- Hörkassette
- Verlag: Random House Audio (15. September 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0553479075
- ISBN-13: 978-0553479072
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 18 x 10,7 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (29 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.703.106 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In Dancing at the Harvest Moon, a story of first love rekindled, 46-year-old Maggie McIntyre has just lost her husband to another woman and sees no reason to remain in Kansas City. She decides to return to The Harvest Moon, the dance hall where she worked in college. So we go there with her, back to the beautiful Canadian town on Little Bear Lake, where Maggie faces all of those juicy yet unanswered questions: Will true love find her? Will Rob, her first love, finally forgive her? Is she prepared to face the demons that have for so long kept real passion at bay? Author K. C. McKinnon is actually "respected literary novelist" (as she is described on the dust jacket) Cathie Pelletier.
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Don't publicists know at this point that whenever The Bridges of Madison County is mentioned in comparison to a new book, many readers shudder at the thought of reading it; nevertheless, they should give Dancing a chance. McKinnon's lyrical prose flows effortlessly to the last page. While cleaning the attic, Maggie McIntyre discovers a memento of her first love, Rob Flaubert. With a failed marriage behind her, Maggie plans to revisit Harvest Moon, the summer lodge where she and Rob worked. She wants to find Rob and ask his forgiveness for breaking his heart and to rekindle old friendships (and, possibly, old flames). When she arrives at Little Bear Lake, she discovers the Harvest Moon is for sale, and as she reconstructs memories from her past by purchasing the lodge, a special love finds her in a most unexpected way. K. C. McKinnon is the pseudonym of a "respected literary novelist" whose identity is closely guarded; this is her eighth book, and it is receiving the attention it deserves. TriStar Television/CBS/Farrah Fawcett own television movie rights; Good Housekeeping owns serial rights; national radio, television, and print ads are planned; and it will be a main selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club. Accented with pencil illustrations, the book tries to replicate, or stir up, the feelings of first love. Fans of Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook will appreciate the high-quality storytelling evident from page one. A must purchase for all libraries. Melanie Duncan
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Format:Taschenbuch
This was my first book by this writer,and was very surprised of the tale she has woven into 'Dancing at the harvest moon'. It is written very well,and gives you that warm feeling of falling in love all over again for the first time. I sure recommend this book to anyone,from age 17 to age 107.
alterego in Tulsa OK.
Format:Taschenbuch
I wanted to read this book because I absolutely LOVE Cathie Pelletier's work, "The Funeral Makers," etc., and I was curious to experience another facet of her writing under the pseudonym K.C. McKinnon. Let's just say I'm glad I only spent so little on the paperback version.
Early on I knew I would have to work at reading this book, especially when faced with a bogus simile such as this: "Bricks had fallen from the chimney and lay on the ground like small red bales of hay." Huh? The book is rife with similar literary bungles.
It is a nice story, as other readers have remarked in this forum, but the writing disintegrates into useless blather time and again. Go ahead, skip a few paragraphs, it won't matter. All you want to do is find out if she gets the guy in the end.
The main character, Maggie, is on a journey of self-discovery that is rooted in her past. Abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, she is looking for a guy she regrets dumping 25 years ago. But instead of character-building dialogue or self-examination, we get paper-thin chat and starry-eyed navel-gazing. A typical passage: "How could she forget him? How could she ever let him go, if she didn't breathe his air, sit by his lake, listen to his loons, and then, hopefully, exorcise him forever. And maybe, in the scuffle, she would discover who she was and what she wanted. Would she be a professor of comparative literature? Or would she be like "Gunsmoke's" Miss Kitty, tending bar night after night, waiting for Matt Dillon to finally kiss her? But Robbie would never kiss her again. Robbie was gone, like the migrating hawks, and he wouldn't be back."
I can't say whether this book is overwritten or underwritten. Maybe the auther drew herself a bubble bath and let the Calgon take her away. She certainly lost touch with the wonderful, in-depth characterization and original writing style she displays as Cathie Pelletier. I was disappointed.
Format:Taschenbuch
It is set in an area I am very familiar with, and love. McKinnon sets the scenes so well, you feel you are there. I loved it.
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Don't miss this one
The discription of the setting is wonderful. The author made it sound so romantic. I thought at first the age difference would bother me but the more I read the more it didn't... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. November 1999 von R. Cammuse
Wonderful escape reading
I know that many of the reviewers are right...the plot was a bit thin and I did get tired of the repetition of the name "Robert Flaubert", but I had to give this book 5... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Beautiful story
This is a wonderfully-told story of a man's love of nature and the deep love between one woman and one man to be found only once in a lifetime. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Juli 1999 von Harmoni
LANGUID AND SWEET, WITH A BIT OF A TWIST
DANCING AT THE HARVEST MOON is a perfect rainy day(or night)read. The plot may be a little thin, but narrative is far superior to other books in this genre. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juli 1999 von Sunstorm
entertaining
I really enjoyed this book. But for some reason I didnt have a hard time getting past the age thing but did have a hard time getting past the fact that Eliot seemed to be a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A very good read
After reading all the reviews I thought I would give my own. To the cynics, this book wasn't meant to be Shakespeare, it was meant to give one an escape and to lighten one's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Yuch!
I listened to the audiotape of this book. The reader did the best she could with the incredibly cornball dialogue and trite descriptions, but it was still barely tolerable. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Mai 1999 von Librarian
It was a beautifully written novel...
Reading it was as if you stepped into a very rich and personal world which somewhat reflects situations all of us can be in. The novel was engrossing to me, and very visual... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
One of my favorites!
This book will always have a place on my favorites shelf. The story was intriguing, though a bit predictable. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Great book!
Harvest Moon is a great book. The story and the pencil illustrations brought back memories of the summers I spent at Long Lake. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Dezember 1998 von cynthiab@datasync.com
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