A Connecticut heiress. A Florida cowboy. Her secret. His heart. And the very special family she's come home to find. Kara Whittenbrook is an unlikely heiress. Down-to-earth and lovably quirky, she's never fit in with the stogy Whittenbrook clan of Connecticut. Growing up at her parents' rainforest preserve in Brazil has given her a quaintly off-beat view of life. Now her beloved parents have died in a plane crash, and Kara's learned a stunning truth. She was adopted. Her birth parents, Mac and Lily Tolbert, live ...
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A Connecticut heiress. A Florida cowboy. Her secret. His heart. And the very special family she's come home to find. Kara Whittenbrook is an unlikely heiress. Down-to-earth and lovably quirky, she's never fit in with the stogy Whittenbrook clan of Connecticut. Growing up at her parents' rainforest preserve in Brazil has given her a quaintly off-beat view of life. Now her beloved parents have died in a plane crash, and Kara's learned a stunning truth. She was adopted. Her birth parents, Mac and Lily Tolbert, live and work on a backwoods cattle ranch in northern Florida. Ranch owner Ben Thocco is running out of time and money. He's going to need a miracle in order to save the ranch and care for the likable crew of unusual hands he employs, including Kara's parents and his own fragile brother Joey. Kara's simple plan to find and know her birth parents unravels almost the moment Kara steps foot on Thocco land. With more than 2.5 million copies in print worldwide, Deborah Smith is one of the most beloved authors of romantic, stylish, contemporary Southern fiction. Romantic times awarded Smith a Career Achievement Award and named her 1996 New York Times bestselling novel, A Place To Call Home , one of the top 200 romantic novels of the twentieth century. Deborah lives in the mountains of north Georgia with her husband, Hank.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
I must begin the review by saying that I want a macaw named Mr. Darcy who sings Monty Python songs.
I held off on reading this book for a while because I knew that I had to be in a sentimental mood to read it. These moods normally do not happen very often with me. Luckily, over the weekend I was.
I loved the way A Gentle Rain was structured. Both Ben and Kara were given their individual point of view. I really enjoyed that because I never felt that the story was at all biased with one character?s perceptions of events. I think it gave the book a balanced feel and really gave me an understanding of each of the characters.
I liked both Ben and Kara. I enjoyed both of their stories and thought they had great chemistry on the page. I was rooting for them the whole way through. I also loved the supporting cast of characters. Lily and Mac were such a sweet couple. I wanted to pull them out of the book and hug them. Joey was also such a great character.
The only issue I had with the book was that everyone was either too good or too evil. No one that was good had any flaws and no one that was bad had any goodness in them. I found this most apparent in Kara. Kara was so good and perfect almost to the point that it became annoying. I wanted to find one flaw with this woman apart from her momentary apprehension when she learned that her birth parents were mentally handicapped. This took a little away from my ability to engage myself in the story.
Overall, this is a good book. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a heartwarming story with interesting characters and unique locations.
Holland20
Apr 10, 2009
Moving book.
Coming from south Florida, I was impressed with the way the author depicted the characters and places. It was very true to the 'cracker' way of life and she wrote with a warmness that moved me deeply.
