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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a very absorbing novel, February 25, 2000
This review is from: Until the Spring (Paperback)
Her adoptive parents toss Kate out of their home when she becomes pregnant. The father of the baby sends Kate to live at Allt Fear, a large estate in the Scottish Highlands. Kate has never experienced anything like the land, its run-down manor, and the people. Max, a modern day version of a Highlander laird, feels Kate's a pathetic nuisance. Max's mother Grannie sees Kate as an unnecessary obligation. Max's sisters (Joanne and Harriet) provide a tepid welcome to her, but make no efforts to ease Kate's adjustment to her new home. Initially, Kate felt she could never adjust to the bleak terrain and the unruly Monroes. Kate's natural warmth, her ability to handle crisis and her tenacity to keep on ticking even when failure is imminent begins to win over the locals. When a tragedy occurs, Kate becomes depressed. However, her true love is just around the corner waiting to gather the courage to claim the woman he has come to love with all his heart. Alexandra Raife is an uncanny storyteller whose tales reach out to the reader on a very deep and personal level. Her characters symbolize strength and perseverance needed to live in harmony with one's self as well as one's environment. The likable heroine comes into her own as she finds family and love. UNTIL THE SPRING is a beautiful tale about a place, a family, and especially a wonderful woman, leaving little doubt that Ms. Alexandra is on a par with the best writers of contemporary woman's fiction. Harriet Klausner
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful-if you liked Wild Highland Home, you'll like this, February 14, 2001
This review is from: Until the Spring (Paperback)
I love Alexander Raife's books. She has such a light touch with contemporary romance that it doesn't seem like you're reading a typical "romance". Some of them are so heavy-handed. In this book, the humor is subtle and the descriptions of the landscape--the Scottish highlands--are wonderful. The "plucky" heroine is atypical and very likeable. The other characters are well-written, they're human and the chronical of their ordinary day-to-day lives is absorbing. There is nice character development in here, again, subtle, but it makes for a good story. Raife weaves the stories of their lives together to a not altogether predictable ending. I liken this book to another favorite-Wild Highland Home, also by Alexander Raife.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Book, April 2, 2001
This review is from: Until the Spring (Paperback)
Forgive me for using a well-worn cliche, but this story is like a tapestry, deep, rich, intricate, and satisfying. The heroine, Kate, has such a strong and interesting character, weak and timid though she appears in the beginning. Each person she encounters is equally interesting, and as the threads of each personality intertwine and blend, all against a truly breathtaking description of the Scottish highlands, the story becomes more wonderful. This is the first Raiff book I have read, and I can't wait to start the next.
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