Almost Paradise - Susan Isaacs

Almost Paradise

By Susan Isaacs

  • Release Date: 2009-10-13
  • Genre: Romantic Suspense
Score: 4
4
From 41 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From bestselling author Susan Isaacs comes a rich family saga about marriage, wealth, and celebrity in the midst of personal tragedy—and about the ties that bind us together and the missed opportunities that tear us apart.

Nick is stunningly handsome, the blue-eyed scion of a blue-blood New York family. Rich, talented, confident he will become the world's most famous movie star. Jane is delightfully funny, a dark-skinned, dark-haired, half-Jewish, half-German daughter of the Midwest. Smart, gifted, loving, she will become famous in her own right as well.

From the time they first meet in their Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. course at Brown University, it's love at first sight. Coming together from two very different worlds, they will cast off adversity and disapproval to forge a life filled with work, love, and children.

But fame and success come at a high price—their marriage. Just when it seems the promise of their love might be renewed, an accident leaves Jane hovering between life and death. Now, it's not only their union that might not survive, but Jane, too...

Almost Paradise is vintage Susan Isaacs, a witty, poignant, and engrossing tale of a man, a woman, and a passion wondrous, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.

Reviews

  • Not worth the money

    2
    By ladybug 5252
    Poor character development, wordy, boring
  • Almost Paradise-disappointing

    2
    By Acwas98
    I was very disappointed in this book. I have read 2 of her other books and really liked her lighthearted whit. This book was very hard to get through and I almost quit reading it several times but kept on thinking it would get better. There was a lot of unnecessary and very graphic sex scenes that did nothing for the story but cheapen it. I would not recommend this book due to that. It was also way too long and could have been a better story if she had cut out all the unnecessary stuff. Disappointing
  • Almost Paradise

    5
    By Lj1127
    I first read this book during one boring summer of my maybe 15th... 16th year of life??. Stuck at my gramma's house for a few days, I picked up this book to see if it was any good... Saw how thick it was and considered putting it back down.... How GLAD I was that I decided to give it a few quick pages worth of reading to see if it was anything that might just interest me enough to pass the time!!!! Wow! This book is amazing. I didn't put it down until I had read the entire book. Seriously... I read it through every meal, in the bathroom, and in bed. ... Here I am, 21 years later, reading it again on my ipad. I am a runner, and guess what I've been doing a LOT less of these past few days??. I need to hurry up and finish this book!! Again!!! ;) I love, love, LOVE this book.

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