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I pictured Jack Lyons as a mix between Gerard Butler and Ron Livingston.

4.5/5⭐️ I really enjoy what I call “quiet reads” like this. A very good story that filled me with dread, shock, and anger.

How I‘m picturing Muire Boland (Rhona Mitra who played in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Sonja)

I found this book super intriguing and kept wanting to know more… however, the ending felt super rushed and flat to me… for such a strong book it had a weak ending in my opinion.

I wasn‘t looking forward to this book at all as the cover and the blurb were meh. However, it was a quick, compelling and sad book. The ending was a bit abrupt.

My mother-in-law asked me to read this book because she didn‘t like the ending & wanted someone to discuss it with. Just finished it & I definitely agree. I‘m left with a feeling of abruptness almost like the author rushed to end the novel with this conclusion rather than giving us a finite ending to close the book with. I saw where the story was going from the beginning but it seems unbelievable and abrupt with the information we are given.

Just a meh kind of book. I didn‘t find it particularly gripping. I will say that I thought it was building toward a big annoying twist.. which didn‘t happen.. which I think is a good thing because it would have been a big 🙄🙄🙄, but it was just kind of boring instead.

"you finished the book in one day, could we please go to sleep now?"
This is what Litsy has encouraged me to do ~ read other genres, which for today allowed me to escape and discover a new author and story. ✈️

Volunteered at my local library book sale but had to borrow $$ from my son to buy some books. He ended up with more than me. 😎 While waiting for customers I read the first 66 pages of The Pilot's Wife. I anticipate finishing it this weekend. What might you choose from this stack?

Intriguing! Definitely keeps you wanting to know more. Good story line.

Holy cow! I wasn't sure how I felt at first but then I became so completely obsessed! I couldn't believe the twists that came about and the way she wrote it.. absolutely AMAZING!

I absolutely love to hate this book. The story was very sad to me, and it never really seemed to pick up.

Interesting commentary on relationships and how well can you ever really know someone.

My first Anita Shreve. With iced coffee and lemon tart.

Good

Picked this book because it had the seal of approval for the divine Miss O... It wasn't bad, but not what I was expecting from an Oprah pick. I'll have to look up the discussion questions perhaps, to see what the fuss was about.

I was on vacation this week so a little out of touch. And perhaps a bit late on this news. Being from Maine, I really enjoyed Anita Shreve‘s novels over the years. I didn‘t realize she had been ill. Sad news indeed.

What a loss of a great author. Anita Shreve.

RIP Anita Shreve ♥

So sad to hear of Anita Shreve's passing 😭

A sad day for the book world. 😔😢

Devastated to hear that #AnitaShreve has passed away. A magnificent storyteller and an even better person. #RIP, Anita. "To leave, after all, was not the same as being left." -- Anita Shreve

It was very okay. It was fine... nothing awful, nothing great. I wanted to care about the characters more. Just... okay.

"Odd, she thought, how intensely you knew a person, or thought you did, when you were in love - soaked, drenched in love - only to discover later that perhaps you didn't know that person quite as well as you had imagined. Or weren't quite as well know as you had hoped to be."

"She wanted the man from the union to turn around and tell her that he had made a mistake: He'd gotten the plane wrong; she was the wrong wife; it hadn't happened the way he said it had. She could almost feel the joy of that."

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This one took off from my active TBR shelf and crash landed in my TBR-IT shelf ('To Be Read In Theory'). I'm not 100% sure why this happens. Any Anita Shreve fans who would argue this should be a higher priority?
#bigjetplane #tuneintonovember @Robothugs @Cinfhen

I read this many years ago. An American woman's husband dies while piloting a plane in Ireland. She discovers he has an entirely different life in Ireland and is involved with the IRA. Belfast plays a small part in the story. #belfastchild #junetunz

Have you ever found your name as a character in a book? I came close with Julia Hull (minor character) in The Pilot's Wife. Which was far better than googling my name and finding this photo 😳

Keep going. Keep swimming. Most of all, keep your head up.

I remember asking my Nan if I could read this. I think I was 10. Definitely my first 'adult' novel. I also remember my pop-pop nodding his consent as well. Good times. #funfridayphoto