Introduction
Behind the Book
About the Author
Barbara Taylor Bradford is a best selling English novelist. For more details about the author please visit www.barbarataylorbradford.com
'Me' thinks
Relationships
are a very integral part of our lives as wherever we go we form new
relationships. Our lives are really incomplete without them. In this book the
author has beautifully displayed myriad forms of human relationships like
parents, friends, lovers, grandparents, colleagues etc. Through her eloquent
writing she has added a mystic charm which these special things truly deserve.
Behind the Book
ISBN:
0-385-49275-8
Publishers:
Double Day
Year of Publication:
2000
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About the Author
Barbara Taylor Bradford is a best selling English novelist. For more details about the author please visit www.barbarataylorbradford.com
'Me' thinks
Where you
belong is the story of Valentine Denning, a war photographer based in Paris.
She comes across as a beautiful woman, seeking love and acceptance from each
one around her. Each one of us has some
amount of Valentine in us – confused about our identity, looking for a sense of
belonging, finding love and feeling hurt and let down by some of our loved
ones.
The language
and flow of the story is very easy and unpretentious. The foreword by the
author states how she had to change the narrator’s angle in the story to that
of Valentine when she was almost in the middle of the story. And her thought is
actually praiseworthy. This story has been told as if Valentine herself is
narrating and this is where the beauty lies.
You feel the emotions she goes
through very well as if she was a sitting in front of us and narrating it.
Author’s superb writing skills manage to bring out the beauty of human emotions
very well. Lies, deceit, betrayal, friendship, love and care are some of the
emotions you might come across is this journey of Valentine. The author manages
to do complete justice to each one of them by showing them in a newer light. As
you accompany Valentine on a journey where she rediscovers her true self you
realize how complex we seem to make our life for ourselves.
We tend to
take most of things in our life for granted specially our relationships and
never realize the true value of them till we have lost them. We keep on looking for love all around the
world only to conclude it was very much there all around from the very
beginning. Reading this book might make you question your own sense of
belonging and could also be the reason for you to embark on a journey of self
discovery.
This book is
considered to be one of the master pieces crafted by Barbara Taylor Bradford
and I completely second that view as it is a must read for each one of us to
recognize the love we are surrounded with.
Foodie Verdict
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This book is like a sundae
ice cream - nutty in one bite, chocolaty in other. Full of surprises in each
bite (Read : Page!!)
This book review was published in Kaleidoscope Magazine's June 2012 issue.
This book review was published in Kaleidoscope Magazine's June 2012 issue.