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The Awakening 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Pocket Catalog: Book Release date: 1991-04-30 Media: Mass Market Paperback Number of pages: 352 Ean: 9780671743789 Book Isbn: 0671743783  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Amanda Caulden led a sheltered life on her father's California ranch -- until the day Hank Montgomery stormed into town. A hot-blooded union organizer with a taste for ladies and fine champagne, he sensed the fire that smoldered beneath her prim, virtuous beauty...and he vowed to make her his. Hank's assault on her orderly life made Amanda furious -- and all the more enticing. Slowly, he drew her into a world of sensuous pleasure: sumptuous meals and moonlit dances, carefree laughter and stolen kisses...gently stirring the sleeping embers of passion. But even as a fierce love rose between them, violent rebellion threatened to destroy the Caulden ranch -- and their lives!
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 Written on July 4, 2004 Summary: A most marvelous awakening Amanda Caulden has lived a sheltered and privileged life on the hop ranch belonging to her father. At 14 a tutor, Taylor Driscoll was brought in by her father to educate her and to tame her. Now at 22, Taylor has become her fiance and he rules her World with an iron rod. He sets her schedule for each day and she must adhere to the schedule which even includes how many minutes she can spend in the bathroom, what she must eat and what she must wear. She knows no different other than her orderly life and until the arrival of Dr Hank Montgmoery, an economics professor and union organizer. Hank Montgmomery has been requested by the government to surveille the conditons of the workers of Caulden Ranch. Prior to the hop picking season, Hank is invited by Amanda's father to stay on their ranch and Amanda is allocated the task to keep him entertained by going to museums and lectures. Hank is not the stuffy professor that Amanda expected but a handsome young man that likes fast cars, women and the good life but he is also concerned about the welfare of the poor workers who have a tough life. Slowly Hank awakens Amanda to a life of other than books and lectures. He takes her dancing, to restaurants, moonlight trysts and the movie theatre. Later he also opens her eyes up to the plight of the poor migrant workers. They both fall for each other but can Hank persuade Amanda away from her safe orderly life in the arms of her cold tutor and fiance, Taylor? This was such a wonderful book. Hank was so charming and such a gentleman, as with many of Jude Deveraux's heros. It was funny to read Amanda keeping to her strict schedule and then breaking free from it. The love story was beautiful as you could see both protagonists trying hard not to fall for each other but they cannot prevent the inevitable. A thoroughly good read indeed. I'll have to search for more Jude Deveraux books I have yet to read. Lealing Written on June 10, 2004 Summary: Great Romance The Awakening is my second-favorite Jude Devereaux novel (after The Princess). Smart, touching and very funny characters in a quasi-`The Taming of the Shrew' story. But Amanda Caulden is no shrew, just impossibly isolated and ignorant of the outside world. Leave it to a Montgomery man to shake up her world and wake her up. Great Reading.  Written on October 5, 2001 Summary: Lovely book. I indeed like most of Jude Deveraux books. And this one is like most of them. They are joyable to read and keep one in nice world while reading it. Written on May 2, 2001 Summary: Great writing, even if it was a bit heavy-handed I enjoyed this book mostly for Ms. Deveraux's writing style. The setting was wonderful and I thought the story was well-paced. The characters were well-developed. I suppose the one aspect that kept getting under my skin was the whole labor vs. owner saga. I thought it was a bit heavy-handed. Written on September 24, 2000 Summary: Like a fine wine, it got better with time! I love all of Jude Deveraux's work, and _The Awakening_ was no exception. I was at first a little dissapointed with the begining though. Amanda is really too stiff, and Hank was not sympathetic enough. He just automatically put her in the catagorie of a prig who couldn't feel anything. Amanda took a little too long to wake up and see the world. She's run raged by her fiance, yet she still clings to the notion that she loves him. This was very exasperating to read about. Both characters were being strange and stubborn. It was like they were both looking at their lives through a screne door. They could see part of it, but most of it was shady. But, towards the second half of the book, the door opened, and _The Awakening_ became wonderful. Amanda became more of a real character, and Hank acted with much more compassion then he origionally showed. His way of courting Amanda was knee weakening. Jude Deveraux has a gift with words. She makes all of her books come alive! I loved the time change. I've never really encountered books that took place in the early nineteen hundreds, and it works really well. The setting of a California hop ranch was delightful, and Jude Deveraux's research efforts shine as this book is rich with detail about the hop riots that happened around that time. I enjoyed reading about the trails of the workers, however, it was very heartbreaking. Jude Deveraux captured the essence of the hop fields, and her book made me want to research it more. Although _The Awakening_ started strangly and it was rather annoying in the begining, grit your teeth and get past the first couple chapters. From then on, the story picks up steam, and you will get involved in the characters' plots and lives. This book is definitely worth your time. I'd recomend it to anyone. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1991-04-30 | 1991-04-30 | 1991-03-15 | 1991-04-30 | 1994-01-01 | 1995-12-01 |
| Media | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 352 | 336 | 320 | 320 | 384 | 384 |
| Ean | 9780671743789 | 9780671743802 | 9780671743857 | 9780671743819 | 9780671744588 | 9780671744625 |
| Book Isbn | 0671743783 | 0671743805 | 0671743856 | 0671743813 | 0671744585 | 0671744623 |
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