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Belva Plain penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. Once again Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories in a novel that is at once harrowing and deeply moving. I read this when it was first published in 2000 and I enjoyed it very much.
I love Belva Plain's books and hope to eventually read all of them. This one had a surprise ending. Hyacinth thought that she had accidentally set a fire that burned down a medical office and killed a firefighter. She was divorcing her husband (one of the doctors in the practice) and he promised to keep her secret in exchange for custody of their two children. Years went by, and the other doctor in the practice - who actually owned the building that burned down - acted like a good friend to the
A heartbreaking, heartwarming storyI really could not put it down. This made me feel the helplessness that Hyacinth felt trying to live with this awful blackmail and the loss of her children. Also the frustration dealing with her unemotional husband. I wanted to scream at him with her. Makes me remember why I like Belva Plain so much.
I finished the book only because I believed in Belva Plain. I had at one time thought her a very good author. But this book was not good by any means. It wasn't until I was half way through it that I even understood where the book was going. It was a disappointment all the way around. Characters, plot, ending... everything was bad.
this is the best novel by Belva Plain, it is social and realistic, I recommend it very much.
An above average story about a family in turmoil.
Really engrossing story, so good!
Ok read! intriguing and a bit sketchy in the storyline (paperback!)
This is good ChickLit. Not great, just good. While the story is fairly engrossing, it's also too simple without the complex nuances that are a hallmark of great fiction. And perhaps worst of all, it is absolutely predictable. The big surprise plot twist near the end of the book isn't so much of a surprise for any reader who has been paying attention.Written by Belva Plain, this is the story of Hyacinth, a girl of privilege who marries at age 21 the first man who turns her head. Gerald graduates
I had never even heard of Belva Plain when I saw this novel for sale at our library, but I thought the synopsis was intriguing and boy was I right. And I've since learned that several of you have read and loved Plain's books, and if they are all like this one I can understand why.Where to begin? The characters were wonderful--full of real life emotion and actions and often complex. The writing was also well done--admittedly the story started off a bit slow for me, but that is because the real dr...
This was an amazing story with every emotion possible right there for you to feel along with the characters! A woman's struggle for everything we hold dear to our hearts! The woman in this story has a unique name, Hyacinth. She proves to be a unique woman in all she goes through to prevent being arrested for setting a fire that kills a young fireman. She believes she is innocent until her husband hands her the evidence that can send her to prison where she will never see her two children grow up...
I usually enjoy Belva Plain, but this was a miss for me.I LOVE melodramatic-soap opera-esque novels, but Mrs Plain's writing just didn't work here.The premise, while promising, was just all over the place. No sense of pacing or devlopement, and It was really disrupting to the flow of the story.I've found in the past that sometimes Mrs Plain writing can be well... Plain (no pun intended *wink *wink) but her simplistic style of writing is often rather nice balance against the melodramatic tone of
