Set for Life

by Judith Freeman

Phil Doucet, a widower who needs a heart transplant, and Louise, a sixteen-year-old runaway, meet under extraordinary circumstances in the American West. (General Fiction).

Genres: Fiction, Novels

464 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1991

Reviews

[martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just read it. A quiet dissertation on people- amazing writing and storytelling

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

picked up this easy read at a second-hand store. Lengthy build-up to interesting (non-sexual) dynamics between a widower and a 16-year old runaway, as he learns to open his home and heart to someone new, and she learns to open her life.

[The book could be PG 13 rated, although the girl has an abortion as part of the "build-up" to meeting the widower.]

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in Idaho in the 1990's, this book captures family life and love through the encounters of a young runaway from Nazi parents with an old man who just received the transplanted heart of his beloved grandson.

[Sharon Zink · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good book about nothing very exciting; just a down-to-earth good read.

[Sue Kozlowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really liked.