Blessings: Summary and book reviews of Blessings by Anna Quindlen, plus links to an excerpt from Blessings and a biography of Anna Quindlen.

Media Reviews

St Louis Post-Dispatch [A] richly imagined novel of the transforming power of love.   The Miami Herald A polished gem of a novel...lovingly crafted, beautifully written.   Kirkus Reviews ....soap-opera-parable with old-fashioned contrivances: comfortable, not Quindlen's best.   Library Journal Quindlen's talent for realistic dialog can't overcome the melodramatic plot and one-dimensional characters.   Booklist - Donna Seaman Quindlen's lush descriptions of the splendor of the Blessing estate stand in evocative contrast to the rigidity of the upper-class mores that destroyed Lydia's and her brother's lives. Skip, too, is a victim of circumstances, but in spite of the injustices he's suffered, he is goodness incarnate and ultimately inspires all of Quindlen's compelling characters to embrace, not count, their blessings.   Publishers Weekly While it skirts sentimentality by a hairbreadth, the narrative is old-fashioned in a positive way, telling a dramatic story through characters who develop and change, and testifying to the triumph of human decency when love is permitted to grow and flourish.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by cupcakes27
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Although this book brought out love, care and generosity in a person you wouldn't look at twice, I found that the way Anna went from past to present confused the story and made it hard to follow on. I rate this book 3 stars because I have read...   Read More

Review (not rated) by Whitney
Blessings
The plot of Anna Quindlen's novel Blessings is constructed on the same model as E.T.: adorable orphaned creature is found by unlikely caregiver who against his or her better judgment falls in love with the little beast, while all the while, the...   Read More

Rated of 5 by nessa
horrible
Before I brought this book, I read the back of the book thinking that it would be a great read. I was wrong. If you take out all the blabbling and off topic sentences, you probably would only get a 50 page book instead of a 200 page book. it was...   Read More

Rated of 5 by dhhs student
It was a good book! A little confusing though. So many characters to remember! But none the less, It was deffinately worth reading!!
ENJOY!!

**DHHS FOOTBALL TIGERS #1 IN CT...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Trish
I think she is a great writer. And its a gift to be able to go from the past to the present. Not so many authors can do that, yes, it may be confusing, but think about it, Even if you had to reread a paragraph every once in a while, you still got...   Read More

Rated of 5 by S.L.B.
Let's see...I may be the only odd person out because I gave this book just a 3,this was a good book,good storyline and interesting and quirky characters,but what was confusing was the way this writer went back and forth to the past and present....   Read More

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