Making Waves - Hardcover

Cassandra King

3.47

765 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786262532 ISBN 13: 9780786262533

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2004

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In a small Alabama town, life is finally looking up for twenty-year-old Donnette Sullivan. She's just inherited her aunt's house and beauty shop, and her recently crippled husband is beginning to cope with the loss of his dreams. Yet the opening of the shop leads to a surprising sequence of events in this story about love, friendship, betrayal, unfulfilled desires and heartbreaking losses.

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About the Author:

Alabama native Cassandra King has taught English and writing at the college level. She has published two novels Making Waves in Zion and The Sunday Wife. She has three sons and two grandsons. She now lives in South Carolina with her husband Pat Conroy, whom she met by asking him to write a blurb for her first novel.

From AudioFile:

The lead characters in this charming novel told from four viewpoints face life-altering challenges. Chapters titled for characters Donnette, Ellis, Della, and Taylor are read by Colleen Delany, Faith Potts, Nanette Savard, and Barrett Whitener. Regrettably, it's unclear which actor is assigned to each of these fascinating individuals; one assumes that Whitener vocalizes Taylor, the lone male. Whitener applies an appealing na�ve tone to his chapters and is convincing with a tongue-tied character's words. The characterization of social climber Ellis is as funny as the self-righteous woman herself. Neither the chapters nor the characterization attributed to Donnette ring true. Overall, each narrator seems to struggle to bring consistency and distinction to his or her lead character, a problem that emphasizes the ambiguous impression left on the listener. J.J.B. � AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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