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Love Walked in [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Marisa de los Santos (Author)

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Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (May 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 078628577X
ISBN-13: 978-0786285778
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 640 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #843,055 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Philadelphia cafe manager Cornelia Brown drifts effortlessly through her unattached life, unapologetic for idealizing romance and breathlessly recommending The Philadelphia Story—to the reader and everyone else. Eleven-year-old Clare is a child of divorce whose mother, a successful party planner, is quickly going to pieces. In alternating chapters of Cornelia's first person and Clare's free and direct third, poet de los Santos, making her novel debut, tells the story of their finding each other. That Cornelia, early on, immediately falls for Cary Grant doppelgänger Martin Grace is no surprise; his relation to Clare, revealed a third of the way in, isn't really either. As she discovers maternal instincts she wasn't sure she had, Cornelia works up the courage to face her own feelings for Clare with honesty. As Martin exits, Cornelia's childhood friend Teo enters, but neither makes much impact, and Clare's rather serious issues get reduced to Clare-did-this, Clare-thought-that episodes. The two main characters exist for one purpose: to enact a cross-generational, strong-but-vulnerable-and-loving, screenplay-ready femininity. Chick lit? You bet: with rights sold in at least eight countries, and, indeed, to Paramount—Sarah Jessica Parker will star and coproduce with Sideways's Michael London. The book is fine, but for this property, it's a case of waiting for Carrie to walk in. (Jan.)
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Cornelia is a single thirtysomething who lives her life like a series of movie moments. She's a manager of a cafe because she hasn't figured out anything better to do. Her ideal man is Cary Grant. And just when she thinks he'll never show up, he does, in the form of Martin Grace. What she doesn't know is that Martin, with his cool charm and debonair demeanor, has a daughter, Clare. And she never would have known that except that Martin, in a state of panic, shows up with the girl at the cafe after her mother had a breakdown and left Clare to fend for herself. Estranged from his daughter for years, Martin doesn't know what to do with her. Both women's stories are told in alternating chapters, Cornelia's in first person, Clare's in third. This is a first novel with some wonderful and heartbreaking moments scattered throughout, along with some moments that are purely contrived for the forward movement of the plot. Overall, it is a sweet story about knowing what you love and why. Carolyn Kubisz
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2.0 out of 5 stars a tedious read, Jan 10 2009

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This review is from: Love Walked In (Paperback)

I was very disappointed with this book. After reading the back I decided to give it a go. Much to my disappointment the book was filled with cliches, a predictable plot and descriptives that, rather than advance the plot, bored me to tears. Do we really need to have every aspect of a cafe described to us in detail? I prefer to use my imagination to conjure images rather than having them spelled out. I struggled to get through each chapter and breathed a sigh of relief when I turned the last page. This book was not for me.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, Aug 7 2007

By	Brown Sugar (Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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If this book had not been given to me as a gift, I would not have read it. Reading the plot summary on the back of the book is every bit as effective as reading the book itself, which has a horribly cliched and predictable plot. I thought that I could have expected much more from an author who is an award-winning poet and has a PhD in literature and creative writing! I suppose this sort of book is fine if you're looking for something very light and silly (think Harlequin Romance minus the sex), but otherwise I cannot recommend it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Overall a good read, Jun 8 2007

By	B. Ffraser "bffraser" (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada) - See all my reviews

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This book has a mediocre beginning and ending but the pages in between are worth reading. Some of the characters are interesting and well fleshed out which makes for a good story. However, there are some implausible turns in the plot that should have been edited out before this book went to print.

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