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    Circle of Three
    Circle of Three
    Circle of Three
    Audiobook13 hours

    Circle of Three

    Written by Patricia Gaffney

    Narrated by Laural Merlington

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    “Gaffney’s characters are appealing and realistic…. Readers will race through this book.” —New Orleans Times Picayune

    “Poignant…. Entertaining…. As good as it gets.” —New York Post

    No other author writes about the lives and friendships of women with more warmth and grace than New York Times bestseller Patricia Gaffney. A true master of women’s fiction, with Circle of Three she flourishes the same breathtaking characterization and storytelling skills that made her previous novel, The Saving Graces, a readers’ favorite. The story of a woman grieving for her losses and her life, and her relationship with her overbearing mother and precocious young daughter, Circle of Three focuses on three generations of a troubled family, the anger and misunderstanding that separates them…and the love that holds them together. Gaffney does beautifully what Elizabeth Berg, Anne Rivers Siddons, and Anne Tyler also do so well: exploring the tricky bonds of family in novels both heart-soaring and heartbreaking.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 25, 2005
    ISBN9781596007826
    Circle of Three
    Author

    Patricia Gaffney

    <p>Patricia Gaffney's novels include <em>The Goodbye Summer</em>, <em>Flight Lessons</em>, and <em>The Saving Graces</em>. She and her husband currently live in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania.</p>

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    • 1/5
      I couldn’t finish the second chapter. The narrator’s voice was grating with a New England accent for the daughter…after the mom’s southern one. Weird. Not interesting enough to continue…
    • 5/5
      After the sudden death of her husband, Carrie struggles with feelings of immense grief and guilt. She silently wonders: "Can grief last for a person's whole life?" For her, these feelings are twofold: Although she mourns the loss of her husband, she also mourns the death of their love - an emotional erosion that occurred long before her husband's heart gave out. Struggling to go on, to support her vivacious, loving fifteen-year-old daughter, Ruth, Carrie must shake off the sorrow and depression that surrounds her and begin a new life. For Ruth, as much as for herself, Carrie will somehow learn to live again.Complicating matters is Dana - Carrie's mother - an industrious, snobbish, yet sympathetic woman who tries to do what's right for herself and, unfortunately, for Carrie as well. It was fear of her mother's disapproval that drove Carrie away from her unforgotten first love - the soulful, passionate Jess - who has recently re-entered her life.Little does Carrie realize that her mother suffers secret miseries of her own. For Dana, life is still as mysterious as it was in early youth. Like her only daughter, Dana has lived within the confines of a silent marriage. And, like Carrie, Dana too, mourns a painful loss - the slow disintegration of her relationship with her daughter. Her unspoken wish is: "I'd give anything for the closeness we used to have. I love my daughter more than anyone else on this earth, but she won't let me in." At the end point of these two generations is Ruth, who silently copes with a double tragedy of her own - the loss of something she can never know - a real relationship with her father - and the emotional abandonment of her mother. Her secret sadness is: "She's still got me, but she's about half the mother I used to have. When Dad died I lost him and part of her. I'm almost an orphan." A precocious girl, quivering on the brink of womanhood, Ruth is eager to discover who she is and what life holds - even if that knowledge will draw her away from the people she loves.Shining through the interconnected lives of three generations of women in a small town in rural Virginia, this poignant, memorable novel reveals the layers of tradition and responsibility, commitment and passion these women share. Ms. Gaffney explores the dichotomies inherent in all women's relationships - the tears and laughter, despair and hope, misunderstanding and compassion, anger and love - that occasionally divide them yet ultimately bind them together. In Circle of Three, the silken bonds of family are brilliantly illuminated, as are the delicate yet resilient bonds of feminine understanding and friendship.I absolutely loved this book. I truly became immersed in this story - it was definitely a page-turner; moving and poignant, filled with emotional, well-developed characters with whom I connected deeply. I found myself caught up in the story, wanting to know what happened next. I actually have read this book before - about ten years ago - and while the story was familiar to me in places, I still enjoyed reacquainting myself with these characters. I give Circle of Three: A Novel by Patricia Gaffney an A+!
    • 3/5
      A 'three generations of women' book, just barely – Granny barely gets a look-in. The mother is an interesting and pleasant enough character to spend time with; the daughter is, well, a teenager, and rather tedious. This book threw up a query, too. At one point the teenager gets a tattoo and, meaning to get an ankh, manages to get the Venus symbol instead, and is then horrified because everyone thinks she's a lesbian. Now, the Venus symbol on its own doesn't say 'lesbian' to me, it says 'female' Two Venus symbols interlinked, THAT says 'lesbian'. No?
    • 4/5
      A spectacular first novel that explores the choices made by a couple to have a friend have a baby for them. Jo and Darla have been friends since childhood. As different as can be, they are closer enough to endure this arrangement, until Jo crashes her car into Darla's bedroom wall and ends up in a coma. This event starts a spiral of unraveling emotions, histories and secrets. Complex characters and superb insight make this a delight to read, despite the rather sad premise. Page tells the store in current time and flashbacks with smoothness that is usually lacking in that type of writing. Highly recommended!
    • 3/5
      Sort of slow at x's. But all around good. Didnt like the switching of the narrator between the 3.