The Vineyard

A Novel

By: Barbara Delinsky

Narrated by: Lauren Mufson

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky has written her most complex and emotionally rewarding novel yet: a story of two women, a generation apart, each of whose dream becomes bound with the other's.

To her family, Natalie Seebring is a woman who prizes appearances: exquisitely mannered, a supportive wife, and head of a successful wine-producing enterprise. So when she announces plans to marry a vineyard employee mere months after the death of her husband of fifty-eight years, her son and daughter are stunned.

Faced with their disapproval, Natalie decides to write a memoir.

Olivia Jones is a dreamer, living vicariously through the old photographs she restores. She and her daughter, Tess, cling to the fantasy that a big, happy family is out there just waiting for them.

When Natalie hires Olivia to help with her memoir, a summer at Natalie's vineyard by the sea seems the perfect opportunity to live out that fantasy, but all is not as it seems.

As the illusion of an idyllic existence comes crashing headlong into reality, the lives of these two women, parallel in so many ways, become a powerful and moving story.©2000 Barbara Delinsky. All rights reserved; (P)2000 Simon and Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

The Vineyard

Excellent story line and nice reading! Well worth the purchase!

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Very disappointing - way too much abridged from the book. I felt like some of the major events didn't make sense as too much was deleted leading up to the event such as Simon's wedding.