The Locket Rating :
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #330371 in Books
- Published on: 2000-01-01
- Released on: 2000-01-01
- Original language:
English - Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.24" h x
1.18" w x
4.76" l,
.71 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 448 pages
Product Description
After the death of his mother, Michael Keddington finds employment at the Arcadia nursing home where he befriends Esther, a reclusive but beautiful elderly woman who lives in mourning for her youth and lost love.
Michael faces his own challenges when he loses his greatest love, Faye. When Michael is falsely accused of abusing one of the Arcadia's residents, he learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness from Ester -- and her gift to him of a locket, once symbolic of one person's missed opportuninites, becomes another's second chance.
Richard Paul Evans, author of the beloved #1 bestselling classic The Christmas Box, begins a wonderful new series with this stunning New York Times bestseller -- a bittersweet reminder of life's most precious gifts....
Customer Reviews
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Generations apart -- but each learns from the other.
By Carole Imes
How refreshing to read a book that has an inspirational message plus contains no graphic sex or "4 letter words," yet at the same time, a believable story that is not contrived...a rarity these days!! I enjoyed the thought-provoking excerpts from Esther's diary at the beginning of each chapter--a clever touch by Evans. The flow is good and his descriptions of the characters and scenes breathe with reality. A few times, however, he overdoes the character descriptions with a string of trite adjectives. This is a poignant, touching tale that has a little bit of everything and will appeal to males as well as females. I found it difficult to put down once I got into the story. Keep up the quality writing, Richard Paul Evans!
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful.The critics really cannot stand this guy...
By E. A Solinas
90% of the time, when critics REALLY hate a book or movie, it's good. Richard Paul Evans, who has never pretended that he is the next Tolstoy, pens an excellent novel that tugs at the heartstrings, with traditional values and characters. (So they can't stand him. His success speaks otherwise about his skills)
Departing from the Christmas Box trilogy, Evans has clearly altered his style a bit in "Locket." The dialogue flows a bit more easily, and the descriptions are more thorough. The main character, Michael, is an impoverished young man whose mother has just died, and who figures that it's just a matter of time until his wealthy, beautiful girlfriend Faye dumps him like a ton of bricks. Her father, additionally, is opposed to her marrying anything other than a guy with five limos and an army of servants in their lush mansion.
So Michael takes a job at a local nursing home, and befriends an elderly lady named Esther, who lives half in her tragic past, longing for a man she "let get away." Esther's journey is tangled with Michael's, especially when he is accused of beating an old man to death and risks losing Faye.
Michael is... well, indescribable. He's perfect without being annoying, because he had to suffer to gain it. Faye manages to rise above being just another rich girlfriend, by informing her boyfriend just what she wants out of her life. Esther is almost beyond human, like someone who has one foot in heaven already.
There are hints of violence, though none is actually shown, and pretty much no profanity in this. There is an attempted seduction, but the gal doesn't get past Michael's shirt. This book is proof positive that gratuitous crud to appeal to the lowest denominator does not need to be inserted for it to be a wonderful piece of work. No sex, no crudity, just a wonderful romance.
Though there are peculiar situations (two old woman in wheelchairs duking it out) Evans never plays senility or old people for laughs, but rather with regret that they can be treated callously.
The courtroom scenes in an Evans novel gave me pause, as it didn't seem much like "his thing," but he pulled it off in rare style, very realistically. The scene where Michael stands outside and learns to forgive is one of the most beautiful things I've read in modern fiction.
As soon as I can, I'm buying "Carousel," to hear more about Michael and Faye...
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.Wonderful, Endearing Book
By Andrea
I absolutely loved this book. I loved Michael. I loved the person he was, the way he took care of his mother, and his romantic relationship with Faye. I also loved Esther, but her situation was so sad. I kept asking her "Why did you allow that to happen?" But she was determined that the same thing did not happen to Michael and Faye. This book is touching and sentimental. One of Richard Paul's best books.
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