Margaret from Maine

Name: Margaret from Maine
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Joseph Monninger
ISBN: 9781470838539

Author: Joseph Monninger

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 12/24/2012

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Brought together by war, separated by dutya love story for the ages by an author hailed as Henry David Thoreau meets Nicholas Sparks (Publishers Weekly)Margaret Kennedy lives on a dairy farm in rural Maine. Her husband, Thomas, was injured in a war overseas, and he will never again be the man he was. When the president signs a bill in support of wounded veterans, Margaret is invited to the nations capital. Charlie King, a handsome Foreign Service officer, volunteers to escort her. As the rhododendrons blossom along the Blue Ridge Highway, the unlikely pair falls in lovebut Margaret cannot ignore the tug of her marriage vows. Like Nicholas SparksDear John, Joseph MonningersMargaret from Maineis a page-turning romance that poignantly explores the dilemmas faced by those who serve our countryand the men and women who love them.

About Joseph Monninger

Joseph Monninger has published several award-winning young adult novels and three books of nonfiction, including the memoir Home Waters. He has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and lives and teaches in New Hampshire, where he also runs a dogsled team.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy

Of all the fabulous books Joe has written this is my FAVE!!!! And for full disclosure, yes, he is my husband. So sue me. Follow up with, or for that matter, lead with 'Eternal on the Water.' They are both two-box-o-tissue-books. Endearing characters, beautiful scenery and poetically delivered descri......more

Goodreads review by Meredith

I kept waiting for something, anything to happen. Meandering, repetitive, cloyingly sweet.......more

Goodreads review by Nikki

I mean, that's it? Pages and pages of detail to build this intimacy and then it just ends.......more

Goodreads review by Marne

I always used to say that my preferred form of love story was the idyll. The idea of two people coming together for a week or two, having a beautiful time, and then parting again seemed so intriguing to me. Then I actually had my own idyll and found out that they aren't all they're cracked up to be,......more

Goodreads review by Sara

I was provided with a copy of Margaret from Maine by Joseph Monninger in exchange for an honest review. This book begins with Margaret Kennedy, who lives on a dairy farm in a very rural part in Maine. Her husband Thomas, was injured in war overseas and left in a vegetative state due to his bravery. H......more