Sunset in St. Tropez

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In her 55th bestselling novel, Danielle Steel explores the seasons of an extraordinary friendship, weaving the story of three couples, lifelong friends, for whom a month’s holiday in St. Tropez becomes a summer of change, revelation, secrets, surprises, and new beginnings . . .

As Diana Morrison laid the table for six at her elegant Central Park apartment, there was no warning of what was to come. Spending New Year’s Eve together was a sacred tradition for Diana, her husband of thirty-two years, Eric, and their best friends, Pascale and John Donnally and Anne and Robert Smith. The future looked rosy as the long-time friends sipped champagne and talked of renting a villa together in the South of France the following summer. But life had other plans . . .

Just two weeks after New Year’s, tragedy strikes the heart of their close circle, as Robert Smith suffers a sudden, unexpected loss. Without hesitation, Diana and Eric, Pascale and John rally to his side, united in their support, love, and shared grief. Convinced that a change of scenery is just what Robert needs, they urge him to join them on the Riviera in August. But as they soon discover, the ramshackle old mansion they rented in St. Tropez--sight unseen--is far different from the exquisite villa and sun-drenched gardens touted in the brochure. Cobwebs hang from the ceiling. Beds collapse beneath them. All while a would-be housekeeper in a leopard-skin bikini and six-inch heels sashays through the house with a trio of yapping poodles at her heels. But the biggest surprise of all is the woman Robert invites to the villa as his guest--a lovely, much-younger film actress with mile-long legs and a million-dollar smile. Diana and Pascale hate her on sight. But the men are dazzled. And amid the crumbling furniture and the glorious sunsets, the strained relationships and the acts of forgiveness, more surprises are in store for the villa’s occupants. With the last days of summer fast approaching, each couple finds themselves changing in unexpected ways, as old wounds are healed, new love discovered, and miracles unfold...all beneath the dazzling sun of St. Tropez.

By turns wise and moving, heartbreaking and wickedly funny, Danielle Steel’s new novel is about forgiving without forgetting, about the sorrow that shadows our lives and the hope that saves us. And it is about once-in-a-lifetime friendships . . .the kind that heal, sustain, and change us forever.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Intended order: Audio book.......2007-09-23

I may be mistaken but my order was for an Audio book with the same title.

Solid Story - Good Entertainment.......2007-07-25

I don't know what some of the people reviewing this book are hoping for here - Chaucer? Danielle Steel provides in this book a good storyline and some believable and very entertaining characters. I listened to the audiobook version (unabridged) and loved it. It is good entertainment while driving, and it's one I own and listen to over and over again. As far as light literature goes, Ms. Steel delivers.

Pleasurable punctual read.......2007-04-27

I agree that the book is rather truncated. It was definitely a delight to read though. Agathe is priceless!!!

Sad, but Funny.......2007-04-05

Get ready to be entertained by this sad, but funny story of 3 couples who set out to vacation in their dream house, only to find out it's not so dreamy after all.

AWESOME BOOK, SAD AND ENTERTAINING AT THE SAMETIME.......2007-02-02

This book is so amazing. It's funny and sad all at the sametime. Danielle Steel worte another amazing book. 3 couples(all best friends in their 60's) plan a great vacation on New Year's Eve in St. Tropez. The sadest part after all that planning the next day a great friend had died of a heartattack and died. So, after a year of her death the 5 friends set out to what they thought was a dream house which turned out to be an old brochure of what the house used to look like. HAHA.BAD. The house they thought was so perfect was a run-down house that hadn't been cleaned or lived in for a very long time!haha. But the funniest pasrt was the house "MAID" she dressed like she was still living in the 80's. After a month of staying in St. Tropez, Robert(the guy who's wife died) found out one of his friends was friends with famous actors and actresses. He then found his next fling. A stunning actress.

