At school Connell and
Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted,
star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and
intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her
housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible
connection grows between the two teenagers - one they are determined to
conceal.
A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College
in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while
Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their
years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying
toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically,
irresistibly drawn back together.
Det är kanske lite orättvist att ge den betyget dålig när jag läst 70 av 266 sidor, men så får det bli. Märkliga, osympatiska personer i en platt miljö. Nej, den här är inte för mig.
Rose Woodrowe is getting
married to Tyler Masson—a wonderful, sensitive man who is
head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn’t the first
time for either of them. And when you marry later in life there are a
lot more people to consider. Like Rose’s daughter, Laura, who remembers
her mom’s first marriage and doesn’t want her to get hurt again. Or the
twins, Emmy and Nat, who are used to their mom being there for them
whenever and for whatever they need. And then there’s Tyler’s children:
Mallory, a young actress who craves her father’s attention; and Seth,
whose San Francisco bakery is just taking off and needs all the money he
can get. Rose and Tyler are determined to get it right this time, but
in trying to make everyone happy, can they ever be happy themselves?
