Seeking Sara Summers

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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Sara is having a midlife crisis. Her marriage of 25 years is unsatisfying. Her kids don't need her any more. Her cancer, which was in remission, seems to be back. Philosophical and esthetic concepts are vaguely referred to in this novel. Luckily, her husband gets to express himself in passages of dialogue. I would love to cheer Sara on as she wrestles with a choice between two Significant Others, two lifestyles and two environments.

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I would love to swoon over the magic of love between two mature women who know what they want, and taste the wine from robust Italian grapes. Other readers will undoubtedly see different things in this novel, but I can imagine the story this author could have told, based on the same plot premise, and it is altogether much bolder and more alive than this one. Apr 04, Janet rated it it was amazing. Is never too late to find happiness, I read the whole book in 2 days. Is little draggy at the beginning but it starts to get interesting the moment she reunited with Julia.

I really love the romance btw Sara and Julia. A wonderful love story. This is my first book by this author. The story line was interesting.

Seeking Sara Summers

Sara's wishy washy attitude got a bit tiring. And the dialogue seemed at times, fake. But all in all, I liked that the wife and mother decides its finally time to do something for herself. Mar 20, Lisa Clarke rated it really liked it. Good read This is a good book for some one who is not sure about there coming out yet. Let them see how hard it is. What a great idea it is too do so. Jul 11, Christopher rated it it was ok. Sara Summers is the wife and mother who's always done what's expected. Her three grown children have it together, visit for the holidays and genuinely care about their mother.

Grady, her husband, has been seeing a therapist with Sara for some time, evidently with little impact on their life together. He seems uninterested and sometimes completely oblivious to her moods. She feels distant and trapped. She also has been battling cancer, which up until recently was in remission. With what may be he Sara Summers is the wife and mother who's always done what's expected. With what may be her last bit of time left on Earth, Sara becomes desperate for change and happiness, and she quickly begins living by doing the unexpected and spontaneous.

This premise is promising, especially when it's apparent that Sara will not only fall in love but will do so with a woman - her best friend. Sadly, the writing doesn't quite pull off the ambitious journey the characters take. In a well-written story, the author's decisions about what to leave out and what to put in are equally crucial.

Unfortunately, this novel omits far too many details and fills the pages with what amounts to filler. Large chunks of it can simply be skipped; the reader does not need to be told what happened to someone at some point in time when that person isn't important in the story and the information adds no insight. On the other hand, the novel deals with so many complex issues that aren't thoroughly explored.

I have no idea what Sara's marriage is like. I have no idea who she is, in fact, even after having read the story. The end pages were filled with the same conversation about being torn between doing "what's expected" and not. None of the other characters are well-drawn; they just exist as character types who are meant to fill a role in the plot. The novel is a quick, easy read, and the story is a good one. It isn't done well, though.

With so much to explore and uncover, the author stayed above the surface and plodded along; with a hundred more pages and some hefty editing, Sara Summers could have received the treatment her character deserves. Jun 30, Ivana rated it it was amazing. When Sara decides to take a trip to Florence, Italy, it is much more than a flight across the ocean. The physical journey is a transition of life, living life from the top of her lungs and continue life from a point where it was bro When Sara decides to take a trip to Florence, Italy, it is much more than a flight across the ocean.

The physical journey is a transition of life, living life from the top of her lungs and continue life from a point where it was broken apart years ago. Faced with her own fragility after years of being a safe haven for her husband and her three kids, Sara learns that it is okay to take care of herself, and that finding love where least expected is one of the beauties life offers. Though not many women will experience the type of love Sara does falling in love with the woman who was her best friend , the romantic component would embarrass many romance writers with its strength and warmth.

Seeking Sara Summers has that certain page-turning factor that keeps you reading well into the night without even realizing it. The sentences flow one after the other smoothly, never making you feel like putting effort into reading-the story just flows. It is also one of those books that, after you finished reading them, you feel inclined to write to the author and thank her for the beautiful story she created. Nov 23, Amy mrsAmy s rated it liked it Shelves: This is the story of middle-aged Sara Summers, a married woman with 3 kids who is in the midst of breast cancer and a marriage that is falling apart.

She decides to go to Italy to visit her old best friend from high school Julia and ends up falling in love with her. Ultimately she must decide whether to go back to her old life or not. So, this book was sort of like Under the Tuscan Sun, as most of the story takes place in Italy, and ultimately it's a story about Sara finding herself as well as This is the story of middle-aged Sara Summers, a married woman with 3 kids who is in the midst of breast cancer and a marriage that is falling apart.

So, this book was sort of like Under the Tuscan Sun, as most of the story takes place in Italy, and ultimately it's a story about Sara finding herself as well as new love in a new place.

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I enjoyed the plot and it was easy and fun to read. Nonetheless, certain aspects seemed slightly rushed, such as when Sara suddenly finds herself "falling" for Julia- the jump from best friend to physical attraction felt out of nowhere, in a way. I could believe that Sara might suddenly find a woman attractive when she never has before, as I believe sexuality can be fluid, but I have a feeling other readers may have more difficulty with this jump. I wished for a little more introspection on Sara's part there was some, I just wanted a bit more.

The ending is also slightly rushed. I don't want to spoil it here, but I wished for a little bit more story about what happened. I won this as a First Reads win so there were a few small editorial issues, but I did enjoy the book overall. Jun 16, Sara rated it liked it Shelves: Overall, I found this to be an enjoyable book. There were several distracting instances where apostrophes were misused, and a couple of times where homonyms were mixed up, but they did not do much to detract from the story as a whole and I was able to get past them fairly quickly.

Part of what drew me to this story was the title. I am always happy to find characters with my name, spelled the way I spell it. Characters named Sarah are very common, those named Sara are hard to find. To have nothing Overall, I found this to be an enjoyable book. To have nothing else in common with the character is irrelevant to me - I'll read almost any book with a main character named Sara.

I do think that the jacket description gives away a little too much of the plot, which made the story itself rather predictable. Sara needs to discover who she is before she can decide what she wants, and this is Sara's journey of self-discovery. However, Sara's ultimate decision about her life, as well as her husband's revelation in the second-to-last chapter, are left as mysteries until the very end - something I really enjoyed.

Keeping those two secrets until the last few pages of the book is a great way to end things. Sep 17, Darlene rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: I was SO disappointed. Not with the book, but that it ended! I wanted to read more. Could there be a part two where we can see a true growth in all the characters as they learn to not only accept what has happened in their lives but can see errors in their own thinking in the past.

I read many of the reviews who felt she put in too many details that may or may not relate to the story, but I loved those asides and feel if you can't handle that in such a small book, you might want to start reading I was SO disappointed. I read many of the reviews who felt she put in too many details that may or may not relate to the story, but I loved those asides and feel if you can't handle that in such a small book, you might want to start reading short stories, for that is what this would be without some time spent in narrative.

And as I have said in a previous review, reading these narratives actually made the story more realistic. It made me feel like I was living inside her head and seeing the world from her point of view. It is how you feel when you spend a week or so in someone else's home and seeing how other people deal with their surroundings and life.

This is the signed copy so I want to keep it. Jun 18, Pam rated it really liked it Shelves: This book was a short and easy read. Nothing complex about the plot, no surprises, and no twists or tricks. And I liked all of these things about it.

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