This book is heartbreaking and fascinating through the whole book. You will cry but its all worth it in

Sunset In St. Tropez - Large Print Edition

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Sunset In St. Tropez - Large Print Edition
Danielle Steel
Manufacturer: Bookspan
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Danielle Steel 23 Book Set (Summers End, Full Circle, Sunset in St. Tropez, Crossings, Now and Forever, The Promise, The Klone and I, Irresistible Forces, To Love Again, Loving, The House on Hope Street, The Kiss, Bittersweet, A Perfect Stranger, Malice, Lighting, Secrets, No Greater Love, The Wedding, The Ghost, Vanished, Fine Things, Jewels.)

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Danielle Steel 23 Book Set (Summers End, Full Circle, Sunset in St. Tropez, Crossings, Now and Forever, The Promise, The Klone and I, Irresistible Forces, To Love Again, Loving, The House on Hope Street, The Kiss, Bittersweet, A Perfect Stranger, Malice, Lighting, Secrets, No Greater Love, The Wedding, The Ghost, Vanished, Fine Things, Jewels.)
Danielle Steel
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ASIN: B000T93S2E

Danielle Steel Collection II (Sunset in St. Tropez, The House on Hope Street, Granny Dan, The Gift)

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Danielle Steel Collection II (Sunset in St. Tropez, The House on Hope Street, Granny Dan, The Gift)
Danielle Steel
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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SET OF SEVEN COMPLETE NOVELS: by Author Danielle Steel - / Sunset in St. Tropez / Jewels / The Long Road Home / No Greater Love / Full Circle / The Ring / Wanderlust / - [MASS MARKET PAPERBACK]

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SET OF SEVEN COMPLETE NOVELS: by Author Danielle Steel - / Sunset in St. Tropez / Jewels / The Long Road Home / No Greater Love / Full Circle / The Ring / Wanderlust / - [MASS MARKET PAPERBACK]
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Sunset in St. Tropez

Manufacturer: Books on Tape
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Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0736687041

Vacaciones en saint tropez/Sunset in St. Tropez

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Vacaciones en saint tropez/Sunset in St. Tropez

Manufacturer: Random House Mondadori
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Vanished; Lightning; Bittersweet; The Wedding; Sunset In St. Tropez

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Vanished; Lightning; Bittersweet; The Wedding; Sunset In St. Tropez
Danielle Steel
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: B000LM5SHW

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Five Audio Cassette Books. Vanished; Lightning; Bittersweet; The Wedding; Sunset In St. Tropez.

Naplemente Saint tropez-ban - Danielle Steel in Hungarian ( Sunset in St. Tropez )

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Naplemente Saint tropez-ban - Danielle Steel in Hungarian ( Sunset in St. Tropez )
Danielle Steel
Manufacturer: Maecenas
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 9632030699

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Despite her disguise as Silver Jones, tavern maid, Lady Selena Hardwich-Jones was captured by bounty hunters combing the Georgia cost for the runaway with hair pale as spun silver and eyes like soft brown velvet. Forced onto a ship headed for her home in the West Indies, Silver vowed to make her break for freedom. But in the vessel's brash owner she found a will to match her own. Major Morgan Trask was determined to deliver his lovely human cargo safely to the aristocrat he had long admired.

Was the ship's dashing captain Silver's stern captor--or her gallant protector? Tormented by doubts, tantalized by desire, Silver's emotions were in turmoil. For a secret shame kept her from telling Morgan. Trask the real reason for her flight, all the while fearing--and yearning --to trust him.

As they sailed into treacherous waters, their very lives in peril, Silver and Morgan could no longer deny their hunger for each other ... as they surrendered to a passion that burned hotter than the Savannah heat.

Customer Reviews:

Great Read!.......2007-10-09

I love her books. They catch and keep your interest all the way through. Some things are predictable, but what do you expect from Romance Novels.

Definitely worth reading, and try her other stuff too!

