Silversword [Mass Market Paperback]

Phyllis A. Whitney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 12, 1987

The last time Caroline Kirby saw handsome David Reed, she was only a child, back in the exotic days on Maui, where she lived with her parents before they were killed in a terrible accident. But she has never forgotten his voice, his eyes, or his kindness. Now, an adult, recently divorced, Caroline discovers her life has been built on deception, and to find the truth she must return to Maui -- and to the man she has never gotten out of her mind . . .

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Caroline Kirby, raised by her grandmother in San Francisco, returns after an aimless life and a divorce, to her childhood home in Hawaii, seeking the truth about her father's death. She finds that her mother, Noelle, is alive but trapped in the past by a mind unwilling to confront her part in her husband's death. Caroline's grandmother and aunt are willing to live with Noelle's amnesia, but Caroline is not, feeling her mother is being cheated of a real life. She pressures Noelle to remember. Meanwhile, Caroline is learning that her father was not a paragon, and this makes it easier for her to resist her ex-husband (who is very like her father) and reach out for love and a fuller life in her new home, Hawaii. This is better than the usual Whitney. Literary Guild featured alternate; Doubleday Book Club main selection. Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Coll. Lib., Davenport, Ia.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap

The last time Caroline Kirby saw handsome David Reed, she was only a child, back in the exotic days on Maui, where she lived with her parents before they were killed in a terrible accident. But she has never forgotten his voice, his eyes, or his kindness. Now, an adult, recently divorced, Caroline discovers her life has been built on deception, and to find the truth she must return to Maui -- and to the man she has never gotten out of her mind . . .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books; First Thus edition (December 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449212785
• ISBN-13: 978-0449212783
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book- - - highly recommended to any mystery lover, September 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Silversword (Mass Market Paperback)

Caroline Kirby had a normal life until an accident caused her to have to move away from Maui. Now as a young woman she has gone through a divorce and is coming home to Maui to find out what really happened the day of the accident and to find a friend she adored as a child.

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, January 6, 2012

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This review is from: Silversword (Hardcover)

I loved Phyllis Whitney books as a child and was excited to read her adult fiction. I read Golden Unicorn first which started out very slow, but then the excitement grew once you got through the first part of the book. When I started to read Silversword, it started out slowly as well. The more I read, the more similarities I found with The Golden Unicorn. A young woman searching for herself and her parents, one parent survives, one is dead. Someone tries to hit her with a car, a storm comes in, everyone is hiding a secret from her, etc. This happens in both books. At some points it seemed like it was the same story, but with different characters and setting. That was the part that disappointed me. Both books are exciting on their own, but I don't recommend reading them back to back as they are too similar.