The Matchmaker : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from nyiper

In typical, I guess, Hilderbrand style, this was a very long CD --- good, yes, but just maybe a little more stretched out than necessary? I'm torn because perhaps if I had been on a system where the reader speed could have been adjusted, I might have given this five stars.

from Susan.Macura

This is a tearjerker on many levels. Dabney, a native of Nantucket, loses her high school love of her life because she refuses to leave the island, except for critical events like going to Harvard. Along the way she has a child, meets a Harvard professor who marries her and adopts this daughter. ...

from julyso

Dabney Kimball Beech is a lady who has it all. She has the perfect life on the island of Nantucket, a famous and wealthy husband, a terrific daughter, and a great job with the Chamber of Commerce. Dabney also has a special gift...she is a gifted matchmaker with an excellent track record. Her life...

from bachaney

I love Elin Hilderbrand books. They are fast, fun, "beach" reads. Like most confections, you enjoy them as you consume them, then don't remember them much once they are gone. The Matchmaker was more substantial than many of her other books, with some heavier than normal topics. Although the norma...

from Okies

I enjoyed this heaps. An interwoven past and present story of lives interwoven, chiefly Dabney, Agnes, Box and Clendenin. There were moments I was utterly absorbed, the situations and sentiments were so involving and touched on my life. There is a phrase used, "a generous spirit" - in relation to...