"Heartwood" by Belva Plain

Heartwood is Belva Plain’s last novel, a sequel to Harvest actually.  Belva Plain is one of my favorite authors and did not disappoint me with this contemporary fiction novel about love, marriage, life’s challenges, family relationships, forgiveness, infidelity and secrets.  I enjoyed reading this book very much because it delves into the inner workings of marriage and family.  It continues the saga of a Jewish family that Belva Plain first writes about in Evergreen.  This is about Laura, who tries to be a good wife out of duty but becomes more interested in her catering business than her husband who feels like a failure for being unable to achieve his dream.  I highly recommend Heartwood to women.  (I'm taking a teaser from it tomorrow.)

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"Crossroads" by Belva Plain

Crossroads by Belva Plain is all about relationships and the marriages of two jealous women.  It had the high society woman, Gwen, who was adopted by a wealthy and smart business woman, fall in love with a blue-collar worker pitted against the beautiful Julia with her rags to riches story and her jealousy of Gwen.  Both Gwen and Julia's husband went against their parent's advice.  The one man compromised his integrity in favor of making a lot of money and the other stood his ground and proved to be a hard-working and loving husband.  This book definitely shows it's not all about money, but following your passion that makes one happy.  It is a good read if you like books about relationships and romance. I would say this is chick lit.

(Karen's review 3/2/10)

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