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| The Colour of Hope | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Madison
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1511353
Media: Paperback
Pages: 329
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
ISBN: 0593045890
EAN: 9780593045893
ASIN: 0593045890
Publication Date: June 1, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: ex library - good clean condition with plastic jacket
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Amazon.co.uk Review
How do you cope with the loss of a teenage daughter? When Josie Connelly is swept away during a family sailing trip off the coast of New England, her parents and younger brother must come to terms with their grief and learn to live with their guilt. With no body to bury, the desperate hope of the days and weeks immediately following the tragedy only serve to add to the family's anguish. And then, when it seems all hope is gone, The Colour of Hope charts the changing lives and relationships of the remaining members of the Connelly family. Josie's mum, Ruth, throws herself into her job at a prestigious Boston law firm where she works as a corporate lawyer. Unable to accept that she no longer has a daughter and haunted by the fact that, in the weeks before the accident, their relationship had deteriorated to a point where she had seen hatred in Josie's eyes, she refuses to mourn or let her husband or son express their despair. Inevitably, things can only get worse. Susan Madison writes of the emotions and events that befall a grieving family with immense understanding. In the face of appalling tragedy, she manages to find courage in the most unexpected places. Before you even realise it, a new kind of hope emerges. This is a book that will move any reader, and maybe offer some kind of salutary warning to all parents. Having children is a privilege beyond compare; listen to them and love them unconditionally. --Carey Green
Amazon.co.uk Review
How do you cope with the loss of a teenage daughter? When Josie Connelly is swept away during a family sailing trip off the coast of New England, her parents and younger brother must come to terms with their grief and learn to live with their guilt. With no body to bury, the desperate hope of the days and weeks immediately following the tragedy only serve to add to the family's anguish. And then, when it seems all hope is gone, The Colour of Hope charts the changing lives and relationships of the remaining members of the Connelly family. Josie's mum, Ruth, throws herself into her job at a prestigious Boston law firm where she works as a corporate lawyer. Unable to accept that she no longer has a daughter and haunted by the fact that, in the weeks before the accident, their relationship had deteriorated to a point where she had seen hatred in Josie's eyes, she refuses to mourn or let her husband or son express their despair. Inevitably, things can only get worse.Susan Madison writes of the emotions and events that befall a grieving family with immense understanding. In the face of appalling tragedy, she manages to find courage in the most unexpected places. Before you even realise it, a new kind of hope emerges. This is a book that will move any reader, and maybe offer some kind of salutary warning to all parents. Having children is a privilege beyond compare; listen to them and love them unconditionally. --Carey Green
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| Customer Reviews:
An emotional roller coaster August 8, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Susan Madison left us wondering how much heartache a family could take; just as things begin to improve, another crisis looms. You feel that it could be your family and are so thankful that it is not. Told in a similar style to Danielle Steele, but with far more depth - a real tearjerker from beginning to end.
a real tear jerker September 9, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was hard to put down like all books of its type - parents of children will live through the ever recurring nightmare of what if you lost a child (remember those of you without children we were once without children too so we know what BOTH staes are like...) The good thing about this book was that evryone in it was flawed - the odd affair here, the irrationality there - there was no heroes really except perhaps the doomed William. The teenagers preoccupation with living in Maine and the great outdoors was perhaps a bit unlikely - and their similar enchantment with a house and its fixings - hmmmm.However, couldnt put it down and hope there is more of where that all came from - not so heart-wrenching next time mebbe!
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