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The main character, Jewel, has returned home to her small town, having inherited a cozy little house from her late aunt. Jewel has a teenaged son and is caring for Michael, her beloved and very ill friend. The three of them move in, placing Jewel in the middle of her big Italian family, and within hate-glaring range of her still-angry, estranged father. This story explores how she fits back in, how her son develops, how Michael does over time, and the budding relationship between Jewel and Micha...
Contemporary Romance Something MissingI really like Barbara O'Neal's writing style, no matter which of her pseudonyms she is using. There is a lush sensuality about her writing, whether the topic is Romance or Foodie Fiction.But in this story, I never quite connected, thus the three star rating. The story felt a little dated too.The story has a couple of intimate scenes and a few bad words, to the best of my recollection.
This is the first book I've read in longer than I can remember that made tears just stream down my cheeks. But mixed with the sadness was so much joy. Barbara Samuels writes about family, food, love, motherhood, and the joys and sorrows of balancing all the roles that come with being a woman with wit, tenderness, and shattering honesty. The genuineness of the writing and the universal truths that this book explores lift it far above your average "women's fiction" novel. I never once felt like my...
Cried like a babyI never cry over books. This one got to me. It is so sensitively written, so absolutely real. Dealing with someone you love dying in front of your eyes is never easy. It's excruciating! So well written here. I am absolutely a fan of Barbara O'Neal.
I really like this author but I didn’t really care for this book
Sumptuous, poignant, deeply fulfilling.I can't imagine how anyone who reads one of Barbara Samuel/O'Neal's women's fiction stories can avoid food references in their reviews. I'm not even going to try.If you're up for wallowing in a miracle of a story, told, full-out, by a gifted, seasoned author at the peak of her powers, you'll want to read No Place Like Home.This is a hot fudge sundae of a story. Familiar flavors in surprising combination, cold and hot in juxtaposition, sinfully rich butterfa...
This is my 12th story by Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal and it was an emotional ride. I thought it was simply going to be a CR, but my bad. I should have known better. Do we ever become too old not to be considered someone's child ? In a word, no.No Place Like Home was first published in 2002 and if I had read it back then, I would have given it a solid five stars. In a way, it reminded me of some of Theresa Weir's older romances mixed with Kristan Higgins' stories concerning family
If one does not wish to receive raised eyebrows (but no verbal comments, that would be unseemly) when one is riding on the Central Line on the London Underground, then one should NOT read the ending of a Barbara Samuel novel. For one will have tears streaming down one's cheeks at the heartfelt emotion, gorgeous language, and sense of joyful yet painful catharsis. Trust me, I know.
Barbara Samuel has a unique talent for atmospheric storytelling and I immensely enjoyed this tale of sisterhood, family, friendship and love. This is the story of Jewel Sabatino, who after suddenly inheriting her aunt Sylvia’s farm in her hometown in Colorado decides it’s time to return with her seventeen year old son, Chase, and her best friend, Michael, who is terminally ill. The women in her family, her three sisters, her Mother, her grandmother; all welcome her with open arms, except for her...
NO PLACE LIKE HOMEBarbara SamuelsThis is an oldie but goodie that I have recommended many times in fact I even recommended it to a script writer friend because I thought it would be a great movie. I hoped he could work with Ms Samuels on a screen play, but Im sorry to say it never happened.This is the story of a woman who has been estranged from her family who comes home with her son and gay best friend. The novel takes place in my home town and I know the restaurant and the characters in the bo...
Excellent! Couldn't put it down. Barbara sucks you into her characters and her description of the countryside makes you want to be there. The sex scenes are magic and her relationship with her son and best friend brought me to tears.
A Piece of Heaven and No place Like Home are so similar in format, locale and characters that reading two books back to back by Barbara O’Neal is not recommended. That being said, I was still teary at the end. What I love is the Colorado setting, fun food references and engaging characters. What I could do without were the snarky Barbie and Madonna sprites whispering in the main characters ear, commenting on her life decisions. I never thought I’d be a women’s fiction or romance reader, but here...
I thought this was a really good book. At first, I did reluctantly start it because it was written in first person...but it works really well for the book (much better, imo, than third person would've). It's a great little slice-of-life story of Jewel, a forty-year-old woman coming back home, after over two decades away, and dealing with not only the impending death of her friend, Michael, but also being once again immersed into the friends and family of a small town.My favourite little touches
My first time to read a Barbara Samuel book and it did no disappoint. Love of family, enduring friendship, old-fashioned romance. This made me cry.
