Earth Angel (To Love Again) - Softcover

Hehl, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821743252 ISBN 13: 9780821743256

Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, 1993

Synopsis

Memories of the Class of '57 bring widowed Kathryn Stuart back into the arms of Jamie Chandler, her high-school sweetheart who, by chance, shows up at her doorstep. Original. (Romance)

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

Although the main characters in this insipid novel are in their 50s, their romance is sophomoric. Kathryn Stuart is startled when Jamie Chandler, a former high school classmate and her late husband's childhood friend, shows up to buy her old records for the "fifties-type restaurant" he is planning. Jamie, who loved Kathryn back in school, turns on the charm; but Kathryn likes to live in the present, not the past, and isn't interested in Jamie. Jamie's pursuit tactics include regaling Kathryn's adult children with tales of their father's youth and ignoring the woman he wants to win; she becomes intrigued and turns up fifties memorabilia to justify her visits to the restaurant-to-be. There, Kathryn stumbles on a reunion committee meeting and encounters her two best friends from her school days. Only when Kathryn invites her chums for "a real honest-to-God slumber party" does she explore the past that keeps her from enjoying the present. Juvenile chatter and behavior, Kathryn and Jamie's willingness to blame others for problems in their lives, and Hehl's ( Lilac Mansion ) unconvincing grasp of restaurant development and newspaper advertising sales (Kathryn's business) make this a disappointing read.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0821743252
• ISBN 13: 9780821743256
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 511