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Betty O'Rourke (1930–2006)

Auteur de After Michael

10 oeuvres 16 utilisateurs 1 Critiques 1 Favoris

Œuvres de Betty O'Rourke

After Michael (2005) 7 exemplaires
Pageantry of Love (1987) 1 exemplaire
Mists of Remembrance (1989) 1 exemplaire
Island of the Gods (1996) 1 exemplaire
Nightingale Summer (1997) 1 exemplaire
The Icon of the Czar (1998) 1 exemplaire
Penhaligon's Rock (2000) 1 exemplaire
Copper Rose (2000) 1 exemplaire
The Eagle and the Rose (2002) 1 exemplaire
The Pageant Master (2003) 1 exemplaire

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Nom légal
Stevens O'Rourke, Elizabeth Margaret
Autres noms
O'Rourke, Betty
Date de naissance
1930-05-12
Date de décès
2006
Sexe
female
Nationalité
UK
Lieu de naissance
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Lieu du décès
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Lieux de résidence
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
USA
Professions
romance novelist
librarian
Courte biographie
Elizabeth Margaret Stevens, who used the pen name Betty O'Rourke, was born on 1930 in Reading, Berkshire, England. She started to work in a library at 20, and met her future husband at Library School, and worked as a librarian. During her first two years of marriage they lived in USA. They had four children. She was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association and she was the acting Membership Secretary of the RNA. She lived in her native Reading until her death in 2006.

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"Fiona’s eyes turned to the other people in this small, select group, then paused. Who was that young woman standing behind and slightly to Colin’s right? She knew everyone else gathered here; close friends and neighbours of Michael and herself, but she was quite sure she’d never seen this young woman before."

When Fiona Latimer learns that her husband Michael has died of a sudden heart attack alone in his London flat, she is shocked but not devastated. She and Michael had led increasingly separate lives in their last few years. At the funeral, two people arrive unexpectedly, each of whom will have a great deal of influence on future events. There is Anthea, a girl who knows more about Michael than she will admit, and Simon, a man from Fiona’s past whom she now realises she should have married instead. Gradually, the secrets of Michael’s past are uncovered, and when the final, shocking betrayals are at last revealed Fiona discovers her life with him was not at all what it had seemed.

Enjoyable easy read.There were a couple of scenes that I felt could have been handled better - for instance, when Eleanor tells Fiona about her brother, a whole reminiscence scene is played by both women, giving a whole load of information that was unnecessary...at that point. I felt a lot of that information could have been dripped fed or was unnecessary. These were supposed to be best friends, and they had never talked about not visiting families before?!

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nordie | Oct 14, 2023 |

Statistiques

Œuvres
10
Membres
16
Popularité
#679,947
Évaluation
3.0
Critiques
1
ISBN
12
Favoris
1