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Bronze Mystique
Bronze Mystique by Barbara Delinsky released on May 25, 1984 is available now for purchase.
222 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 1984
About the author
Barbara Delinsky
322 books4,413 followersI was born and raised in suburban Boston. My mother’s death, when I was eight, was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. I took piano lessons and flute lessons. I took ballroom dancing lessons. I went to summer camp through my fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of my stories), then spent my sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served me better than all of my other high school courses combined). I earned a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. My husband was just starting law school. We needed the money.
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
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October 20, 2019
Me gustó la historia, aunque esté llena de clichés
January 27, 2017
Romance writer Sasha Blake is living quietly in Martha's Vineyard when her motorcycle skids into Doug Donohue's Maserati. Doug's a world weary clothing designer. The two start seeing each other but scenes from her books start to happen and it looks like someone wants to murder her using her own plot lines. Good.
August 25, 2019
Was a really good book this authors books always have me interested from the start hasn't been a disappointment yet will definitely be reading more by this author.
January 28, 2021
Bronzen Verleiding.
July 24, 2022
Hale sopakas.
September 8, 2022
Ostrov Vir, Chorvatsko, dovolená 22. Na každé dovolené čtu jednu harlekýnku a letos padla řada na tuhle. Douglas je strašná ženská a Saša je víc chlap.
March 6, 2020
Popsugar Challenge (read a book with a pink cover)
I am reading a large print copy that has a pink cover
I am reading a large print copy that has a pink cover
August 15, 2015
Sasha Blake and Doug Donohue meet when her motorcycle skids into his Maserati on a rainy road on Martha's Vineyard. Doug moved to the island 2 weeks earlier to get away from his frustrating personal life in NYC. As head of a major clothing firm and a rich bachelor he finds himself the focus of a lifestyle he is no longer comfortable with. He hopes a remote home location will give him a chance to figure out what he wants. Sasha is a bestselling author who finds Martha's Vineyard a perfect location for her writing and still has easy access to NY when she needs to work with her publisher. Doug is drawn to Sasha but Sasha is wary of his reputation and is fiercely protective of her independence. Sasha has been the focus of a series of 'accidents' that escalate and draw the two of them together in trying to figure out who is stalking her. Very 80s in style but a satisfying early work of Delinsky.
April 28, 2011
I'm not one for "romance novels", but I love Barbara Delinsky, so I decided to stick with this one. In the beginning, I was irritated because it read like a traditional romance novel. Who kisses someone so passionately after getting hit by their car the night before.....but I stuck with it because I know Ms. Delinsky always makes things a good story.
I ended up not being able to put the book down! I needed to know who the bad guy was, why he was after her, and how the story ended. I wasn't disappointed, and I don't think you will be either, if you like Ms. Delinsky's work.
I ended up not being able to put the book down! I needed to know who the bad guy was, why he was after her, and how the story ended. I wasn't disappointed, and I don't think you will be either, if you like Ms. Delinsky's work.
November 15, 2010
A really cute story but definitely not my favorite from delinsky I felt like the relationship between sash and Doug was way too rushed and not built upon enough and the mystery side was kinda weak and just kinda there instead of being suspenseful.
October 24, 2012
Had I known this was a reprint, not sure I would have bought it. The re-done cover was beautiful.
This entire book was a narration. Utterly boring. The relationship between the two characters was not relatable, the plot unrealistic and cliched, and the development felt rushed.
This entire book was a narration. Utterly boring. The relationship between the two characters was not relatable, the plot unrealistic and cliched, and the development felt rushed.
August 13, 2013
This is not one of Barbara's best books. But I liked it for a short story book. It only took me a couple of days to get through it and the story line was kind of wishy washy. But I do like Barbara's stories and will keep reading them old and new.
September 8, 2013
It was a narration. It never pulled me in. I didn't even want to finish reading it, it was that boring. The relationship was unrealistic and way to rushed. The suspense felt like an afterthought. Glad it wasn't the first of her books that I read or I would have stopped at that one.
September 12, 2012
3,5 Stars
there's not much going on here, but there was definitely some steam in this book!
there's not much going on here, but there was definitely some steam in this book!
January 10, 2014
Raamat oli päris hea ajaviite lugemine, aga toimetaja pole küll viitsinud sellega eriti vaeva näha. Liiga palju vigu sees.
April 10, 2017
Překladatel by se měl ujednotit jestli „Půlnoční nach“ nebo „Půlnoční mlýn“, protože pak jí nevychází počet vydaných děl. I když jak si může splést někdo nach s mlýnem...
s. 78 V tom Půlnočním nachu to byl žárlivý nevlastní bratr, který do těch sudů strčil
s. 129 v Půlnočním mlýně padají sudy ze střech
s. 26 přepcané
s. 29 bronznové
s. 121 poklud ten fantom vůbec existuje
s.170 tenokrát
uvozovky - s. 21, 36, 132, 176
s. 78 V tom Půlnočním nachu to byl žárlivý nevlastní bratr, který do těch sudů strčil
s. 129 v Půlnočním mlýně padají sudy ze střech
s. 26 přepcané
s. 29 bronznové
s. 121 poklud ten fantom vůbec existuje
s.170 tenokrát
uvozovky - s. 21, 36, 132, 176
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