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| Oceans Apart | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Kingsbury
Publisher: Avon
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (48 reviews)
Sales Rank: 17166
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0061456713
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061456718
ASIN: 0061456713
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A night that changed everything . . . Eight years ago, during a stormy weekend on the shores of Hawaii, Connor Evans broke his vows. He's kept his secret, until the woman from Connor's past dies, leaving behind a young son . . . Michele never thought her family was perfect, but they were happy. Now her family is on the brink of destruction. Will a lonely child help bridge the distance between them?before it's too late?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 Unlikeable Story and Characters October 6, 2008
While it was certainly pulled at the heartstrings and was enjoyable in parts, overall the tone of the book turned me off. The little boy character was like a symbol - too perfect - not like a real child at all. The wife character was unlikeable and unforgiving for 99% of the story. The story's treatment of the orphaned boy character, about how he was just some terrible mistake, and the fact that the characters even considered sending him away, unacknowledged, was a little repellent to me.
 Great service, good, good book September 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thank you for quick delivery on this Karen Kingsbury book. What a blessing to my heart to read this book.
Too perfect September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I usually like Karen Kingsbury books but this was just too much. The characters were so unreal. The seven year old boy was perfect. Totally unlike a normal seven year old especially going through the loss of his mother.
The book was way too mushy for my taste. It was also too predictable. An affair in a marriage is devastating. Not something that can be fixed in a few weeks.
The other thing that really bothered me what the way she wrote when the boy was talking. I really didn't like the little kid talk she wrote in. Everything was "my mommy"... or some mispronounced word. It was kind of like reading Junie B Jones.
I did not like this book.
Cheesy and predictable August 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There is so much foreshadowing in this book you'll know how it ends if within the first few chapters. This book posses no twist or turns. The characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is cheesy, and the book is filled with preachy undertones. I suppose I should have done more research before purchasing the book, and I would have known better, but I was expecting more "literature" but found it to be "chick-lit".
I won't be purcahsing any more Kingsbury's novels.
On a positive note, it is a quick-read.
 Emotional Read August 17, 2008
This is my first Karen Kingsbury novel. The tragedy is borderline unbearable. This book has a nice ending, and takes you through the struggle of infidelity, but the emotion is so raw, and the characters, especially that of the little boy, were a little too unbelieveable. I don't know if I'd be willing to give this author another shot or not, and I am an avid reader of Christian fiction. Should've gotten it from the library.
Aimee
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