Milissa R. Bailey
Autor de Gracier
Obras de Milissa R. Bailey
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Iowa, USA
- Biografía breve
- Milissa Bailey grew up among the rolling fields of rural Iowa, where she continues to live with her husband, and three children. In her debut novel she draws upon her rich knowledge of the Midwest as she welcomes us to Gracier, Iowa, a well-kept community with even better kept secrets. Readers are introduced to a cast of characters they will come to know, love and hate. Vivid descriptions, palatable anguish, forbidden romance and touches of humor lend itself to the stories weaved in this idyllic setting. The small town of Gracier holds many secrets and those who have kept the truth hidden are about to discover that not everything has been laid to rest.
Milissa, along with her husband, own a marketing firm located in Iowa. She is currently at work on the second book in the Gracier series.
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 12
- Popularidad
- #813,248
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 2
About half way through chapter two I decided I knew where this book was heading and for a long time it looked like I was right. Then there was a twist (making me only half right). For the last couple chapters there was enough occlusion for me to wonder if the book was going to stay the new course or return to the old, so in that sense it maintained enough of a mystery to keep if from being completely predictable. For the most part I really enjoyed it, but I can't say I liked all of it.
The basic premise is that Jessica returns home for her grandfather's funeral and is forced to face someone from her past that she would rather forget. It soon becomes obvious that everyone around her is hiding something and she sets out to find out what. This is all well and good, but despite the whole why of the secret being explained, I didn't buy it. It essentially comes down to a bunch of men deciding to keep some pertinent information from one woman. They do it for all the best reasons of course, but it's still far too paternalistic for my taste. I would have wanted the painful truth and would have a hard time forgiving anyone, let alone everyone important to me, hiding it from me. Who are they to decide what's best for someone else? It would be another matter if she was 12, but she's well into adulthood. Jessica also seems to have a whole sense of crisis about all of this before she has enough information to know that it should and would cause emotional upheaval. I understand that it was supposed to be Michael's presence that put her so on edge, but she seemed disproportionately wound up about the whole thing before having enough clues to put her there.
I also didn't understand Steven's change of heart. I don't want to post a spoiler so suffice it to say that after years of pining after one person he suddenly goes and changes his mind with no obvious impetus. It's great that he did, but why? I also could have done without all the God is great, blah, blah at the end. Luckily it wasn't nauseatingly overt. All-in-all, I enjoyed the read even if I couldn't comfortably put myself in the place of the main characters.… (más)