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Echoes of Yesterday (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)

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Memories of Yesterday
Seeing is Believing

Echoes of Yesterday (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)
Beverly Clark
Manufacturer: Genesis Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1585711314

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Memories of Yesterday.......2005-04-17

As a teenager Tammy Gibson was involved in a motorcycle accident that left her blind. Her first love, David Dixon, was the driver and his recklessness caused the accident. Fast-forward to the present, we see Tammy as an aspiring singer residing in San Francisco, California, singing on the night club circuit and also lending her services to teach at an institute for blind children. Entering into her life is former composer Sterling Phillips, who is shrouded in mystery. Is Sterling's desire to compose for Tammy out of pity? Or is his desire to mold her into an award-winning performer out of love and hope for the future? This set up is ironic because Sterling was the driver in an automobile accident, which killed his wife, left his young son blind and ended Sterling's musical career. Dealing with the guilt of this accident and a past accident, sets a chain of events in motion from which the characters may never recover.

Beverly Clark has given us some endearing characters such as Tammy's foster parents and younger brother and a humorous character in the form of her personal assistant, Mikki. Mikki is outspoken, hilarious and a true romantic at heart. Raining on everybody's parade is Sterling's son who must overcome his anger to lead a somewhat normal life, but his attitude towards his father and people in general is distracting him from the task at hand. His pleas and cries for help are heartfelt and moving.

ECHOES OF YESTERDAY by Beverly Clark showcases deceit, understanding and forgiveness but is a strenuous read because of the detailed accounts of the characters' thoughts and feelings. Detail is good but their reflections prolong the climax, which takes forever to come to fruition. However, the author does a very good job of providing the emotional and psychological aspects of blindness and how it affects families, friends and associates. In Clark's attempt to provide a scenic landscape, often told through the voice of Sterling, she also provides a lot of Northern California history, which is captivating. (RAW Rating: 3.5)

Reviewed by Dawn R. Reeves
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Seeing is Believing.......2005-03-26

Echoes of Yesterday tackles a lot in terms of plot. Let's see, there's blindness, secret admirers, car accidents, parental responsibility, anger, infidelity. And oh, let's not forget love, since this is a contemporary romance novel.

Aspiring singer Tammy Gibson became blind after a tragic motorcycle involving her boyfriend, David. They were both 15 at the time, young and in love. Yet David abandoned Tammy after learning she will never be able to see again, guilt destroying his heart and conscience.

Years later, Tammy becomes a Julliard-trained singer with a couple of unsuccessful albums to her credit and still striving for stardom. She hasn't quite hit the big time and is hoping for that great producer/songwriter that will help her gain the recognition she deserves.

In walks Sterling Phillips, a former renowned R&B songwriter with several hits under his belt. He takes a strong liking to Tammy - maybe because he's known her most of their lives. He's the David that caused her to lose her vision - with a new name - unbeknownst to Tammy. All she knows is that Sterling is the father of her blind tutee, Kevin. Kevin became sightless after Sterling was the cause of another car accident, this time involving his wife, Kayla, and Kevin. Unfortunately, Kayla was killed. Sterling carries the guilt from both around tragedies to the point where his health is endangered.

However, Tammy and Sterling manage to fall in love, with his identity unknown. With her love and support, Sterling creates new songs her, his inspiration restored after being suppressed for so long. Tammy has aroused feelings he never knew he had. Together they create beautiful music and Tammy finally gets her long-awaited shot at stardom, with buzz around her intensifying.

Yet Sterling still hasn't told her who he is, and it's only a matter of time with a snooping tabloid reporter on his trail. I'm not going to spoil the ending, but it wraps up nicely.

Author Beverly Clark did a wonderful job with the plot, but the writing was a little exasperating at times. I just felt frustrated at the questioning nature of the characters, with their innermost thoughts detailed to death. It made the story labor-intensive for me.

But Clark is a writer I would read again.

Echoes of Yesterday Elk Grove: An Inside View of Historic Sites

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A 374-page compendium presenting the history and development of the small community of Elk Grove
Great Local History Book!

Echoes of Yesterday Elk Grove: An Inside View of Historic Sites
Lance Armstrong
Manufacturer: Regent Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Preserved on the pages of this book are the histories of many people who have walked the land of Elk Grove, Sacramento County California at various times from the 1850s through some of the earliest years of the 21st century. The book was a private project by Elk Grove Citizen Lifestyle Editor Lance Armstrong, who spent more than three years collecting historical information via interviews, historical records and compiling one of Elk Grove s most extensive collections of historical photographs. The book itself includes more than 1,200 of these images. As the first book ever written entirely about the history of Elk Grove, Echoes of yesterday chronicles various sites of the area and reveals its connection to agriculture and several well-known historical places and events such as the Monterey Trail, the Bear Flag Revolt and the first county free library in California. People mentioned in the book include a Pony Express rider, survivors and rescuers of the Donner Party, and the land and title attorney of the Big Four, who engineered the building of the Central pacific railroad, the western portion of the first Transcontinental Railroad. The 38 chapters of this book include: ELk Grove High School, Amundson s Theaters, the Elk Grove Airport, Bob s Club, Foulks Ranch, Elk Grove Regional Park, the Elk Grove Cemetery and the Odd Fellows Building. Echoes of Yesterday has been described as a must have book for residents ofElk Grove and is certainly a great asset for anyone interested in reading about the Gold Rush era to modern day history is California.

