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Whistle Stopper - Hard Times
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List Price: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Spinsters Ink Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781883523909
ISBN: 1883523907
Label: Spinsters Ink Books
Manufacturer: Spinsters Ink Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 301
Publication Date: 2007-11-12
Publisher: Spinsters Ink Books
Studio: Spinsters Ink Books
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Comment: Cooper deftly avoids the cheesiness associated with "women in prison" stories with believable characters and a storyline that easily hooks the reader. It was a quick read with the satisfaction of justice and a happy ending, without schmaltz. I've come to have lower expectations of small press titles, because it often seems apparent why they would have been rejected as large press offerings, but that's not the case here. This was my first Blayne Cooper book, but it won't be my last.
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Summary: Thank you for a new setting
Comment: A very good read and the setting was a wonderful change of pace. A friend of mine works for the CDC and has done interviews with federal women prisoners and thought the "family" relationships and black market were point on. I liked the time spent on developing the characters and the twists and turns in the plot. One of the other reviewers mentioned that this novel was more "grittier" than the authors past novels, I liked that aspect and hope the author keeps it up in future books. I only have one caveat about the book; I was bothered slightly by two people with zero successful relationship experience making such giant leaps of maturity. All other aspects of the book were grounded in reality while the emotional quotient slipped by (duh, it is a romance novel).
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Summary: Unforgettable Characters
Comment: Just a few days back, or were they hours only, I was exchanging a few lines with a very talented British author about how hard is to leave some characters behind because readers as well as writers end being fond of them and wishing that their stories would continue for more than a while. This is what a book deserves when it's so well written as "Hard Times". There's no need to write about the plot as other Blayne Cooper's readers have done so. You know... a women's correctional known as Blue Ridge. A few prisoners that happen to live there more than they could dream of and a newcomer that makes their lives a bit different than used to be before she arrived to the facility.
But this is more than that, much more. If you happen to have watched "Bad Girls", the British tv series you might know what I'm talking about. Mainly the first four seasons. Relationships that imply power, love, hate, winners, losers, lovers, drug addicts, alcoholics, killers, victims, rapists, maniacs, loving mothers, lunatics,... well. You name them, you have them. But not all at once. Well told, with a plot in it, a good structure and with a great sense of characters' builder. Characters do talk too, you know? Well, at the beginning I said that there are always some of them that I want to stay longer. Lorna Malachi and Kellie Holloway make no exception to me. I love them already. Right now I have no idea whom I would take home because they are full of life, desire and even love.
To be honest, I don't really know the importance of having an editor. Apparently, it is vital in some cases for the book's sake. Blayne Cooper has had another great talented author as Katherine V. Forrest is as her editor this time. So, there it is. If you had any doubt in the beginning about "Hard Times" and "another prison story". Forget that, will you? Thanks.
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Summary: Wonderful read
Comment: I love Blayne cooper writing very much.especially Madam president and The first
lady.This book has a very unique topic.It's take
place in a prison.It's very strong and beautiful.The character are awesome.
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Summary: Gotta Love a Lesbian Prison Romance
Comment: I enjoyed watching Prisoners of Cell Block H when I was a pre-teen. Not knowing any other lesbians, the thought of going to prison to meet some or be in an all women environment seemed like a harmless daydream. While it wasn't a very well thought out fantasy at 11, it got me through some isolation and teenage angst. I have a developed a fondness for the prison genre. The gals on H were nowhere near as exciting or out as those in Hard Times. Breaking down the walls between the main characters was done well and over time. This romance wasn't an easy read at times due to some of the violence but it was well written and enjoyable, which is a given with Blayne Cooper.
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Years ago, Lorna Malachi, a frightened teenager, was plunged into a nightmare called Blue Ridge Women's Correctional Facility. Terrified and desperate to belong, she sold her soul one piece at a time. She survived to sit atop the ever-shifting trash heap of prison society.
Lorna has learned the hard way not to trust anyone, particularly penal system virgins like Kellie Holloway, her unrepentant new cellmate. But Kellie's pride and cluelessness guarantee that without help, she won't last long.
Together, Kellie and Lorna navigate through an oppressive, hidden world where the lines between right and wrong blur, sexual passion is forbidden but explosive, and love is the biggest risk of all.
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