A Celibate Season [Import] [Paperback]

Blanche Shields Carol; Howard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679308881
• ISBN-13: 978-0679308881
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,084,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very amusing and insightful for age 35-40 marrieds with kids, August 9, 1999

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skoobagirl (Doylestown, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Celibate Season (Mass Market Paperback)

This was one of the most insightful, comic and well-written books I've read in a long time. Perhaps it is the life stage I'm at but no, I think the brand of wry humor intermingled with thought-provoking observations about marriage, middle age, career, sex, and children would be engaging to anyone. I love the idea these two authors corresponded with each other as their characters such that the evolution of the story took place almost in real time with an element of fluidity and spontaneity that only this format could achieve. Many of the characters' observations made me laugh out loud while others left me waxing on a thought for days. Excellent, excellent, excellent, don't miss this one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Loved This Book, August 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Celibate Season (Mass Market Paperback)

I did love this book--just finished and was curious to see what others thought. I think the two-author "letters" format worked well, and in some humorous cases, it almost seemed as if the authors were each trying to outdo each other in character. At the same time I found great depth and truth in the letters and the insights they provide into marriage, growth, change, separation, and general observations about gender differences.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must for summer reading!, June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Celibate Season (Mass Market Paperback)

a unique and fun read! cleverly written in the form of a seperated husband and wife, this book moves the plot along quickly. i loved it! it is a shame it wasn't longer, as it was a private peek into a marriage that showed 'warts and all'. read it this summer...you'll pass it on!