Action filled.......2000-01-05

Despite her disguise as Silver Jones, tavern maid, Lady Selena Hardwick-jones was captured by bounty hunters combing the Georgia coast for the runaway with hair pale as spun silver and eyes like soft brown velvet. Forced into a ship headed for her home in the West Indies, Silver vowed to make her break for freedom. But in the vessel's brash owner she found a will to match her own. Major Morgan Trask was determined to deliver his lovely human cargo safely to the aristocrat he had long admired..

Was The ship's dashing captain Silver's stern captor - or her gallant protector? Tormented by doubts, tantalized by desire, Silver's emoions were in turmoil. For a secret shame kept her from telling Morgan's Trask the real reason for her flight, all the while fearing -and yearning- to trust him. (this text refers to the books back cover)

This book is quite cleverly written and packed with action. This is my first book from Kat Martina and I am sure it won't be the last. Silver is a feisty heroine, full of spunk and vitality and Morgan is a gentle man until angered but he never resorts to violence towards her. I also liked the way Silver's secret is only revealed much later in the novel, leaving us readers wondering what terrible thing had happened to her to make her act so. Definitly a winner and i will include Ms MArtin as another of my favorite authors.

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Savannah Heat
Kat Martin
Manufacturer: Dell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VO0K28

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Savannah Heat (Book Club Edition)

Manufacturer: Dell Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000CED0WY

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BOOK CLUB EDITION0440208041 When Lady Selena Hardwick-Jones runs away from her West Indies home, she disguises herself and takes a job as a tavern maid. But her disguise does not fool her father's ally, the dashing Major Morgain Trask. Unaware of the real reason she ran away, Morgan is determined to return the silver-haired beauty safely back home. But she does not go without resistance. Though their conflict continues aboard his ship, Selena and Morgan cannot deny the mutual attraction they feel for one another. And, as they sail into treacherous waters, their very lives in peril, they surrender to a desire as intense as the Savannah heat.

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SAVANNAH HEAT
KAT MARTIN
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RLLHHC

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To lose your memory once may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose it twice looks like carelessness. The Doctor's not himself. He's not quite sure who he is, but he's definitely not himself. It doesn't help that he's forgotten quite why he came to the colony world of Espero in the first place, but he's sure it was something important. Whatever the reason, he's not the planet's only visitor. Before long, he's engaged in the search for a time-bomb - a time-bomb that could have consequences not only for Espero, but for the Doctor himself - and his missing past.

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Still Life.......2004-12-29

HALFLIFE didn't have to do a lot to impress me. Coming after the "Alternative Universe / Causality Is Falling Apart / Sabbath's Employers Are Really Dull" arc, all HALFLIFE had to do was show up, being vaguely enjoyable, and it would automatically rise above the average and set itself up as the bold look forward.

I did, in fact, find HALFLIFE enjoyable, although I couldn't describe it as much more than mediocre. It does a lot of nice things, but it doesn't have enough of a wallop for them to be really effective. The book is successful when concentrating on the characters (I particularly enjoyed following Trix's story), but less so when forced along by its (merely adequate) plot.

For example, take the setting that we have. It's actually quite good and an effective use of world-building. I was really interested in this planet and enjoyed the first half of the book more than the second because that was the portion where much of the exploration and explanation took place. Yet, it doesn't quite ring totally true. In a nice touch, the population is made up entirely of non-white human colonists (despite the freedom that the novels allow, we still usually end up with planets populated by four to six British character actors). But somehow their society's ruling structure is based on Northern European fairy-tales (we have the evil, scheming Queen; the old, sick, kindly King; the dopey, "bad" Prince; etc).

There's a lot of other stuff that almost works, but just stops short of being really effective. Take the book's characters. When they're introduced, they're thinking, living creatures who you could imagine having lives of their own. Yet once the story gets going, they become more generic. In fact, in the later stages, I was having trouble keeping two characters separated in my mind despite the fact that in the beginning they had vastly different characteristics.

