An Act of Love: A Novel
Written by Nancy Thayer
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
4/5
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About this audiobook
A happy family is forced to confront a shocking secret with the power to pull them apart in this riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Now available for the first time in audio!
In their modest farmhouse in rural New England, Owen and Linda McFarland feel that they’ve found a little slice of heaven. Both previously divorced, they now have a second chance at a happy home with his son, Bruce, and her daughter, Emily. While the transition wasn’t easy, Linda and Owen hope the newly blended family has put their troubles behind them.
But they are mistaken. Bruce, seventeen, and Emily, fifteen, are enrolled together in an elite Massachusetts boarding school when bright, extroverted Emily attempts suicide, shocking the entire family. In recovery at the hospital, she makes a horrifying accusation that threatens to destroy the idyllic life Linda and Owen have worked so hard to build. With illusions laid bare, loyalties are tested and a family must learn to start anew.
Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer
“The queen of beach books.”—The Star-Ledger
“Thayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.”—Elin Hilderbrand
“Thayer’s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.”—Houston Chronicle
“One of my favorite writers.”—Susan Wiggs
“Thayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.”—The Miami Herald
“Thayer’s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.”—Dorothea Benton Frank
Nancy Thayer
Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Girls of Summer, Let It Snow, Surfside Sisters, A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, and Island Girls. Born in Kansas, Thayer has been a resident of Nantucket for thirty-five years, where she currently lives with her husband, Charley, and a precocious rescue cat named Callie.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s great and heart breaking at the same time despite the fact that I had to skim quickly through some chapters
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I do not think this is the entire book! Why?
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Where’s the rest of the book? It just ended abruptly. Found it on Audible with 7 hours more to go.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Book is great, but it abruptly ended after Emily said Bruce did it. Other reviews seem to show there is more to the book where is it? I want to see how they overcome.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A quick read, but a facinating one. Thayer takes us into the hearts of a woman and her daughter as their family is torn apart by rape. Thayer's recreation of the accounts was dramatic and vivid, and the victim's anguish and contradictory feelings well explored.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Novelists Owen and Linda McFarland have been married for seven years. During that time, they have been incredibly happy together and have worked hard to make their blended family feel loved. Living on their beautiful little Massachusetts farm, Owen's son Bruce has grown into a handsome high school senior with a girlfriend he's absolutely crazy about. Linda's daughter Emily, a sophomore, has come to love her new family. Both children are in a private boarding school that they enjoy.They used to be such a happy family. Then her daughter accused his son...of rape. Shortly before Thanksgiving, Emily attempts suicide. Confined to the psychiatric ward of a private hospital, a sullen, angry Emily claims that in late summer, Bruce raped her. Bruce swears that the assault never happened. Who is lying? Who is telling the truth? There is no way to prove either child's statement. Finding out the truth may tear apart a lifetime of illusions, and a marriage. But Owen and Linda must believe their children and change their entire lives accordingly.I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a truly engrossing story and was my absolute favorite book of the month. I give the book an A+! and will definitely put it on my 'Keeper Shelf' to read again at some point.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Act of Love by Nancy ThayerLinda and Owen were married and each write books. They live in a farmhouse.His son Bruce and her daughter Emily both attend the boarding school.Emily woke up in the ER all kinds of things attached to her body and as they removed them she tried to run away.Her parents are summoned and they try to find out why Emily attempted to kill herself.Very deep analysis of what had happened to put her in the condtion they found her. Lots of medical help available and authorities are in this book, lots of research done!Story follows what happened to Emily and how the adults listen to one another and figure things out.Vivid violent talks of his son raping her several times is a bit heartbreaking to read about.Love hearing how they each overcame the problems...