David Baldacci
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.98 | 21799 Users | 2451 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Wish You Well |
| ISBN: | 0446699489 (ISBN13: 9780446699488) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Virginia(United States) |
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Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes -- and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. But the forces of greed and justice are about to clash over her new home...and as their struggle is played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom, it will determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love.Be Specific About Regarding Books Wish You Well
| Title | : | Wish You Well |
| Author | : | David Baldacci |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2007 by Grand Central Publishing (first published September 30th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Rating Regarding Books Wish You Well
Ratings: 3.98 From 21799 Users | 2451 ReviewsEvaluation Regarding Books Wish You Well
This was a sweet story about a couple of kids that are given more hard knocks than they deserve. I normally dont like it when authors switch genres (see: James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell), but this was wonderful writing from Baldacci. The ending is a little sugary-sweet-fairy-tale-ish, but its forgivable.I felt a little bit of an extra connection to this story because it is set where I live. Im not quite in coal country, but Im on the cusp of it. People around here hold on to their way of lifeI've never read any other David Baldacci books, so I can't comment on how this is a departure from those plots, even though it's very obvious that it is.The story itself is well-written, with two main children characters who are forced to grow up and learn to rely on each other after they are faced with tragedy. They move from the city to a rural town in Virginia, where they first meet their Great-Grandmother, the woman responsible for raising their father.The story follows the two children, Lou
UGH! I've never read anything else by David Baldacci, so I can't compare this to his "usual" writing. What I can say is that I thought the whole book was hokey - from the annoying dialects to the improbable situations and far-fetched solutions.
Everything about this book is terrible. The writing is sloppy (once you've written 800+ books, do you get a free pass on editing?), the plot is predictable and contrived, the characters are flat, and the theme of belief in the face of despair is bludgeoned in with no finesse. Spoilers Ahead! (Kind of. This book is so predictable it'd be hard to spoil.)The whole storyline is weak, but the ending is almost fantastically ridiculous. The previously comatose mother wakes up saves the day in the
Wish You Well.This is a book that made me cry, and pulled at my heart, but at the same time made me smile and really appreciate what I have before I loose it. The emotion in this book was powerfully written and motivating. Its about an everyday family, everyday people who loose everything, but slowly learn to live in their new world and cope to the emotional turmoil that has happened upon, a young brother and sister. Im glad that I was encouraged to read this book, with this books setting being
It's sad and funny and sweet and best of all it has a happy ending.Lou and her brother Oz find themselves living with their great-grandmother in the mountains of Virginia after a deadly accident that claims the life of their father and the mind of their mother. Their grandmother Louisa is everything you would want in a grandma and Lou and Oz thrive. There are good neighbors and evil men and a country lawyer that is a saint. It's Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables but was a great read that left
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