By: Marisa de los Santos Publisher: Plume Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Plume Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 320 Publication Date: November 28, 2006
Product Description: When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town, Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at the café, and the two women form an improbable friendship that carries them through the unpredictable currents of love and life.
Love Walked In, the first novel by award-winning poet Marisa de los Santos, is bursting with keen insight and beautifully rendered prose. Invoking classic movies to illuminate the mystery and wonder of love in all its permutations, Love Walked In is an uplifting debut that marks the entrance of an enchanting literary voice. BACKCOVER: “Love indeed walks in, and with it, a breath of fresh air.” —Marie Claire
“This is a book that will be passed from friend to friend with the words, ‘You have to read this.’” —Richmond Times Dispatch
“Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos, is the kind of book that makes you want to hunker down on a chilly day in a comfy chair and read straight through ’til dark. . . .This [is a] poignant, heart-tugging story about a single woman and a little girl who develop an unlikely bond.” —The Washington Post Book World
“A bewitching, warmhearted grown-up fairy tale about old movies, charming princes, and finding happily ever after in the place where you’d least expect it.” —Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, and Little Earthquakes
“Marisa de los Santos’s funny and beautifully written love story is as luminous as the silver screen.” —Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief
“A touching, triumphant story of the power and variety and responsibility of love. A joy to read, filled with characters you wish you knew in real life. Love Walked In is every bit as engaging as the classic movies Marisa de los Santos lovingly invokes.” —Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
“Exquisite and stylish, Love Walked In proves that love in all of its forms—romantic, friendship, familial—is all around us.” —Sarah Jessica Parker
Remarkable Debut Novel This is a charming yet dramatic and heart-wrenching story about the transformative power of love.
It is remarkable that Marisa de los Santos, an award winning poet,somehow manages to make "Love Walked In" both old fashioned and hip.
This book can be summed up in one word: BORING!
I have struggled through 200 pages and I am just going to call it.
Time of death 4:28PM.
I can NOT finish this book.
Delightful! Marisa de los Santos is an exceptional writer. Her style captivated me from page one. A great story. Wonderful.
I hate this book! I wanted to like this book so badly...I read the first 120 pages or so, and couldn't stop reading, but I soon became disgusted. The story is so far-fetched that its predictable, if that makes any sense. Every time I thought to myself: "There's no way something ridiculous like that is going to happen!" it did...I wish that I had the ability to stop reading a book, but I just can't. I have about 70 pages left, and I'm hoping that I will be pleasantly surprised, but I won't count on that. I do think, however, that this would translate better to the silver screen. It seems that is already in the works.
The Stepford Characters I really can't believe that so many people like this book. I found so many things annoying about it, that it's hard to know where to begin. The fact that everyone is not just beautiful, but movie star beautiful, was a big turnoff. I mean come on, someone in this book had to look average. The narrator insisted on reminding the reader over and over that she was just a tiny little wisp of a woman, with a breathtaking face. All the characters were not just amazing looking they were also wealthy and brilliant. The narrator was so smart she felt it necessary to tell the not so bright (or probably pretty or rich) reader what we were thinking all the time. And last, but clearly not the least, was the 11 year old savant, who wrote and illustrated a fairytale, and had the wisdom of someone 5 times her age. If you want a true fairytale read this book, this is not real life. Oh yeah, who thinks that two adult children whose mother leaves their family home, full of priceless antiques, to a neighbor might be angry? I do, but not the characters in this book, they understand.
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