And as for the amnesia stuff that appears here again... Why is it I feel that I have more confidence in the amnesia idea than the editorial staff does? I mean, honestly, it's not that big of a deal. The Doctor's lost some -- but not all -- of his memory. This prevents him from spouting random continuity references every few paragraphs. Fine. Great. Must we keep going on defending it? If it's going to be resolved, can we get on with resolving it? If it's going to be the current state of affairs, can we not just treat it as the current state of affairs and continue forward? We aren't exploring this situation or learning more about it or doing new fascinating things with it, we're just rehashing it over and over again. Granted, Michalowski tries to make something interesting out of it, but it's an uphill fight. Moving into what seems like Year Twenty-Seven of this story element, I just can't imagine there are too many people left in the readership who even care at this point. I know I don't.

Despite my whines, this is still a decent story told simply and well. It's not the greatest book we've seen in this line, but it's head and shoulders above most of the previous story-arc. Its characters at least start off competently, and while the story may seem predictable at times, I found it absorbing the whole way through. If this is the Grand Future (at least until that Grand Future is bulldozed by the Second Rising of the New Series), then I'm warming to it. But, guys, no more amnesia waffling, okay?

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Peace Prayers is a compilation of prayers, reflections, affirmations, poems, and quotes on peace. From ancient Rome to modern Vietnam, from Africa to Australia, the writers, thinkers, poets, politicians, religious figures, and even warriors collected here all express the urgent need for a true and lasting peace that only can come from a just and cooperative world community.

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MORE NECESSARY TODAY THAN WHEN FIRST COLLECTED AND PUBLISHED.......2007-04-09

I only find the excellent photo on the cover, seen here, and no others. I do find a comprehensive collection worldwide of religious and political statements in support of peace, following the definition of war.

We find here the bloody General Sherman"s complete statement of war as hell, Mark Twain"s posthumously published ironic War Prayer, though not in its entirety, Ben Franklin declaring there has never been a bad peace nor a good war, Dwight Eisenhower"s statements, although I could not find Washington"s similar Farewell Address warning against the machinations of the arms manufactories and urging peace with all nations and peoples.

We also find nearly every Catholic saint and scholar, beginning with all relevant quotes of Jesus, particularly from The Gospel of Luke. We read the very ancient former soldier Saint Martin of Tours declaring that as he is a Christian soldier he cannot fight. Of course we read the prayer ascribed to Saint Francis of Assissi but also interesting statements by several other saints, including Saint Catherine of Sienna and Saint Teresa of Avila. We also read from other world religions, including of course the Buddhist admired by Father Thomas Merton, but also compelling quotes from the Koran.

In short, this book which, although the photo appears to be of coffee table book size, actually fits into any adequate jacket pocket, provides a rich buffet feeding contemplation of the need and necessity of peace. The several quotes alone from Mother Theresa and Archbishop Oscar Romero provide ample nourishment for any prayer meeting for peace, as our Lord commands. Blessed are the Peacemakers. Peace on Earth. I would have sought more words from Pope John XXIII, etc. but let us be grateful for the comprehensive text of peace which we here find so inexpensively, yet of such great value.

Read it and carry it with you always. Share it with those you most love and inoffensively with those who offend you as an act of pardoning in line with the Lord"s Prayer and the quote from the Koran bidding peace to those who insult us. Normally such quotes removed from context are questionable, but here they are well selected and arranged and often quite lengthy, prepared by the Harper editorial staff in shocked response to the beginning Iraqi war over fifteen years ago and which still grinds on.

We cannot afford not to read this book, as a species, as a nation, as families, as individuals in need of peace and of salvation. Most touching here are the powerful words of the late great Etty Hillesum, who said on the way to Auschwitz that even this forced removal to certain cruel death cannot reach within her and disturb her solid centering in peace and in life.

Like a breath of fresh air.......2006-11-10

The photos in this book of wisdom are ethereal. Short but poignant meanings of peace are accompanied by photo collages to soothe the soul. If everyone read just one page of this book each day, world peace might be possible.

