"A heartfelt tale"
Joelle's best friend Mara Summers suffers a brain
damaging aneurysm while giving birth. Joelle helps Mara's
spouse Liam cope but soon falls in love with him. One
night they lose control and make love. To her shock, after
failing to become pregnant with her former husband who has
since sired a baby with another woman, Joelle is expecting. Liam remains divided between his love for Mara and
feelings of guilt for his love for Joelle. Also feeling
culpability, Joelle turns to ailing healer Carlynn, who
once saved her life when she was stillborn and apparently
dead at birth, to help Mara. Carlynn realizes she must
heal Joelle and Liam, which will help Mara more than any
miracle she might perform. As she nears death, Carlynn
reveals to Joelle a secret shared by her spouse and the
widow of her twin sister so that the latter might find a
happy medium within this bizarre triangle. Diane Chamberlain provides fans of relationship dramas
with an interesting tale starring a strong ensemble that
will remind the audience of the works of Barbara Delinsky
and Belva Plain. The story line floats back forth between
the present and the past, but never anchors the reader to
either era. Still the characters are a powerful fully
developed group whose struggles for love and happiness turn
CYPRESS POINT into a pleasant tale that readers will
appreciate. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 6, 2002
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