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Review title: Beyond disappointing
Product review: I found nothing to enjoy in this book. Not the writing, the characters, or the plot. The moment Alison showed up, I figured out who/what she was to nurse Terry. Then I was baffled and annoyed by the odd cast of characters who followed. They didn't enhance the story, but rather left a bunch of loose ends trailing like sodden leaves stuck to one's shoes after a walk in bad weather.As readers, I believe we have a right to expect at least one character in a story to appeal to us. An animal, even. But nobody (human or otherwise) appealed in this overly melodramatic book. I've not read Joy Fielding before; I won't be doing so again.This is one of those instances where, if this novel had been submitted by a new, unpublished author, it wouldn't have garnered him or her an agent, much less a publisher.
