- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (Mar 9 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312306431
- ISBN-13: 978-0312306434
- Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 14.1 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Cass Thomson has a lot on her hands in this amusing romantic comedy set on the outskirts of London. As the live-in administrator of historic Coltsfoot Hall, a family manor turned museum, Cass must come up with a financial plan to save the estate-and her own living quarters-from the clutches of real estate developers. At the same time, the current man in her life, a sportswriter who lives for soccer games, doesn't exactly light her fire. No man, in fact, has sent her reeling the way her teenage boyfriend, Gideon Harker, did years ago, when the six-foot-four hunk in black eyeliner and leather trench coat won her heart by asking her to pierce his ear. When her 15th high school reunion rolls around, Cass goes into fits of anxiety and anticipation. Haasler (Two's Company) builds suspense and piles on the pop culture references-Thin Lizzy, Wham!, The Waltons and much more-as Cass reminisces about Gideon and the rest of her early-'80s youth. It turns out that the rebel heartthrob is now in high finance, and there's an unconvincing subplot about his possible dabbling in fraud, which has him being trailed by a tiresome, hapless detective. The blissful ending will satisfy the 30-something romance-reading set, who will also appreciate the nostalgic references (though Haasler lays it on a little thick, with each section heading titled after a pop song). This featherweight, by-the-numbers effort is as ephemeral-yet curiously appealing-as the fashions it celebrates.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Cass Thomson hasn't seen Gideon Harker in 15 years, but she still thinks about him. A rebel punk with a sweet nature, Gideon captured Cass' heart when he helped her out of an embarrassing situation in math class. Now living in Coltsfoot Hall, a stately manor-cum-museum in London, as the curator, Cass is trying to keep the city council from closing Coltsfoot and selling it to the highest bidder. She has a reliable boyfriend, Greg, a sportswriter, but when an invitation to her high-school reunion arrives in the mail, Cass begins to think she might seize the opportunity to see Gideon again. The threat to Coltsfoot Hall has been getting her down, and her relationship with Greg seems stale, so Cass decides she's going to go. But her eventual reunion with Gideon isn't quite what she expects, leaving Cass hurt and uncertain about whether she and Gideon can ever reconnect. Filled with laugh-out-loud 1980s references, Haasler's entertaining romantic comedy will appeal to any child of that time. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An entertaining contemporary romance,
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This review is from: Time After Time (Paperback)
In the London vicinity, Cass Thomson is struggling to come up with a fiscal plan that will save historic Coltsfoot Hall, a former family manor converted into a museum before realtors kill history again by turning the place into the latest sprawling development. If she fails not only will the former manor house be gone and she out of a job, she will need a place to live as she resides inside the museum. Already feeling stress, her anxiety goes off the scale when she receives the invitation to her high school's fifteenth anniversary reunion because it brings back memories of the early 1980s and poster bad boy, her boyfriend, Gideon Harker. Though she is seeing a soccer crazed sportswriter the thought of an adult version of Gideon makes her heart pound. Gideon is a hunk who happens to dabble with high finance (will wonders ever seize!). However, he has troubles as the law believes he has committed fraud and a detective plans to prove so even while Cass and Gideon renew their teen relationship. TIME AFTER TIME is an entertaining contemporary romance with loads of references and tidbits especially to the early 1980s (each chapter begins with a song title- felt like a decade top 100). The story line is amusing and nostalgic when Cass reflects Dickensian like back to the worst and best of times of her life and readers meet Gideon and a fine supporting cast of reunion attendees. The fraud subplot with its Clouseau -Girard hybrid detective seems unnecessary and takes away from a fun lighthearted second chance romance filled with tidbits from the first time around. Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Refreshing and sentimental - a must read!,
By Chanele N Muntean (Daytona Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Time After Time (Hardcover)
This is quite possibly one of the best books I have ever read. Haasler captures her characters perfectly, sending the reader down a memory lane of their own. Whether there is an inner punk rocker, artist, or just romantic, this book appeals to anyone with a fresh sense of romance and nostalgia.
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loved it!,
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This review is from: Time After Time (Hardcover)
i just couldn't put it down!i loved it so much its such a cute story.the most dramatic part was when she sees gideon after 15 years in his backyard.the ending is great too..they should make a movie out of this.i would read it again and recommend it to all my friends!
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