The Seasons of a Heart

By Constance O. Irvin

A plane crash in the frozen wilderness of northern Wisconsin leaves only three survivors, and airline stewardess Diana Forrester must shoulder the heavy responsibility of caring for the two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595354750
• ISBN13: 9780595354757
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Wild Romance

The story is good as well as the plot. I love adventure,it was a little thin on survival tech skills to be believable. You can feel the desperation and the love grow. Overall a very good read.

Good book, survival theme

The Seasons of a Heart is about two women, and a man who set out in a small plane and crash. One of the women, Casey, and the man, Urbano, set out to find help, leaving Diana alone. Diana is a survival expert and knows she can survive despite the encroaching weather and the abandonment of her companions. During their trek to find help, Urbano disappears and Casey finds him dead from hypothermia. Casey makes her way back to the wreckage of the plane and Diana. Together they try to brave the winter and survive. Eventually they find an abandoned cabin and Diana has become quite the huntress, making sure they have something to eat. Casey has learned to eat things that she isn't used to and amidst trying to survive, they find they are attracted to one another and a romance develops. Meanwhile, Diana's father has been trying to find the downed plane and his daughter, whom he assumes is dead, but deep in his heart, he feels she may be alive given her survival training. By the time he finds them, Diana and Casey are living fairly well, making do with what they have and enjoying their romance and isolation. Casey makes the decision to leave with the rescue team, but not for long, as she can't seem to get over Diana. The book ends with Casey coming back to the cabin where Diana has made a home, and they get back together. All in all, a good book. The survival aspect was very well written and informative. The romance was sweet. Irvin does a good job.

A good read of love and survival

A supurb book of caring and love. Tastfully written. Felt the author did a good job at the end with the suspense of the relationship long term. Good insight into surviving in the woods for a period of time. Enjoyed the book very much.

refreshing story

What a refreshing lesbian story! No crude language or disrespecting sex scenes. Watching two mature women fall in love while suffering hardships few of us could imagine was endearing. Being in a relationship of 25 years, we "older" lesbians know that successful relationships have little to do with random sex and communication littered with four letter words. Beautifully written. There are several sub-plots also relating to the nature of enduring family relationships. Great read!

A real gem

Sometimes less is more. That has double meaning for this book. It is a short compact look at a specific period in two women's lives and an exploration about how they learn to value the basic things in life. Diana Forrester is the flight attendant on a commuter plane that crashes off-course in the wilderness of Wisconsin. Only two passengers have survived and one of those shortly wanders off convinced that he can find help. Diana finds herself in a blizzard trying to take care of herself and the other passenger Casey Morgan. Casey is a complete city girl from Chicago and can only focus on the fact that she is missing out on closing the biggest deal in her career. It quickly becomes clear to both women that, if they are to survive, they are going to have to find a way to live in the wilderness until help can arrive. The book alternates between showing the two women coping with their predicament and scenes of Diana's father who keeps trying to rally a rescue team long after everyone else gives up hope of the women being alive. Some of the truly interesting passages are about what can be used to survive in the wild. For instance, how many of us know that a very nourishing tea can be made from pine needles? This book is a little gem; the type of book that might be overlooked because it is not being produced by one of the better known publishing companies. That is unfortunate because it is an excellent read. The book is almost more of a vignette than a novel. Very little is revealed about the lives of the women before this incident, but what is shown is just enough. The words are very spare, but each one is packed with meaning. Each scene is condensed down to the bare minimum that is necessary to move the story forward; yet, the reader feels like she knows both women completely. Normally, a book this short leaves gaps, unanswered questions, about the characters. That is not the case here. When you reach the end you get a very satisfied feeling that you have experienced something special. This is Constance Irvin's first book. If it is any indication of future work from her, she is a writer you are going to want to get to know.