Everlasting

by Nancy Thayer

Book Overview

From New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer comes a dazzling portrait of a young woman whose passion and ambition drive her to a fateful choice. Now available for the first time in audio... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670835706
• ISBN13: 9780670835706
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Love in a Flower Shop

This reminds me of Danielle Steele's books. Catherine achieves in business (flower shop), and in love (somewhat delayed). The wealthy family that disowned her eventually becomes dependent on her in a reversal of fortunes. Catherine is not very likable as a rebellious teen, but grows on the reader as she develops and takes initiative. Throughout the book she remains jealous of her family and unable to let go of old baggage despite her successes. The author pens some nice descriptions and builds a credible story.

What an entertaining book!

... It is such a fun and entertaining book. It's not a deep, thought-provoking book by any means, but if you're five months pregnant like me ~~ you wouldn't care! It's written with passion and it keeps you turning the pages. Catherine Elliot comes from a moneyed family; her parents threw her out on the streets when she refused to attend college. Down on her luck, she stumbles into a flowershop and found her destiny there. After several years of working there, she eventually buys the shop and renames it Bloom. And it becomes this huge success in New York City. Much more than she ever dreamed of.It's not all work for Catherine. She manages to fall in love twice ~~ once with Kit, a Bostonian lawyer whose family would never accept Catherine. He leaves her to marry someone else. Then there's Piet Vanderveld, a dark-eyed Dutch who works with her first along the first flower shop then became her partner in Blooms. Catherine's family also plays strong roles in this novel as well and it was interesting to see how they all perceive Catherine in the end. It doesn't matter that she has worked hard to provide for them ~~ they still expected more of her.It was an interesting novel ~~ I finished it in a day. I was amazed when a friend of mine told me that this book was out of print ~~ I think it should be back in print! It's such a good read ~~ fun, saucy, sexy and entertaining! If you can get a hold of a copy of this book, I'd urge you to read it. It's perfect for those long lazy days at the beach or at the poolside....

A story of independence

Catherine grew up in a family who seemed to have it all. She was from "old money" and was sent to the best public schools, had the best clothes, a beautiful home and more. Unfortunately, Catherine lacked love and affection from her parents and siblings and when she turned 18 and decided not to go on to college - her parents told her she was on her own. This began a completely different style of life for Catherine. She had to work to support herself and she did so by working in a flower shop. Catherine's love for flowers propelled her to buy her own flower shop and thus a true success story was formed. Catherine seemed to have it all again, but like before she was still alone. The man she truly loved was married to another and the man she shared passion with couldn't give her his heart. Was she destined to live her life alone?When I picked up Everlasting, I was under the wrong impression that it was a romance novel. Even though Catherine does find love in the end, that isn't what Everlasting is about. It's about growing up and learning to love yourself and find your own selfworth - that it isn't based on how others feel for you. Nancy Thayer did a great job of making Catherine seem real - she had feelings like we all do and not all of them are nice. Everlasting was a great story that I would highly recommend.

Inspirational

Nancy Thayer's book, Everlasting, was inspirational to me, just as her other books have been. Thayer is a wonderful, passionate womanist who subtly embraces feminity and the marvelous, complicated aspects of our yin energy. She writes about strong women who recognize that we find joy and fulfillment in areas other than romance and passionate love affairs. In this novel, she reminds us to be true to our nature: strong, expressive and goal oriented; and by being our true selves (and not the submissive, dansel in distress we appear to be in many romance novels) and honoring every aspect of our Self, by focusing on the other important aspects of our lives, instead of only on our need for male companionship, we can attract true love, a man who truly champions us. REW