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Lake Effect: a love story...
An Alberta Clipper has moved across Lake Erie and left Cleveland in a snowy haze, and Riley Kemp, an out-of-work car salesman is a man in crisis. Now almost fifty, his world is upside down and he can't figure out how to put it upright again. His best friend, West Cannon, suggests he needs to find love, the kind he had with Lynne Alexander, his high school sweetheart.
At just this time, Lynne, after a thirty-year absence, returns to Cleveland to see her ailing mother. Fate is going to bring Riley and Lynne together again; can reality keep them together?
At just this time, Lynne, after a thirty-year absence, returns to Cleveland to see her ailing mother. Fate is going to bring Riley and Lynne together again; can reality keep them together?
296 pages, Paperback
First published December 16, 2013
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December 19, 2013
I had the privelege of reading the book before it went to press. And I plan to read it again once I get my own paperback copy. It is a completely different story from her other novel "Branches", and it is just as well written and constructed.
"Lake Effect: a love story..." is much more than a love story. It is a story about how the baggage of the past can stand in the way of moving forward.
The opening of the book deftly creates the novel’s setting. From it we sense that the story that follows is going to be stormy, full of rough patches, but mercifully within a beautiful setting, and with hope that the storm will pass. We are not let down.
The author’s writing is excellent, and the story is well thought out. The conversations, of which there are many, are absolutely wonderful. A great deal of information is revealed through the verbal interaction of the characters.
"Lake Effect: a love story..." is much more than a love story. It is a story about how the baggage of the past can stand in the way of moving forward.
The opening of the book deftly creates the novel’s setting. From it we sense that the story that follows is going to be stormy, full of rough patches, but mercifully within a beautiful setting, and with hope that the storm will pass. We are not let down.
The author’s writing is excellent, and the story is well thought out. The conversations, of which there are many, are absolutely wonderful. A great deal of information is revealed through the verbal interaction of the characters.
December 24, 2013
Of course, I give it 5 stars! But I truly love this story.
March 17, 2014
After reading Rebecca's first book Branches, I was so thrilled that our book club choose to read her brand new book, Lake Effect. Part of the fun of this book for me was all the references to the place I love to call home, Cleveland. Rebecca has a way with words that draws you in. Then her momentum & storytelling grabs you and keeps your attention til the end. You always know who her characters are as people because her dialogue shows you their insides. Thanks for another great story Rebecca!
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