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An Act of Love (1997)

di Nancy Thayer

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML: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 as an eBook!
 
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.
 
Includes a captivating preview of Nancy Thayer??s upcoming novel Nantucket Sisters!
 
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 g
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A 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. ( )
  wareagle78 | Feb 3, 2014 |
Novelists 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. ( )
  moonshineandrosefire | Oct 22, 2013 |
An Act of Love by Nancy Thayer
Linda 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... ( )
  jbarr5 | Mar 25, 2013 |
Linda en Owen McFarland zijn al zeven jaar gelukkig getrouwd. Ze wonen met hun twee kinderen, beiden uit een vorig huwelijk, op een prachtige afgelegen boerderij in de buurt van Boston. Plotseling doet Linda's dochter, de vijftienjarige Emily, een zelfmoordpoging. Ze kan nog maar net op tijd worden gered. Nadat ze is opgenomen in een psychiatrische inrichting, beweert Linda dat haar stiefbroer Bruce haar heeft verkracht. Bruce zweert dat hij het niet gedaan heeft. Een van hen liegt - maar wie? Het eens zo gelukkig gezin McFarland wordt verscheurd door wanhoop, twijfels en beschuldigingen. Hun leven verandert in een nachtmerrie. De verbijsterende Owen kan niet geloven dat zijn zoon Bruce tot zoiets in staat is. Linda moet haar radeloze dochter bijstaan. Owen en Linda proberen verborgen krachten in zichzelf te vinden om hun kinderen maar ook hun huwelijk te redden. Maar welke band is sterker: die tussen man en vrouw, of de band tussen ouder en kind? ( )
  tantanel | Mar 11, 2008 |
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She was aware only of murky darkness, a tilting horizon splintered with light, and then all at once Emily surfaced to air and white brilliance, her throat burning.
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML: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 as an eBook!
 
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.
 
Includes a captivating preview of Nancy Thayer??s upcoming novel Nantucket Sisters!
 
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 g

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