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Deep Fry Cookery

Deep Fry Cookery
Mable Hoffman , Brenda Jackson , and Ronald L. McDonald
Manufacturer: HP Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0895861526

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Enjoy the old-fashioned goodness and flavor of deep-fried foods. Mable Hoffman gives you the pleasure of cooking and serving more than 200 tasty recipes in her exciting Deep-Fry Cookery (originally published as Mini Deep-Fry Cookery). Easy recipes for crunchy vegetables, tasty appetizers, nourishing meats, perfect poultry, seafood and pastries. Enjoy sensational doughnuts fresh from your own kitchen...plus many other golden goodies. Complete instructions tell you everything you need to know about deep frying.

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too old.......2007-07-17

Written in 1970's it's really too old to apply to todays lifestyles and trends on fry cookery but it does have some classics. Glad I bought it used-but shipping was more than the price!

Deep Fry Cookery.......2007-01-03

You can't go wrong with a Mable Hoffman cookbook in your cookbook library.

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Deep Fry
Sunil Vijayakar
Manufacturer: Lorenz Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0754811298

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Delightful book opens with an introduction to deep-frying with advice on which oils to use, recipes for basic batters and tips for using deep-fat fryers and general kitchen safety.

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Mable Hoffman's Mini deep-fry cookery
Mable Hoffman
Manufacturer: H.P. Books
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Mable Hoffmann's Mini Deep-Fry Cookery
Mabel Hoffman
Manufacturer: HP Books
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ASIN: B000UUEQ2I

Mini Deep-Fry Cookery, 216 recipes from Appetizers to Main Dishes to Desserts & Doughnuts

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Mini Deep-Fry Cookery, 216 recipes from Appetizers to Main Dishes to Desserts & Doughnuts
Mable Hoffman
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DEEP FRY COOKERY

Manufacturer: California: Hbbooks, 1981
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Deep Fry Cookery
Hoffman Mable
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Pict. Price Guide to American Antiques 05-06: And Objects Made For The American Market 2005-2006 (Pictorial Price Guide to American Antiques and Objects Made for the American Market)
Dorothy Hammond
Manufacturer: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C
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Now in its twenty-fourth edition, The Pictorial Price Guide to American Antiques showcases a selection of approximately 4,000 individual objects in full color, sold recently in the United States at auction. The objects included date from the seventeenth century to the mid-1950's, and range from the relatively common to the rare, from

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More than ever before, interior design is a global affair. And more than ever, Westerners are eager to try out elements of Asian design. This book is the ultimate resource for professional and amateur designers seeking to recreate the mysterious elegance, balance, and beauty of Asian design. Through the magic of Masano Kawana's beautiful full-color photography, New Asian Style explores more than 30 stunning contemporary houses and homes from Singapore, all of which stand as examples of decorating and style that transcend their Eastern origins. In an effort to help designers pick up Asian ideas for their own settings, Jane Marsden's essays examine what elements make Asian style and how they might be captured in new settings anywhere in the world.

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New Asian Style.......2007-01-16

I found this book disappointing, but then again, I was looking for Asian design ideas for my home. This book focuses on more on tropical outdoor living, and if I wanted ideas for patios, spa areas or pools, I think there are much better books to be found.

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This isn't Cynthia Lennon's first book about her legendary ex-husband. A Twist of Lennon--a slim volume that John tried to suppress on grounds of libel--came out in 1978. But now, 25 years after his death, she finally feels ready to tell the "full and truthful story" of their life together. Why? In his foreword, son Julian writes of their being "dismissed or at best treated as insignificant bit players" in the story of John's life; it's Cynthia's goal, with John, to set the record straight. She does make a case for being more than just "the impressionable young girl who fell for him, then trapped him into marriage," and it's moving to read, in his own words, of John's love for his son. And while there's nothing new in her account of the Fab Four's rise to fame, as the greatest success story of the rock era, it's a legend that bears retelling. But most salient of all are Cynthia's sketches of pain, regret, and intimidation. John was indeed a brilliant, loving man, but he was also "passionately jealous," "verbally cutting," sometimes abusive, and often neglectful. (It is hinted that his behavior may have paralleled that of the woman who raised him, his Aunt Mimi.) Unfortunately, Cynthia's "response to John's provocative and cruel behavior was to stick by him more solidly than ever...[feeling] that if he could trust me and believe that I loved him he might soften."

