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Scarlett : The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

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I would recommend this seller to anyone who likes quality procucts without paying high prices.

I was a little reluctant to read this at first... being a big fan of the original. (hate loose ends but maybe that was what was so memorable about gone with the wind, you never knew how they'd get back together) But after a few dozen pages I was hooked, the only thing that might put you off a bit is the fact that its a different author... so of course her writing will be a little different. the story gets a little fantastic, not too fantastic.. but a little hard to believe, so if you like the down to earth stuff from the first that might get to you too. The characters are a little different in this book at some points you think... he wouldn't say that... she wouldn't do that.... but I think its good despite that.... so if you get this book keep an open mind, and I think you'll quite enjoy the story. have fun!!

I was not certain how a sequel to the glorious GONE WITH THE WIND would begin, let alone how it would end. Scarlett was not the kind of woman to wait for life to come to her or to wither into senility in a rocking chair on the grand porch of Tara. The author continues the story with an "a la Scarlett" twist, allowing the blazing-haired beauty to collect herself and seek her father's family home. As only Scarlett could, she keeps fortune on her side and her feet on the ground as tension builds in another civil conflict far from her elegant life and her beloved Tara. Will she ever find true love? (Is that ever a question for her?!) To say more would spoil the carefully considered plot. You must read it yourself to catch all the twists in the tale!

I loved GWTW for its southern setting. Ms. Ripley moves the scene of much of "Scarlett" to Ireland. While this may be an interesting book, it strikes me as more of the garden variety bodice-ripper than a decent sequel to GWTW.

Ho-hum.