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Margaret From Maine: A Novel (2012)

by Joseph Monninger(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0452298687 (ISBN13: 9780452298682)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Plume

review 1: This predictable romance novel involves a woman with a young son. Her husband has been comatose for six years after being shot in the spine in Afghanistan. She travels to Washington, D.C. to accept an award for her husband. She is accompanied by an escort provided by the government. The two fall in love (rather quickly). I thought that the dialogue could have been broken up. A couple of times the dialogue turned into soliloquies that obviously showcased the author's personal view of war and the treatment of our veterans. Although I agree with his views, I thought it was a little too much for the novel.
review 2: AUTHOR: Monninger, JosephTITLE: Margaret From Maine Date Read: 12/18/13RATING: 4.5/B+GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Fiction/... more2013/Penguin/254 pgsSERIES/STAND ALONE: SATIME/PLACE: Present/MaineCHARACTERS: Margaret Kennedy -- mother to 6 yr old Gordon & wife to Thomas injured war veteran in a coma in nursing homeFIRST LINES: The last sound Maine Guardsman Sgt. Thomas Kennedy heard was the whine of a mosquito. COMMENTS: A very tender & heartfelt love story. Margaret has been living on the dairy farm of her father-in-law w/ her 6 yr old son. Her husband lives in a nursing home & will never recover after being shot multiple times overseas, he is unable to respond & exists in a vegetative state. President Obama is about to sign a new bill extending benefits to wounded veterans and she is invited to attend the signing in Washington, DC. A former serviceman and diplomat -- Charlie King, is her chaperone. Margaret has been true to Thomas and content w/ her life in Maine but finds herself very attracted to the good and kind spirit of Charlie. less

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