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Losing the Moon

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WOW! If you could make money by predicting a best seller then I would go ahead put your money on this one!

Twenty-five years ago, two college students, Amy Reynolds and Nick Lowry were young, idealistic, and very much in love. Idealistic, Nick wanted to save the wilderness and he and seven other students left on a Costa Rican tropical biology conservation program as part of credits towards graduation - parting was painful for young lovers but the promise to return in three months was made..... only it didn't happen. No letters, no contact, Amy was shattered and bereft, especially after Nick's mother told her that Nick was going on with his life and to forget him. After a time, Amy began to live again, married a hometown boy, had two loving children, and settled into middle class suburbia - a seemingly perfect life. That is until one perfect autumn afternoon when Amy's son asked that his parents come to meet the parents of a girl he'd become serious with and on that fateful day, the two families lives would never again be the same.

For anyone who has ever experienced that first love, with the passion, the rush, the giddy `can't get enough of you' - all consuming kind of passion, this is a book you cannot miss! It is powerful, sensual, beautifully portrayed and thoroughly credible. You'll feel the rage of betrayal and the confusion that both Nick and Amy felt. You'll develop your own opinions on forgiveness. I felt it eloquently imparted all the joy, pain and sorrow that only those who have been there can understand. It touched me deeply and stayed with me long after the final chapter. All of the characters and their motivations were so well described and sympathetic that I agonized right along with them. This is a most passionate and beautiful love story that the reader should keep tissues handy when reading. I absolutely loved it and highly recommend this book. This new author, in my opinion, has made a brilliant start with this outstanding first novel. --- Marilyn Rondeau, Official Reviewer for www.historicromancewriters.com ---

I bought this book not really expecting much. A familiar plot, as far as two middle age people finding and trying to recapture their first passionate love.

The thing that made this story stand apart from others was that it was told in such a truthful and credible way. I could actually picture myself as Amy and her feelings for Nick.

The very best thing about this book is that is has a very satifsfying ending, perfect and real!! You will care about these people and not want this novel to end.

I am anxious to see what this author writes next.

Amy and Phil Reynolds leave their home in Darby, Georgia to visit their son Jack attending Saxton University in order so their child can introduce his parents to his first serious girlfriend Lisbeth and her parents. At the college, Amy receives the shock of her life. Lisbeth's father is Nick Lowry, the love of her life when they attended school together before he left without a word.

Twenty-five years of marriage to a nice man and in a matter of a blink Amy knows that her heart has been telling her that she never got over Nick. He feels the same way as years of marriage to Eliza means nothing. Nick and Amy know they must ignore their feelings, but when he and his spouse relocate from Maine to Garvey, the temptation to betray their respective families has become astronomical.

LOSING THE MOON is an intriguing family drama in which the actions, including the option of doing nothing, of the protagonists will have adverse consequences on caring people who love them. The key to the tale is that no one is a villain or abusive person; in fact the support cast is nice people who do not deserve any hurt, but life and relationships are never simple. Fans of character driven contemporary tales filled with candid emotion, but no major action will take delight with this warm novel in which someone will be harmed regardless of the path(s) the lead duo choose.

Harriet Klausner

Great story, but unsophistocated writing style. The plot is very "real life" and thought provoking, but the writing is repetitive and a little too dramatic for my taste.

Losing The Moon is the story of young love lost and a chance at finding it again. The question is: how high is the price to regain what Amy and Nick had years ago. Years before marriage and children. Nick enters Amy's life when she is feeling lost. Her children are almost grown, her husband is busy and shares little of her passion for preservation of old houses and the historic value of houses and land. She and Nick had once shared these things. He had left on a trip and never returned to her. They were both duped by his now wife but neither knew it until now. Will they pay the ultimate price and leave their safe lives or will family and hope win out. Amy is at the age when her life is changing fast. The empty nest syndrome is setting in just when her college love returns. She's torn because she feels lost and would love to recapture the feelings she had once had for Nick. The empty nest part of a woman's life is difficult to navigate at best. When her husband turns a deaf ear to her feelings of emptiness she is drawn even more to Nick and their lost love. I really enjoyed this book. The empty nest syndrome is a hard one to get through. Finding a new passion or discovering an old one is what moves us into the next stage of our lives!

The theme is not new at all...married middle-aged woman "discovers" herself after a fling with another man who "understands" her...Its a theme that is a favorite among chik-lit authors catering to the book club audience (see Anne River siddons "Fault Lines"; Sue Monk Kidd "the Mermaid Chairs" for similar journeys to self discovery). However, this book is much better written and the storyline is more interesting. I gave it 4 stars as kudos to the author for injecting fresh blood into a beaten-to-death theme.

I enjoyed this book very much as I feel this kind of thing could really happen and it was great to see how the families tried to work through their concerns.

This is not my favorite PCH book but it is a great book. The emotions she captures in her writing is beautifully done. I highly recommend her books.

I am only giving this book 3 stars, however, it is not a reflection on Ms. Henry's writing.

I just found the Amy and Nick character's so selfish and immature in their behaviour that they were mildly unlikeable. I wanted to give them both a good hard shake and say why are you behaving like such fools?

Of course, I realize thats the whole point of the story.:-) I just found it maddening. Like when you watch a scary movie and the heroine goes looking for the scary noice and your screaming - no, thats stupid, why would you go in there? Run away!

Also - I thought it was a bit long in the middle building to the crisis.

But Ms. Henry is a good writer and uses lovely language. And she builds her world very well.

"Losing the Moon" is a passionate love story with a satisfying ending.

The author knows how to tease the reader with romance and mystery. You want to know more, forced to flip the page because of the desire, the need to know what happens.

A perfect read for the woman who wants some time alone to fall passionately in love with fiction.