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Title: Blessings

Author: Belva Plain

Narrator: Pamela Klein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From growing up as a child of impoverished Holocaust survivors to discovering the glittering, exclusive world of America's Jewish aristocracy, Jennie had learned how important family and heritage could be. Now she had to discover the values that went deeper still...and the ties that entwine the heart with the richest love of all.

Members Reviews:

Blessings Book Club

After a few starts and stops, I finally gave my full attention to Anna Quindlen's Blessings and was determined to finish. Although the beginning failed to hook me, once I reached the meat of the story, there was no turning back. A story of an elderly woman, a convicted felon, and an aspiring young doctor whose lives all come together as a result of the unexpected appearance of a child.

The setting of the novel, Blessings, a rural family retreat, is not only idyllic in location, but also a domicile of familial dysfunction, both past and present. Through careful unveiling, Quindlen highlights the tragedy associated with truths withheld over generations.

What was refreshing was the life, revitalization, and perspective of the female protagonist, Lydia. While philosophizing about life itself, she explains the tragedy of young death, the shock of middle-age death, and the inevitability of elderly death, how herstory, in essence, revolves around the loss of others. In addition, kudos to Quindlen for allowing the younger male and female in the novel to have meaningful interaction without the presence of romance.

For the purposes of book club, a picnic lunch near a creek much like Lydia shared with Benny and Sunny as adolescents complete with bacon sandwiches, peanut butter cookies, and a big Ball jar of lemonade may be the perfect conversation starter.

Blessings is a gem.

This is a story of family secrets, lost loves, traditions, formalities, broken hearts and finding forgiveness if only in oneself.

Beautifully told, impossible to put down.

Magic of snooping through grandmaâs attic

This was a lovely book. I loved Mrs. Blessings and Skip. I loved the dreaminess of the plot & wished the fairytale would turn into reality. But it gave me increased respect for the author when reality checked in.

Great book..

Well.... as always I love Ms. Quindlen's writing style. Blessings was a great read, I found myself thinking about the characters when I was not reading, wondering what was next for them. When I read Ms. Quindlen's books I feel like I have been visiting with new friends. Reading is so important to me, it has always been my ME Time, so if I am reading a book I make sure it's worth my time.

The characters are well drawn and no happy, happy endings

So well written (as usual for Anna), this is a look at a poor small town with an idyllic estate on the edge. Here resides a cranky old women alone in the huge house, a gardener-groundskeeper above the garage and a weird Korean housekeeper. A baby is left on the doorstep and everything changes. Beautiful story, but Ms Quinlan's reporters background shows up in the end and we see the end of an era.