Liberating Paris

Name: Liberating Paris
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Linda Bloodworth Thomason
ISBN: 9781449800000

Author: Linda Bloodworth Thomason

Narrator: Cynthia Darlow

Unabridged: 13 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/05/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

The bestselling debut novel by the creator of TV's "Designing Women" now comes to audio. Bloodworth Thomason pens the story of six friends on the verge of middle age who must come to terms with the past in order to claim the future for themselves and their children. Woodrow McIlmore is leading the perfect life in Paris, Arkansas: married to his high school sweetheart, he has two wonderful children and a warm circle of family and friends. When Wood's daughter announces that she wants to marry a college classmate, Wood is stunned. But that's just the tip of the iceberg - her intended is the son of the woman who left Wood twenty years earlier, the free-spirited Duff. And so begins a tumultuous year in Paris, as Duff returns and familiar sparks fly with her old flame. Their rekindled passion affects not only Wood and Duff but also their good friends, as they must now all decide what in their lives is worth keeping and what needs to be thrown away.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debi

The character development in this book was spectacular. I loved the way the author allowed to read to change his/her mind during the reading about characters as she slowly unraveled who each person was. Sort of makes you want to move to a small town just so you can have a community like the one desc......more

Goodreads review by Tmstprc

This was wordy and silly and sad and funny, but not funny enough to overcome the sad and the silly. Lots of character, too many, but our main storyteller is a pathetic ass, and no amount of silly, sad and funny can make up for his abominable treatment of his wife, not her willingness to forgive him s......more

Goodreads review by Margie

I liked this book when it began, but I think it would have benefited from a good, strong editor. The story meandered, had too many incidental characters, and suffered from an author who apparently couldn't decide who gets the "guy" in the end. It was so obvious, near the end, when she'd made her dec......more

Goodreads review by wrkatreading

5 Stars. Wow. This was a great novel. I admit there were so many characters that I did skim some but nothing major to diminish my reading pleasure. I highly recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Clif

This is a good book and well written. It contains a unique combination of humor, pathos, wisdom, folly and symbolism. The writing is filled with little gems worthy of being quoted (see examples at the end of this review). However as with most novels, some improper activity is required to create a cr......more