Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest

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Ray's Boathouse

Recipe Secrets from Ray's Boathouse

Simply A Beautiful Seafood Cookbook

Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest

Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest

Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest
Ken Gouldthorpe , Charles Ramseyer , and Ray's Boathouse (Restaurant)
Manufacturer: Documentary Media LLC
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0971908427

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Ray's Boathouse is a Seattle legend and one of the best cold-water seafood restaurants in the world. Set on Puget Sound, Ray's Boathouse became one of the best by dedication to the highest quality and passion for food. Now, Executive Chef Charles Ramseyer and staff bring you a collection of recipes that have been perfected over decades.

These recipes were tested and adapted with easy-to-follow instructions for home cooks. Select from shellfish dishes such as Pan-Seared Alaskan Sea Scallops, and Classic Clam Linguine. Feast on wild salmon in meals such as Teriyaki Coho Salmon, and Pan-Roasted Copper River Sockeye Salmon. Find delectable desserts, just like those served at Ray's, including Yakima Peach and Blackberry Crisp, and Almond Biscuit Shortcake with Berries.

Original recipes combined with the history of Ray's Boathouse make this cookbook a delight for any seafood lover.

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Ray's Boathouse.......2007-02-21

Not only is this a beautiful book but very informative about the Pacific Northwest's bounty of seafood. I work at an exclusive Country Club and took this book to our Chef; that week end he served a couple of recipes from it. Also I enjoyed reading the history of Ray's Boathouse.

Recipe Secrets from Ray's Boathouse.......2005-02-19

Ray's Boathouse is a legendary restaurant at Seattle's Shilshole Bay. With an enviable panoramic view of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, this has become a comforting location to enjoy a meal, watch boats sail by and enjoy entertaining conversations with friends and family.

My mother loves Coconut Prawns and I think that is why she purchased this cookbook. She has been so kind as to lend it to me for a few weeks. If you love seafood you will find recipes for everything from Black Pepper Dungeness Crab to Ray's Crab and Corn Chowder. You may enjoy trying recipes for the Parmesan-Crusted Halibut or the Pan Roasted Copper River Sockeye Salmon on a bed of sweet corn and fiddlehead ferns.

Tempting Recipes:

Spiced Peach-Currant Chutney
Shrimp Spring Rolls
Roasted Garlic Cheesecake
Boathouse Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette
Dungeness Crab Cakes with Orange Tarragon Butter Sauce
Chardonnay Prawn Butter
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Indulgence - Chocolate Ganache with Chambord Sabayon
Deep-Dish Apple Pie
Lemon Mousse
Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies

The pictures in this cookbook make you want to run down to Pike Place Market to pick up fresh fish and other supplies. You might also want to visit Larry's Market to find a few of the produce items. Well, actually, if you are in Seattle, why not just visit this restaurant. We love Rays and I'm happy my mother bought this cookbook. She might not be seeing it for a few more months although she might be seeing me because I found a $10 off coupon for a lunch or dinner at Ray's Boathouse.

While many of the recipes look very gourmet in the pictures, they are not difficult to make and your only real concern will be where to find the freshest seafood possible in your local area. Amazon also has a gourmet food section so you can look for Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolate for the chocolate indulgence recipe. You need at least three 9.7-ounce bars and the recipe serves 12.

~TheRebeccaReview.com

Simply A Beautiful Seafood Cookbook.......2004-03-05

This is a rare find---a local cookbook which is first class, in both its layout and recipe accumen.

The photography here is breathtaking, as it would appear the views are from this Puget Sound restraurant. Their is early into this book a two-page sunset which is simply breathtaking. This is followed by nice history of the restaurant, which now includes as one of the owners Jack Sikma of Sonics fame.

Trying to find good Pacific Northwest recipes, this one certainly provides that in abundance. Especially seafood with its Ray's Cafe Seafood Margarita; Shrimp-Stuffed Artichokes with Herbed Cream Cheese; Dungeness Crab & Rock Shrimp Cakes with Ancho Chile Mayo; Grilled Copper River King Salmon with Pinot Noir Sauce; Ray's Cafe Salmon Burger with Basil Mayo and Wasabi Slaw; Parmesan Crusted Halibut with Roasted Tomato and Artichoke Ragout; Yakima Peach & Blackberry Crisp with Caramel Sauce;

Well thoughtout and balanced work with striking photos and accompanying prose to excite one to try these Seattle favorites. Meant to please and it delivers.

Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest.......2003-05-26

Anyone who has had the opportunity to enjoy's Ray's Boathouse in Seattle knows what delicious food they serve! I was so excited to find that they had made a cookbook so that I could enjoy some of their dishes at home as well. From Dungeness Crab Cakes with Orange Tarragon Butter Sauce to Yakima Peach & Blackberry Crisp you will find making these Northwest treats easy and delicious for even the novice cook. The variety of seafood in the cookbook allows the rest of the country to experience the Northwest no matter where they live.

Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest.......2003-05-26

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Implausible
Repercussions abound in "The River House"
"Everyone has the mist floating over the land..."
A Touching Story That is Both and Tragic and Beautiful
"As we grow older the world becomes stranger"

The River House: A Novel
Margaret Leroy
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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ASIN: 0316741574

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A gripping novel of literary suspense about a woman forced to reveal a secret that may solve a crime but ruin her life. From almost their first meeting, Ginnie Holmes is transformed by the passion she feels with Will-so much so that she risks her marriage and her children as she abandons herself to their exhilarating affair. They meet in an abandoned boathouse, certain they will never be discovered there.

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Implausible.......2007-07-09

Margaret Leroy has a lyrical way with description, especially of the wooded areas along the Thames, so it's disappointing that her characters are poorly drawn.

It doesn't ring true for a trained child psychologist not to care that her 16-year-old daughter fails to do school assignments and stays out till the wee hours drinking and having sex with boys she meets in bars. Her husband is not just emotionally distant, he's actively hostile to their daughters, with no explanation. Dialogue between characters is implausible.

But what I found most irritating was that the educated, intelligent heroine caused dreadful grief to people she loved, when thoughtful planning could have achieved her goal of identifying a criminal while protecting everyone else. She seemed incomprehensibly determined to do it in the most destructive way.

This was an interesting plot; it deserved more believable characters and a better resolution.

Repercussions abound in "The River House".......2006-02-05

Ginnie Holmes is a therapist dealing with troubled youth in the city of London. At work, where she appears to be professionally in control, she feels that she has lost something and is unable to help many of her patients. At home, her marriage that was never a hot bed of passion, seems to have gone stone cold and in exact opposite of the energy of their two teenage daughters. Her husband intends to move into their oldest daughter's bedroom as soon as she is off to Oxford and for Ginnie that is further proof that whatever dreams she had for reconnection aren't shared by her husband, Greg. Ginnie is drifting with no real direction or impetus to change things and walks through her days with a heavy melancholy feeling. That is until she meets Detective Inspector Will Hampden in the course of getting family background on one of her young patients.

Will is everything her academic style husband, Greg, is not. She is emotionally as well as physically drawn to him within seconds of their first meeting and the feeling is mutual. Ginnie hurtles willingly into the affair as Will makes her feel things she hasn't felt in years and she is secure in the knowledge that she can keep it a secret. But their meeting place, a small decrepit building along the river represents not only the sordidness of their affair but a turning point for all involved. It is there, when she is with Will that she looks out past him and sees through the small window something she never should have seen and wouldn't if she hadn't been there at that precise moment in time. What she saw could very well be evidence in a case that threatens to be a media sensation as well as what could destroy what is left of her marriage and family. Faced with a choice between revealing all and destroying what she knows and keeping silent and inadvertently aiding a possible murderer, Ginnie must decide what to do and find a way to accept her decision and its inevitable consequences.

This is a highly atmospheric read that involves deep character study and complex moral questions as the book goes forward. The thin line between passion and violence is examined at length as well as the concepts of marriage, adultery, and moral responsibility in regards to self and society at large. This is not escapist reading in any sense and instead is a novel that will make the reader think about a variety of issues long after the book is closed. This cozy style novel moves forward slowly, which heightens the suspense as Ginnie embarks on her own personal version of a Greek tragedy.

This entire review previously appeared online at OnceWritten.

Kevin R. Tipple © 2005

"Everyone has the mist floating over the land...".......2005-09-29

Ginnie Holmes, a psychologist, lives in a house in London near the Thames River, with her husband, Greg, and sixteen-year old daughter, Amber. Another daughter, Molly, has just left for college. Ginny has grown comfortable with her life, in spite of the noticeable emotional distance from Greg, who is writing a book and plans to sleep in Molly's newly vacated room until he has finished. At her job, working with a traumatized young boy, Ginnie requests additional information from a detective who was once called to the boy's house; Ginnie hopes the detective can add some insights into the boy's lack of responsiveness in therapy. When Ginnie meets Will Hampton, the two are instantly attracted. Never before unfaithful to Greg, Ginnie is amazed how easily she falls into a clandestine affair with Will. The couple has little privacy until they discover a deserted, ramshackle house on the Thames during one of their walks, with enough privacy to shield them from prying eyes. The shabby river house becomes a haven for their weekly rendezvous. Then there is a brutal murder near the river house; the careful security Ginnie has relished is replaced by fear and imminent danger.

A woman of a certain age, Ginnie has, for the most part, treasured her life, her job, husband and daughters, vaguely aware of the absence of passion in her marriage. When she begins the romantic liaison with Will, she attempts to compartmentalize, deceiving herself that these two worlds will never infringe on each other. The brutal crime changes this blissful isolation and Ginnie is forced top confront the ugly reality of infidelity: that others, by association, are involved and can be wounded. Her middle age defined by the infinite pressures of family, the illnesses and deaths that take the bright shine from the future, Ginnie has grasped a lifeline to that carefree time of romance and unfettered passion reserved for the young, thinking it possible to rediscover it, if only for a while. Of course, she is mistaken, the consequences and responsibilities standing sentinel just around the corner.