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A 374-page compendium presenting the history and development of the small community of Elk Grove.......2007-04-14

"Echoes Of Yesterday": Elk Grove, An inside View Of Historic Sites" by Lance Armstrong is a 374-page compendium presenting the history and development of the small community of Elk Grove, California, beginning with the settlement of ranches and the founding of the town in 1895, and ending with a descriptive portrait of its status in 2005. Informed, informative, and profusely illustrated throughout with period photography of its people, buildings and places, "Echoes Of Yesterday" is an impressive, specialized history that will prove of particular interest to anyone who has every lived there, as well as being enthusiastically recommended for both academic and community library California History collections. "Echoes of Yesterday" would also serve as an excellent template upon which similar township histories could be written and presented.

Great Local History Book! .......2007-03-29

Author Lance Armstrong has captured the soul of our community (Elk Grove, California) with his wonderfully entertaining book "Echoes of Yesterday Elk Grove".

I have reviewed dozens of local history books from around the country in the last decade but I have found none done better than this book. It is local history but it is really about American social and cultural history and that makes good reading no matter where you live. He has created a book that even those who who do not live near Elk Grove will enjoy reading.

This book gives a slice of life that is long gone in small town America. It is well written and the old photos really capture a "Norman Rockwell like" kind of past. The people of Elk Grove finally have their history saved for feature generations.

The book is a treasure chest of information. I enjoyed it greatly and know others will as well. I give this book FIVE STARS!!!

Echoes of Yesterday, Summit County Centennial History

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Echoes of Yesterday, Summit County Centennial History
Marie Ross Peterson , and Mary M. Pearson
Manufacturer: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KJBJ6U

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Illustrated with black & white photographs. Index at end of text after page 335. Histories of Henefer, Echo, Coalville, Upton, Hoytsville, Wanship, Rockport, Peoa, Oakley, Marion, Kamas, Fracis, Park City, Snyderville.

Upstate echoes: Being an assemblage of stories about unusual people, places and events in the upstate New York of long ago and of only yesterday

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Upstate echoes: Being an assemblage of stories about unusual people, places and events in the upstate New York of long ago and of only yesterday
Arch Merrill
Manufacturer: American Book-Knickerbocker Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Echoes of Yesterday
Naomi Berger
Manufacturer: Ace Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Echoes of Yesterday

Manufacturer: Jeffrey Franz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HYL7X8

Echoes of Yesterday (Linford Romance Library)

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Echoes of Yesterday (Linford Romance Library)
Rachael Croft
Manufacturer: Ulverscroft Large Print
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Binding: Paperback

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Echoes of Yesterday (Magna Large Print General Series)

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A much better outing for the Adams

Echoes of Yesterday (Magna Large Print General Series)
Mary Jane Staples
Manufacturer: Ulverscroft Large Print
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A much better outing for the Adams.......2006-05-18

"Echoes of Yesterday" starts out in June of 1916 when Boots Adams was in France. While there he ment Cecile Lascote, but in war-time peace in short supply. After Boots is wounded and sent home, never to see Cecile again. But unknown to his Cecile has his daughter. It will be many years later until Polly Simms, a woman who is herself in love with Boots will find his daughter Eloise and bring father and daughter back together.
"Echoes of Yesterday" is the eighth book in the Adams series by Mary Jane Staples and one of its best.

Echoes of Yesterday: A History of the Deland Area Public Library, 1912-1995

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Echoes of Yesterday: A History of the Deland Area Public Library, 1912-1995
Louise Ball Caccamise
Manufacturer: Luthers
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Yesterday's Echoes (Harlequin Presents Plus, No 1774)

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From a dark past to a bright future...
No Men for Fourteen Years, Oh Good Grief!
Good but predictable

Yesterday's Echoes (Harlequin Presents Plus, No 1774)
Penny Jordan
Manufacturer: Harlequin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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From a dark past to a bright future..........2005-01-09

Back cover reads:
He Knew Her Dark Secrets...
Tragedy had befallen Rosie when she was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old, and the worst thing about the experience was being caught by Jake Lucas, who clearly thought Rosie was a tramp.
Since then Rosie had resolutely concentrated on building up a successful career and had allowed no one to guess that there was another woman behind the cheerful face she showed to the world.
But Jake had entered her life again, and he wasn't about to let her forget the past. There seemed to be no way of avoiding the inevitable confrontation. Would it shatter Rosie's life all over again?

No Men for Fourteen Years, Oh Good Grief!.......2004-04-26

Fourteen years ago, when she was sixteen, Rosie had been drugged and raped at a party by Jake Lucas's cousin. To make matters worse, Jake discovered her, clothes in disarray, his cousin standing over the bed. Then, of course, she got pregnant and lost the baby. That was Rosie's one experience with a man in all of her thirty years. So when she runs into Jake at the christening of a friend's child, she is mortified. She hates him, loathes him as he is the only man in town who knows her shame. The rapist cousin, mercifully left for Australia shortly after the incident, and in fact had been so drunk that he doesn't even remember it.

When Jake sees Rosie again all those old feelings come rushing back. He'd been in love with her back when he thought she'd preferred his cousin to him. Never had he suspected rape. However Rosie wants nothing to do with him. Then the cousin, now married, comes back from Australia with his wife and two children. He makes a pass at Rosie, Jake stops him, tells him he and Rosie are an item and before long everybody in town assumes they are getting married.

So how about it, do you think the semi-virginal Rosie will tumble for the man who has loved her all this time? All I have to say about this one is, "Oh, good grief, how could a fine writer like Penny Jordan have penned this drivel." Thank goodness I've read a lot of her very fine romances, or I'd really have to wonder about her. Only three stars and that's being generous.

Good but predictable.......2000-07-18

I thought this was a pretty good book. I am not one for Harlequin, so taking on this book was new to me. It was okai, though, and it really got to the heart of the main character's soul. A little slow, but it is worth reading a short book like that. Very relaxing still.

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