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Flint Journal

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“Delinsky is an engaging writer who knows how to interweave several stories about complex relationships and keep her books interesting to the end. Her special talent for description gives the reader almost virtual references to the surroundings she creates.”

Newark Star Ledger

portraying

“Delinsky’s prose is spare, controlled and poignant as she evokes the simplicity and joys of small-town life.”

Publishers Weekly

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“Delinsky steers clear of treacle…with simple prose and a deliberate avoidance of happily-ever-after clichés.”

People

female

“Delinsky should touch even the most jaded of readers.”

Chattanooga Times

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“Delinsky creates…a remarkably beautiful story.”

Baton Rough Advocate

Books by Barbara Delinsky

FICTION

An Accidental Woman

The Carpenter’s Lady

Coast Road

Fast Courting

Finger Prints

For My Daughters

Gemstone

An Irresistible Impulse

Lake News

Moment to Moment

More Than Friends

Passion and Illusion

Rekindled

Search for a New Dawn

Sensuous Burgundy

Shades of Grace

Suddenly

Sweet Ember

Three Wishes

A Time to Love

Together Alone

Variation on a Theme

The Vineyard

The Woman Next Door

A Woman Betrayed

A Woman’s Place

Within Reach

NONFICTION

Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of
Breast Cancer Survivors

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

WITHIN REACH.
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