Where or When

Where or When
by Anita Shreve, Virginia Barber

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Book Summary Information

Author: Anita Shreve, Virginia Barber
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-04
ISBN: 0156031272
Number of pages: 252
Publisher: Mariner Books

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Book Review: Absolutely beautiful - emotionally engaging and utterly haunting
Summary: 5 Stars

I don't even know what to write ... this book was amazing - I don't know that "wonderful" is right. I literally had to set aside a couple of hours after I finished it, because any action or activity seemed obtrusive and inappropriate. The story just haunted me.

There are very few books that make me so emotional I cry; I can count on one hand, *maybe* two, the number of books where I've been so affected, but this is now one of them. Shreve is a master at engaging your emotions, twisting you this way and that as you follow her characters in their ordinary, and at the same time extraordinary, lives. (And of course she does this all with absolutely beautiful and "lyrical" prose).

My reaction to and enjoyment of (again, not the right word) this book was unexpected, because although I am always extremely affected and drawn in with this author's work, I am barely ever able to tolerate anything having to do with infidelity - even if it's completely fictional, be it book or movie. Oddly enough, I most recently read Shreve's The Pilot's Wife, where it's the other side of the coin that's being examined.

OTHER READERS' LOW RATING:
I'm so surprised to see this book's average rating on Goodreads and Amazon.com is not very high. I truly thought it was excellent and would recommend it to anyone, no second thoughts. Reading the criticism, some of it is pointless (that one doesn't know how to pronounce Siân's name because it's unusual), but other comments are understandable (Harriet and Stephen, the wronged spouses, are shadows and not very fleshed out) though the "problems" either didn't bother me or, in my opinion, didn't detract from the book and had a reason for being there/being that way.

OTHER GREAT ANITA SHREVE BOOKS (in no particular order):
The Last Time They Met (one of my favorite books of all time), Fortune's Rocks, Where or When, Resistance, Strange Fits of Passion, THE PILOT'S WIFE, All He Ever Wanted

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Summary of Where or When

What would you do if out of the blue, you received a letter from your first love? Siân Richards sees no reason why she can't write back to Charles Callahan. After all, it's been thirty years and they are both married with families. But when they decide to meet again, an innocent correspondence becomes a dangerous intimacy. Swept up in the past and consumed by an obsessive love, Charles and Siân risk everything to be together. A heart-wrenching, suspenseful story with an unforgettable conclusion, Where or When is also a 'thoughtful, beautifully written contemporary romance' (The Washington Post).