- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: VINTAGE (2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0099429144
- ISBN-13: 978-0099429142
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
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IT'S THE LAST MONDAY OF THE month, a brutally gorgeous morning brimming with blue air and the sweet scent of honeysuckle, which grows wild in the woods beyond Front Street, when Ethan Ford fails to show up for work. Read the first page
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IT'S THE LAST MONDAY OF THE month, a brutally gorgeous morning brimming with blue air and the sweet scent of honeysuckle, which grows wild in the woods beyond Front Street, when Ethan Ford fails to show up for work. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining Suspense,
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This review is from: Blue Diary (Paperback)
The questions that is at the heart of this book is one that we all think about from time to time whether dealing with friends or family. What are they thinking and feeling, and really how much do we know that person?In this book the twist is a wife who finds out her prefect (somewhat a bit more than perfect and close to being a bit too much) has a rather dubious past which comes to light when it catches up with him and begs the questions is he the same person or changed? Some of the book was a bit "extreme" in terms of the set up, and also Jorie's perhaps missing what happened in the past, but it is fiction afterall (and a theme that has been used before in books and movies) so some artistic license is to be expected, and it results in a very entertaining book overall.
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Amazing!,
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This review is from: Blue Diary (Audio Cassette)
Blue Diary is a suspenseful page-turner, and a novel that I will never forget. Blue Diary is the first book I have read by Alice Hoffman, and now I cannot wait to read another. Blue Diary is a compelling story about Ethan Ford, a man whose life gets turned upside-down when authorities show up at his door one afternoon, and this in turn affects the lives of everyone living in the small town of Monroe-especially Ethan's "perfect" family. This novel brings up many questions, questions that may never be answered for some. Questions such as, is a person truly capable of change? Should one ever completely trust another person? And is a lie ever justified? Along with these questions, the novel touches on many different themes, themes of guilt, betrayal, devotion, forgiveness, and loss. The themes and questions this novel touches upon are cleverly made evident within several different subplots, and are definitely something that everyone can relate to in one way or another, regardless of one's age. If anyone is looking for a thrilling read about the power of forgiveness and guilt, pick up a copy of Blue Diary, and I'm positive you'll enjoy it.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Romantic imagery but little realism,
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This review is from: Blue Diary (School & Library Binding)
Can we really ever know anyone completely? Even the most loving and intimate partner of 13 years? Jorie, the protagonist of this lush novel, finds out the answer to this question, but she might have asked it much earlier, maybe at the wedding when his side of the chapel was completely empty. Hoffman is a talented writer, and I kept reading, with special interest in the sharply defined adolescent characters, but Jorie's ignorance about her husband's past is unreal and puts a hole in the plot too big to ignore.
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