Leigh (Women of Ivy Manor Series #3) [Paperback]

Lyn Cote (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2006

The third in a saga of four generations of women set against the sprawling tapestry of the 20th century focuses on a young journalist in the 1960s, who immerses herself in the civil rights movement and antiwar protests and learns that with God's help she can grow into the woman He wants.

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About the Author

Lyn Cote feels as if she's the most fortunate woman in the USA. She's been married for over thirty years to a wonderful man, her real life hero. She and her husband raised a son and daughter who are just finishing up college and striking out on their own. Three years ago when her husband was "down-sized" from his job of almost twenty years, they moved to their dream home in the northwoods of Wisconsin. They live on a lovely lake where an eagle nests across the way, a community of beavers build dams and bull frogs serenade them to sleep each summer night.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: FaithWords (January 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446694371
• ISBN-13: 978-0446694377
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.9 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #487,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In 1997, Lyn Cote's first book, Never Alone, was chosen for the "new" Love Inspired romance line. Since then, Lyn has had over thirty-five novels published. In 2006 Lyn's book, Chloe, was a finalist for the RITA, and her book Her Patchword Family was a finalist for the Carol Award in 2010, two of the highest awards in the romance genre. Lyn's brand "Strong Women, Brave Stories," always includes three elements: a strong heroine who is a passionate participant in her times, authentic historical detail and a multicultural cast of characters. Lyn also features stories of strong women both from real life and true to life fiction on her blog http://BooksbyLynCote.com Lyn also can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads. Drop by and "friend or follow" her. Now living her dream of writing books at her lake cottage in northern Wisconsin, Lyn hopes her books show the power of divine as well as human love.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars kaleidoscope look at major events mostly during the 1960s and 1970s, January 3, 2006

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leigh (Women of Ivy Manor Series #3) (Paperback)

Linda Leigh Sinclair was born in 1947 to an overprotective mom. When the teen watches the civil rights and other monumental movements on TV news during the 1960s, she knows she wants to become a reporter. Over the objection of mom, she covers the 1963 rally led by the Reverend King in nearby Washington, D.C. for her high school paper

Five years later Leigh covers the Democratic National Convention in Chicago when riots break out. When her best friend Mary Beth vanishes, Leigh uses her still fledgling investigative skills to trace her to the anti-war counterculture in San Francisco. She falls in love, but that does not work out though he returns her feelings. Not long afterward she meets someone else and gives birth to Carly, but she and the father go separate ways. Leigh knows how her mom felt as she wants to protect Carly from life's precarious nature. When Carly turns up missing, Leigh turns to God for solace just as she has done before when tumultuous events made no sense.

The third generation Women of Ivy Manor (see CHLOE and BETTE) is a kaleidoscope look at major events mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. The story line moves quickly from the Freedom March to the Chicago Convention to Give Peace a Chance rallies as Leigh proves she is in deed an Ivy Manor descendent with her survival instincts. Interestingly her faith in God comes from a no atheist in the fox hole perspective as she worries about her daughter just like her mom used to agonize over her. Lyn Cote writes a warm entry starring an interesting protagonist, but it is the backdrop of events that ignite the tale.

Harriet Klausner

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first two., February 2, 2006

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K. "daisy4given" (Northern Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leigh (Women of Ivy Manor Series #3) (Paperback)

Although I liked, but was was not crazy about the first book in the "Women of Ivy Manor" series, "Chloe", the second book, "Bette" seemed to be such a great improvement over the first, that I was really looking forward to reading "Leigh". Unfortunately "Leigh" was a great disappointment for me. I realized very shortly into the novel that it was not going to be able to top the excitement and intrigue of "Bette". The main character, Leigh Sinclair, was very one-dimensional, and did not seem to grow up during the course of the book the way that her mother did in "Bette". Leigh was missing that spark that Bette and Chloe had - certainly, the author attempted to make her an interesting character, but the charm of her predecessors just wasn't there. "Leigh" seemed very hastily written, and was chocked-full of sappy, drippy lines that made me gag as I read them. "Leigh" tried too hard to be a romantic, exciting novel, and fell sadly short due to the lack of realistic dialogue and narratives.

*Watch out, story-spoiler coming up!*
What also grieves me about "Leigh" is that ONCE AGAIN a fatherless daughter is born to a broken and down-trodden Carlyle woman! While the women all have distinctly different personalities, why do they all have to have the same romantic catastrophes happen to them? Just for once, couldn't one of these "Ivy Manor" women end up marrying their first love, just once couldn't one of these women grow up with a father and not a stepfather?? I am not against stepfathers, but please, can we have a little variety here?? Perhaps that is a petty complaint, but I just couldn't let the obvious go unmentioned. I was also quite disappointed in Bette throughout "Leigh" - since she has been my favorite character in the series so far, I was sad to see that she did not turn out to be a very good or understanding mother - perhaps she can better redeem herself in "Carly"? Yes, I am still looking forward to the final book in the series. Even though I have complained about "Leigh" being poorly-written, something still keeps me drawn to these books: the great historical detail, and complicated plotlines.

I recommend this book only if you love American history, and are willing to put up with a lot of cheesy writing... or if you got suckered into this series just like I did, and want to see it through to the end.

5.0 out of 5 stars Leigh, October 10, 2011

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Library - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leigh (Women of Ivy Manor Series #3) (Paperback)

The book was not a disappointment, good shape. Customer was pleased with condition and happy with the book.Would buy from this dealer again.