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MEG ELLIOTT GARBER

A middle-aged woman, Grace, marriage secure and happy, nest empty. A young man, Ben, 20 years younger, single, a thoughtful stranger. These are the characters who meet as paramedics on a small town ambulance, are drawn to each other, and finally grow to love each other during A Season of Delight. Joanne Greenberg has masterfully created these real people along with a host of secondary characters to play out this complicated portrayal of emotions. A Season of Delight is neither a garish, contrived plot of illicit love nor a simplistic, unrealistic romance. It is a thoughtful narrative of a woman given to self reflection….

The book is excellent, but I cannot imagine a teenager having much in it to personally identify with. Its possible value on an adolescent's reading list might be the insight it could provide into the emotions and experiences of one's mother.

Meg Elliott Garber, in a review of "A Season...

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1. Introduction
2. George E. Gravel
3. Time
4. The Times Literary Supplement
5. R. V. Cassill
6. Haskel Frankel
7. The Times Literary Supplement
8. Brigid Brophy
9. Joyce Carol Oates
10. Roger Sale
11. Victor Howes
12. KARY K. WOLFE and GARY K. WOLFE
13. James R. Frakes
14. Paul Gray
15. Hilma Wolitzer
16. GERRY McBROOM
17. Sanford Pinsker
18. Ruth R. Wisse
19. Norma B. Williamson
20. Meg Elliott Garber
21. Robert C. Small
22. Susan Dooley
23. Gregory Maguire
24. Copyright