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The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple | 
 enlarge | Author: Q. Kelly
Publisher: Regal Crest Enterprises, LLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 196
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1932300996
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781932300994
Publication Date: February 20, 2008
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Product Description
Morrisey Hawthorne and her four-year-old son, Gareth, have a pretty good life. Then one day they meet Charlene Sudsbury, who is trying to move on from the suicide of her son, JP, three years before. Gareth is nearly the mirror image of JP, and Charlene connects instantly with him. Not quite so with Morrisey, who can't escape fast enough after Charlene shows her a picture of JP. Charlene is convinced Morrisey is hiding something and sets out in search of the truth. PDespite the circumstances, the two women form an unusual bond and end up with a lot more than they bargained for. But when an old friend of JP's resurfaces, he challenges the fragile trust Morrisey and Charlene have been building. PCan these two women overcome the obstacles that separate them from the happiness they seek?
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 Gotta Read This! April 9, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Sad, funny, sweet, and harsh all rolled into one book. The characters slowly unravel to reveal secrets that would intertwine them more than expected. A sweet little boy in the middle of it all, connecting two women in ways more than romance and love. Gareth, the young boy, easily tunes into things around him and his unfiltered curiosity forces his mom, Morrisey, to come to terms with her own past, present, and future. What seems, on the surface, to be a normal single mom raising her wonderful son, we soon find to be anything but simple. Her new love, Charlene, finds that her own life is not what she thought it was.br /br /A true page-turner, The Odd Couple made me laugh, empathize, shake my head in disgust, and say "AWWWWW". The plot offers many mysteries, as well as building anticipation during what seem to be unforgiving circumstances. Lots of shocking and ah-ha moments, as well as surprising events divulged. The author presents well-developed characters who are believable, realistic, down-to -Earth, and who invoke many emotions. A very well-written and exciting first book for this new author!br /
 not your typical romance May 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Based on the book's blurb on the story plotline i was expecting something like mother gave birth to twins and the second baby was kidnapped without the mother's knowledge. The crime is discovered when the mother sets out in search of the truth and along the way falls in love with the "false" mother. br /br /Boy was i wrong. The book is not about that...it is a romance novel but not your typical romance. The main characters are indeed an odd couple and the book is a good read. No obvious plot foreshadowing or grammar issues that throws the reader off their rhythm. Overall, impression of the book is one of good writing and strong plotlines. I only had one small minor issue where i got confused whose point of view was being presented. character one, character two or the narrator. This confusion only happened on one paragraph out of the whole book. Despite that i still recommend getting this book and reading it.
Romance with a twist May 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Really intriguing book, formulaic romance with a twist.br /br /Morrisey and Charlene meet at the cemetery, one there to visit her son, one to visit her father. Morrisey's little son Gareth is the spitting image of Charlene's dead son JP which sparks Charlene's curiosity.br /br /I don't want to give away what connects the two women, but their romance is an unlikely one. Yet, it works. Not only for them but for me as a reader. The two main characters truly come alive between the pages, and some of the secondary characters do as well.br /br /Towards the end the author lost me a bit with further twists and turns, I'm not sure all of those were necessary. I have my usual gripe with this book in that it seems to stop in the middle of the story. Once more, I was fully expecting it to continue when I turned the page. While things aren't exactly unresolved, they are not dealt with fully, as in we don't see the impact the last plot developments have on Charlene and Morrisey. I think that would have been interesting to read.
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