Stepping [Hardcover]

Nancy Thayer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 346 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (January 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385152035
• ISBN-13: 978-0385152037
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,768,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, empathetic and entertaining, June 29, 2002

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R. Tiedemann "Sunnye" (Bellevue, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stepping (Hardcover)

The role of step-parent must be a very difficult one, especially early in a new marriage, and particularly for a sensitive person.

Thayer's empathetic novel is about a woman who loves her husband very much and wants to include her new step daughters in that love.

"I think we were all stunned that first week," Thayer writes, "I certainly was. Immediately after we arrived home, Caroline fished a thick sealed envelope out of her suitcase and handed it to me, carefully, so that her fingers did not touch mine.
'This is for you,'she said, not looking me in the eyes. 'It's from my mother.'
'What in the world,' I said, and stared down at the envelope as if it were a toad. What Adelaide might want to send me was frighteningly beyond the reach of my imagination.
'It's a list of foods we like to eat,' Caroline said."

It's not world-shaking fiction, which is probably why Thayer is not a major writer. But it is timely, warm and thoughtful. It is also a good story with characters the reader enjoys. Although step-parents and step-children may gain some insights through this book, it's still entertaining reading for those not involved in a similar situation.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Nancy Thayer, August 26, 2001

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Dianne W. Crawford (Canyon Country, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stepping (Paperback)

This book is her first and I am just now finishing it. I loved it and would recommend this book to any women who is a mother, step mom or anyone that really is in tune with feelings. I have read everything else written by this author and I have always felt she should be more well known. If you are a women with lots of layers to your life you will love this book.