It's not this dysfunction, however, but rather John's use of LSD, on which she blames the emotional "chasm" that led to the failure of their marriage. And though the Lennons' divorce comes relatively late in the book, the pages that follow are by far the saddest, as they chronicle John's increasing distance from and neglect of his former family--especially Julian, who would only see his father three times after he moved to New York in 1971. It's no surprise that Cynthia lays much of the blame for this at the feet of Yoko Ono, who is described as controlling and insensitive, especially in the wake of John's murder. But even though there's a lot of bitterness and resentment in these pages, it's not overwhelming, being offset by Cynthia's fierce love for her son and her continuing affection for her ex-husband. A full picture of John Lennon's life will never exist as long as Ono judges herself unable to write about their time together, but John goes a long way toward improving the situation. --Benjamin Lukoff

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The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage

When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon, John’s first wife, was an integral part of the swirl of events that are now an indelible part of the history of rock and roll.

In John, Cynthia recalls those times with the loving honesty of an insider, offering new and fascinating insights into the life of John Lennon and the early days of the Beatles. And with the perspective only years can provide she also tells the compelling story of her marriage to a man who was to become a music legend, a cultural hero and a defining figure of the twentieth century.

Cynthia has seldom talked in any detail about her marriage and the painful events that followed John’s tragic assassination in 1980. Now she candidly reveals the good and the bad, the loving and the cruel sides of John. She tells of the breakdown of their marriage and the beginning of his relationship with Yoko Ono in more detail than has ever been disclosed before and documents the difficulties estrangement from John—and his subsequent death—brought for herself and their son, Julian.

In John, Cynthia Lennon has created a vivid portrait of the 1960s, the Beatles and the man she never stopped loving.

The time has come when I feel ready to tell the truth about John and me, our years together and the years since his death. There is so much that I have never said, so many incidents I have never spoken of and so many feelings I have never expressed: great love on one hand; pain, torment and humiliation on the other. Only I know what really happened between us, why we stayed together, why we parted and the price I have paid for being John’s wife.

I want to tell the real story of the real John—the infuriating, lovable, sometimes cruel, funny, talented and needy man who made such an impact on the world. — From the Introduction

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable Read.......2007-10-07

This accounting rings of a genuine attempt to be truthful and honest. Hasn't everyone spoken with a close friend or relative, who recounts stories of their estranged spouse or relative and sometimes tend to embellish the stories in their favor? It`s human nature, and that may be the case in some instances throughout this book, but it appears Cynthia Lennon is attempting to be honest to the public and honest with herself. As a Beatle fan, many of the stories were familiar, but with more detail. From time to time, Cynthia comments in a way to give John and Yoko the benefit of the doubt and even tries to show Yoko respect. Most of the time, I felt I was reading Cynthia's honest opinion and honest recounting of how things really played out.

An example of hearsay or conjecture is Cynthia's telling of John's purchasing of Aunt Mimi's house back in the 60s with the intention of it passing down to John's two half sisters. Apparently, after Mimi's death (she survived John) Yoko sold it immediately and the two half-sisters received nothing. Nobody really will ever know John's intention concerning that if it was not directly expressed in his Will.

One thing is painfully obvious. John Lennon neglected the relationship with his first-born son, and one cannot help to put some of the blame on Yoko Ono. During the 70's and until his untimely death in 1980, he saw Julian only a handful of times. John Lennon may have been a musical genius, but by the end of this book, I could not help but think he was one major hypocrite. Everyone is human, and you really never know until you walk a mile in another man's shoes, but it just smacks of John Lennon being a terrible father and Yoko Ono being selfish.

