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I really liked this book, it's a wonderful story about Dana who loses her sister and her brother in law in a boating accident plus she has taken on a huge responsibility to care for her two nieces. She falls for Sam a man who searches for her sister's boat to search for clues. To deal with her sister's grief she turns to painting again. I brought this book to Misquamicut Beach last year and it's a great book. I couldn't put it down. This is the second book that I read my Ms. Rice. I also loved True Blue. |
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It's An Okay Read... |
I liked this book, but it wasn't great. I do love the unusal way the two lead adult character's get together and it was nice to experience a patient, loving, and understanding male hero. The turmoil within the children was a nice change as well. In my opinion there were no real dynamics with this book, it slowly went along, ending in a good place.
Once again, it was a nice read just nothing very exciting. |
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Safe Harbour |
I have read several Rice books including older ones and most recent ones. I loved Save Harbour I believe most of all the ones I have
read including Summer of Roses which was up until Save Harbour my
favorite.
Betty Blanton |
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Too sentimental... |
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I find Luanne Rice's writing to be a bit too sentimental but have enjoyed some of her other books because the plots were interesting. The premise for "Safe Harbor" has potential but I'm finding the book is unable to draw me in. It is pages and pages and pages of emotions and feelings with little story. I'm bored and think I will be unable to finish reading the book, moving on to something else. |
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Another emotional story by Luanne Rice |
Courtesy of CK2S Kwips and Kritiques
Dana Underhill has just returned to Connecticut from years abroad in Paris. She is reeling from her recent divorce and now has to deal with the grief of losing her sister as well. She returns, planning to just take her two nieces back to Paris, but things have a way or turning out different than expected. Allie, the younger of the two children is taking everything in stride and working through her grief pretty well. The older of the two, Quinn is stubborn and resentful over everything, and is convinced there is more to the death of her parents then has been revealed.
Sam Trevor is an old friend of Dana who also has recently returned to town. He's always had feelings for her, even as a young boy when Dana was his sailing instructor. As he renews his friendship and makes plans with Quinn to recover her parents' sailboat, his bond to Dana grows stronger, resulting in a new love.
With Safe Harbor, once again Luanne Rice proves her talent for writing heart wrenching stories full of strong emotion and tender love. The author is skilled at representing all kinds of relationships in her stories and this one is no different. Readers will especially be drawn into Quinn's story, feeling her pain, her anger, her frustration at losing her parents. She is the rebellious preteen, but by the end of the story her behavior will be completely understood.
There were a couple flaws in the story though. The ending to the book was a bit too perfect, too predictable for readers to fully enjoy it. Also, the relationship between Dana and Sam, though well developed was a little too unbelievable. As much as one can understand and enjoy relationships between a woman and a younger man, there seemed to be too much of an age difference for this reader to totally buy it. Granted the abridged version of the novel was listened too, no actual numbers were given to show what the age gap was, but there was definitely the feeling that there was a significant difference in ages, too much possibly for some to find it believable.
? Kelley A. Hartsell, December 2005. All rights reserved. |
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