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Mirror Blue [Paperback]

Thomma Lyn Grindstaff (Author)
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May 8, 2009
He's her first chance at love. She's his last. Free spirit Aphra Porter never thought Isaac Lightfoot would remember the letter she wrote to him years before. But by some miracle, he does. Now a successful Web site designer in her thirties, Aphra meets the man whose writing talents she's always idolized-an encounter that leaves her spinning. No longer is Isaac a distant image, but a flesh and blood man who looks at her like no one has looked at her before. A critically acclaimed author and Vietnam war hero, Isaac is one tough bear of a man. Faced with the physical and emotional scars of war, a relationship with a daunting age difference, and an ex-wife bent on tearing Aphra from his life, he's about to learn that leaving the past behind and building a new life can be the toughest battle of all. Reviews and Other Information: "...a touching literary love story and beautifully written debut book, MIRROR BLUE pulls together two charming southern characters..."-Author Kim Michelle Richardson "...credible characters that women can relate to on many levels, including the search for love, ex-wives, step-children, family, and age differences in relationships... And you'll love the ending!"-Author Marwa Ayad

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Black Lyon Publishing (May 8, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1934912166
  • ISBN-13: 978-1934912164
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,825,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I graduated with honors from East Tennessee State University with a Bachelor's Degree in English and worked there for 13 years before becoming a full-time novelist.

I think of myself as an Adventurer Poet. I live near a fabulous network of mountain trails. Part of me is happiest when I'm hiking or scrambling up rocks and through laurel thickets in search of waterfalls. The other part is happiest when I'm at my computer spinning tales or at my piano composing or playing music -- I'm a classically-trained pianist and compose my own songs and instrumental pieces.

My creative life and my adventuring life are equally important. It's about balance. I can't imagine one without the other.

My husband and I have four sweet, spoiled-rotten cats. While I'm working on my writing projects, it's rare that there isn't at least one cat either on my lap or on my computer, often a cat on each.

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mirror Blue, May 24, 2009
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Thomma Lyn Grindstaff is a wonderful writer. She knows how to craft a story well, make you laugh, make you cry, make you hate, make you fall in love, and make you to keep reading to the end. Her writing is seamless.

Aphra Porter is an independent young woman with dreams and crushes that come true when she meets and falls in love with a famous author, Isaac Lightfoot, twenty years her senior. Her idol since childhood. Her mentor.

I fell in love with Isaac right along with Aphra. And she's a biker chic--woo hoo! On the side. A web designer in real life. The fact that Aphra and Isaac are both in love with their Harley's gives the story more meaning. A common ground outside of their passion for each other.

The ex-wife factor in this story is well played--well written. Norma is someone you're supposed to hate the mention of. Her character is showy and bitchy. Just what an ex should be, right? The son, his wife, and Isaac's own Momma treat Aphra's and Isaac's love for each other as nonexistent and they do everything in their power to destroy it.

Chapter 20 is where things turn. Get out the tissues. You'll need them until the end.

Some of my favorite lines:

"Silence drug itself out between them like a stone monolith pulled across grinding sand by bone-tired workers."

"Writing, as she'd commented to Isaac earlier, was the ultimate freedom. Worlds to create, bonds to form, lives to mold, How delightful it would be to recreate Isaac and herself in a universe of their mutual making, a universe of pure mind made up of the Ideal Forms which reflected as spectral shadows on the walls of the cave of their everyday lives--a realm where their love, unfettered and unhindered, might be given its fullest expression. With no Norma. No First Family. A place where Isaac was and ever would be hers. All hers."

And of course there are cats in this story. Two: Pilar and Santiago. They have a delightful and supportive roll in the lives of Aphra and Isaac. It's just natural that they would be there for Aphra. And Isaac.

A must read!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Story of Life, Love and Romance., June 19, 2010
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I phenomenal book by an incredibly talented writer. You can see the characters as they climb out of the pages and onto their Harleys. The depth of emotion you'll feel at the end will both surprise and comfort the reader, and make them want more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! I Loved This Wonderful Witty Story Full Of Heart., December 16, 2009
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Imagine if Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Julie & Julia,) had just published her first novel.

Friends, "Mirror Blue" is such a first novel!!

What a wonderful, wonderful witty and wise tale. With enough depth and heart for any 10 debut novels put together.

When I think of Mirror Blue I think -- longing, waiting, charm, humor, deep thoughts, intrigue, heartbreak and triumph via characters I easily easily grew to love and root for.

The story flowed like a dream of delights on many levels, written in highly original, often poetic prose, with a plot that kept me rooted and rapt from the first sentence to the last.

I can totally see it as a gripping movie!

I just loved it, and if I hadn't loaned it to a friend, I'd probably start reading it again today.
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