The Rana Look [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Sandra Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073943148X
• ISBN-13: 978-0739431481
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,240,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandra Brown is the author of sixty New York Times bestsellers, including RAINWATER (2010), TOUGH CUSTOMER (2010), SMASH CUT (2009), SMOKE SCREEN (2008), PLAY DIRTY (2007), RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR (2005), WHITE HOT (2004), HELLO, DARKNESS (2003), THE CRUSH (2002), ENVY (2001), THE SWITCH (2000), THE ALIBI (1999), UNSPEAKABLE (1998) and FAT TUESDAY (1997), all of which have jumped onto the Times bestseller list in the number one to five spot.

Brown began her writing career in 1981 and since then has published over seventy novels, bringing the number of copies of her books in print worldwide to upwards of eighty million. Her work has been translated into thirty-three languages.

A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in Waco, grew up in Fort Worth and attended Texas Christian University, majoring in English. Before embarking on her writing career, she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television, including weathercasting for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and feature reporting on the nationally syndicated program "PM Magazine."

She is much in demand as a speaker and guest television hostess. Her episode on truTV's "Murder by the Book" premiered the series in 2008 and she was one of the launch authors for Investigation Discovery's new series, "Hardcover Mysteries."

In 2009 Brown detoured from her thrillers to write Rainwater, a much acclaimed, powerfully moving story about honor and sacrifice during the Great Depression.

Brown recently was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University. She was named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer's Association. Other awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Rana Look, February 18, 2008

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Kelly "Reviewer for The Sinfully Sensuous" (Littleton, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rana Look (Mass Market Paperback)

This is an older entertaining read from Sandra Brown. Rana Ramsey has lived what appears to be a charmed life as a model. It is revealed the difficulties she has had to go though such as being treated like a commodity, watching every once that goes into her mouth, and living as everyone expects instead of how she chooses. When Rana can't take it anymore, she leaves and relocates to Texas. She drastically changes her look by wearing baggy clothes and glasses she doesn't need.

Rana feels at home until the landlords nephew moves in to rehab an injured shoulder. Trent Gamblin feels very comfortable around Rana, and finds himself very attracted to her despite her plain looks.

This is a very typical romance, but a good, quick, light read.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Sandra Brown, January 8, 2003

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M. E. Newell (Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rana Look (Hardcover)

"The Rana Look" by Sandra Brown is one of the author's earlier Loveswept works and one her best. In 211 pages, Ms. Brown gives the reader a story that beauty is not always everything. It's a great read, but it could cost a little less.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Look beyond The Rana Look, December 16, 2002

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Desmond Chan (Bishan North Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rana Look (Hardcover)

Even glossed up and repackaged with the frills, Sandra Brown's reprint of her Loveswept classic remains a timeless simple romance of how runaway model Rana Ramsey has decided to abandon her career and seeks reclusion in a boarding house in Gavleston owned by the affectionate Ms. Ruby. Her nephew - a football quarterback - Trent Gamblin comes to retreat for a period of convalescence before embarking on a summer camp. Trent is intrigued by the prim and proper Ms. Ramsey and wonders why she is hiding behind unflattering apparel. When love strikes, he wonders whether Ms. Ramsey is really the simple girl she proclaims....

Within a laconic 200 pages, Sandra Brown weaves a textured romance with sensual sparks and wispy humour that sizzles with chemistry from Trent and Rana. Yet what makes The Rana Look exceptional is its underlying theme on beauty and inner character which makes it relevant in the times of superficial consumerism. Trent finds himself comfortable with a woman without frills; Rana learns to live for herself rather than being manipulated by her shallow mother. It is ultimately about choices and acceptance of one self.

Detractors may say it is not deeply insightful but be reminded that this is but romance. There are enlightening valuable lessons that are subtly broached in this first-rate romance which is entertaining if you skim on top of the surface; deeply moving if you discern it as more than a romance and look beyond The Rana Look.