I thought it might be a good idea to search Amazon and see if Yoko had written a tell-all biography. It just may be that she will never be able to escape the "witch" label she has been given, but I noted that of much of her written stuff, she had little to no customer reviews. Could it be nobody cares what she has to say? Of her CD's, the reviews stretch the gamut from great to downright awful.

Nevertheless, this book is easy reading and as a fan, I gobbled up much of it. I believe Cynthia Lennon truly believes it was a blessing and a curse to be associated with the Lennon name.

Great read!.......2007-09-22

There are plenty of great descriptions of this book below. I just want to add that I loved it and would recommend it. I practically devoured this book.

Great book for Beatle-lovers.......2007-09-12

At the end of this book, Cynthia Lennon says that if she had known all that would have transpired between her and John, she would have turned and walked away the first time she met him. What a sad sad commentary on the life she had with him. I read "A Twist of Lennon" 20-plus years ago and it was interesting to see the same events replayed, with far less humor (I missed that humor!) but also with many new details inserted -- like the relationship with John's sisters or the fact that John had hit her once. And I learned alot what happened after she divorced John and he shamefully left her with very little money. But the two villians here are Yoko Ono and Auntie Mimi. I give Cynthia credit for trying to be even-handed about John, mentioning the good and the bad, and as Cynthia is now on her fourth marriage, I hope she's learned to pick the right guy now.

Terribly Revealing, Sad.......2007-08-14

It truly upsets me that I was able to read the entire Beatles Anthology book (all those hundreds of pages) and have no idea what John had put Cynthia and Julian through during the years of his first marriage. I think what bothers me most is not his behavior - which was despicable, selfish and COWARDLY by any standard of human decency - but moreso the success that he and Yoko had in covering up what had been done to Cynthia and Julian. Theirs was an effort to literally rewrite history as if the two had never existed and, tragically, they were nearly successful. If not for Julian's musical success, you have to wonder if we'd still be in the dark (and I say that as someone who never even heard about Cynthia's 1978 book despite being a huge Beatles fan growing up).

There is so much to be disgusted by here - the way John disrespected and humiliated a woman who had been loyal and true to him, while never having the guts to actually voice his doubts or true feelings to her face. The way he abandoned his son for large stretches at a time, simultaneously telling us all to welcome peace and love into our hearts. Perhaps what is most despicable is the way he tried to frame Cynthia in a ridiculous adultery plot in order to take her son from her and deny her much-deserved alimony payments. That is so profoundly hypocritical and cancerous given his behavior with other women throughout the marriage that it makes you wonder if he was indeed mentally ill as some have suggested. Either that, or Yoko was indeed an absolute master manipulator who preyed on his weaknesses with precision.

Marriages are tough, and to me, this is a great book for any man to read who struggles with commitment and coming to terms with himself when faced with true intimacy in a first marriage. Lennon gives us a textbook example of how NOT to conduct oneself in such a situation - how to repress feelings, deny reality, and hurt those who love you the most.

The real tragedy is that he threw away a woman who recognized his flaws and was still ready to stand by him, a woman that by most accounts made him a stronger, happier, saner person during her time with him. And of course the woman who gave him a beautiful son who idolized him, the son she birthed and raised on her own, never with so much as a thank you from John.

Tragic. And all the more unsettling because it does not diminish Lennon's music or his public message. There WAS great wisdom there. What a shame that the man himself could not enjoy more of its fruits during his time on this earth. He has, ultimately, only himself to blame, despite his troubled upbringing.

A Very Nice Biography.......2007-08-11

This book by Cynthia Lennon touched me deeply. She is so honest in this book that it is sometimes heartbreaking.
I have read I, Me, Mine by George Harrison and was extremely disappointed.
This book at least gives quite a bit of information about John's early life, Beatlemania years and his final years. It also discusses, openly and honestly, his relationship with his son, Julian. It is very well written by a woman that truly loved her husband. Way to go, Cynthia.

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