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Why
we chose this book
A
passionate love story that travels the world. While it takes a few pages
to really get into it, it moves so quickly after that you'll hardly
believe you've reached the end...and oh what an end!
~Beth
Publisher's
Weekly Review
The latest work by this versatile novelist (The Pilot's Wife;
Fortune's Rocks) may be her most mature to date, as she demonstrates new
subtleties in the unfolding of a complex plot. Proceeding in reverse
chronological order, Shreve recounts the obsessive love between poets
Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes; theirs is a highly charged affair, though
they connect only three times in 35 years. Proceeding
in reverse chronological order, Shreve recounts the obsessive love
between poets Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes; theirs is a highly charged
affair, though they connect only three times in 35 years. Shreve's
compassionate view of human frailties a recurring theme in much of her
work is at its most affecting here, as she meticulously interweaves past
and present with total credibility. Her fluid narrative perfectly mirrors
her protagonists' evolving temperaments and viewpoints, while her overall
restraint serves to intensify the novel's devastating conclusion.
From
the Publisher
A
man and a woman sustain a life-long passionate relationship even though
they have been together only three times.
At
a literary festival in Toronto, Linda Fallon encounters the man who was
once at the center of her life: Thomas Janes, the famous poet. Since last
seeing him, she has married, given birth, and been widowed. Thomas'
appearance rocks Linda, raises questions she had long abandoned, and
inspires new dreams.
The
Last Time They Met moves backward to explore Linda's life years earlier,
at age 26, when an affair with Thomas shattered her life, and at age 17,
when they first met. In
this mesmerizing novel, Shreve examines the resilience of emotion and the
extraordinary repercussions a single choice, even a single word, can have
over a lifetime.
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