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Mira, Feb 2002, 22.95, 384 pp.
ISBN: 1551668823
Joelle's best friend Mara Summers suffers a brain damaging aneurysm while giving birth. Joelle helps Mara's spouse Liam cope but soon falls in love with him. One night they lose control and make love. To her shock, after failing to become pregnant with her former husband who has since sired a baby with another woman, Joelle is expecting.
Liam remains divided between his love for Mara and feelings of guilt for his love for Joelle. Also feeling culpability, Joelle turns to ailing healer Carlynn, who once saved her life when she was stillborn and apparently dead at birth, to help Mara. Carlynn realizes she must heal Joelle and Liam, which will help Mara more than any miracle she might perform. As she nears death, Carlynn reveals to Joelle a secret shared by her spouse and the widow of her twin sister so that the latter might find a happy medium within this bizarre triangle.
Diane Chamberlain provides fans of relationship dramas with an interesting tale starring a strong ensemble that will remind the audience of the works of Barbara Delinsky and Belva Plain. The story line floats back forth between the present and the past, but never anchors the reader to either era. Still the characters are a powerful fully developed group whose struggles for love and happiness turn CYPRESS POINT into a pleasant tale that readers will appreciate.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- one man-two women
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Who is...
- physically ill
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- (general) search for identity/new understanding
Family focus?
Yes
Family, sick/caring for
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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