Leroy writes delicately of place and time, her protagonist caught in an emotional dilemma. The river house is indeed awash in silvery light and secrecy, her daughters sparkle with youthful intensity and the sense of danger, once it strikes, is pervasive. But Ginnie has developed a pattern of permissiveness and it is that which will call her to account: her marriage with Greg passive and boring, making her vulnerable to the sudden rush of passion for a new man; and she is increasingly apathetic with her daughter, letting Amber shirk her responsibilities to pursue youthful enjoyments. Glorying in Amber's beauty and promise, perhaps Ginnie confuses herself with her daughter for a time, ignoring her parental role. In this psychological tale of one woman's descent into unfamiliar territory, Ginnie is blindsided by events, unbridled passion and violence rushing in, altering forever her perception of the world. Luan Gaines/ 2005.

A Touching Story That is Both and Tragic and Beautiful.......2005-09-08

The River House is a novel that accurately portrays what happens to many of us as we age and realize that dreams usually don't come true in the ways we quite hoped. When we're younger and more ambitious, we hold on to things that give us security to make it through the days, thinking that these very things will be the ones that will enable us to achieve the most and become our best.

Ginnie, the main character in the novel, is one of those women. She has devoted her life to her two children, Amber and Molly, and her career as a psychologist helping troubled children.

Unfortunately, her marriage is more of a close friendship. Her husband and her haven't made love in years and marriage counseling has failed.

When her older daughter, Molly, moves out for school, she thinks that time alone is what they need to reclaim magic they never really had. But she finds out the magic isn't there because it's not possible. Sinking into a depression that is flavored by a personal friend's unhappiness with her own life, she eventually allows herself to be pulled into passion for the first time.

These internal struggles are the real heart of The River House. Ginnie is a sympathetic, believable character who doesn't necessarily make the most socially accepted choices, but she does this with a heavy conscience and something that we can all relate to.

Her grief, exhaustion, and hunger for youth and real attention will get to you. It reminds the reader that life truly is short and that you need to make the right choices when you can.

It's never easy to tell what's really important and valuable, no matter how old you are or what position of life you're in. You have to sacrifice greatly at times and it's not always fair.

The pacing of the book is rather slow, but it fits this type of genre. It is all told through the first person point of view, which strongly enables the reader to sit tightly in the leads head. Her emotions come through easily, and the pages are filled with genuine emotion and life. Author Leroy writes beautiful words, showing off an admirable classy talent, having each scene a joy to read simply because it's so expertly put.

On the down side of things, more energy into various scenes would have spruced this book up. If more tension had been placed, or more action somewhere, it would have rated even higher.

As it stands, reading this novel will make your head feel dreamy and almost unreal; not an easy feat for any author to pull off. A touching story that is both tragic and beautiful in it's own way - much like real life.

"As we grow older the world becomes stranger".......2005-08-24

Ginnie Homes is a child psychologist in her early forties. She's raising two beautiful children, Molly, who is heading to Oxford, and Amber, who at sixteen, is still living at home. But lately life has been full of dissatisfactions: Greg, her lecturer husband, has gradually been moving away from her, too wrapped up in his academic work to have much time for her and the kids.

She loves her home, which is close to the river Thames, but she and Greg haven't made love for years. Gradually she begins to realize that her relationship with Greg isn't the sort of marriage she had hoped for. She admits that she saw his detachment as a kind of peacefulness, a safety she knew she needed.

With Molly now gone and Amber about to leave, Ginnie had hoped that she could recapture some of the romantic zest of her earlier years. But Greg remains removed and absent, simply taking over Molly's bedroom for his own use. Ginnie loves her work, attending to the needs of troubled children, but she's lost the shiny hopefulness she used to have. She admits, "as you get older it changes. You learn how deep the scars go."

When Ginnie meets police officer, Detective Inspector Will Hampden, whom she consults about one of her patients, their attraction is instantaneous. The two begin a clandestine affair, escaping every Thursday for a secret meeting on a river path walk, and later to a run-down wooden building - a river house.

It's a secluded house where even the river seems quiet. Where the whole place belongs to them, "this dull, hushed world, the russet slime of the braken, and the cries of the gulls. " One afternoon, while the two lovers are passionately embracing, Ginnie spies a man through the river house window, hurriedly walking along the river path.

When that man's wife is found murdered shortly thereafter, her battered body dredged from the river, Ginnie is faced with a life altering moral dilemma. Should she disclose to the police her sighting of the man and risk her affair becoming public? If she goes public she risks devastating her teenage daughters and her distant but faithful husband, while also putting Will's frail marriage at risk.

The River House is an exquisitely written novel; with author Margaret Leroy quietly drawing the reader into this tension-fuelled domestic drama. The narrative - part romance and part mystery - is full of pathos, mid-life disappointment, and personal redemption, as Ginnie, trapped in a loveless marriage, must make the decision whether to place the greater moral good above her own clandestine indiscretions.

Leroy revels in the intimacies of ordinary lives, and the characters are all too real. Ginnie gets-together with her friends, and talks about her sense of middle-aged emptiness, she's in constantly conflict with the rebellious Amber, who won't study hard enough and spends too much time going out, and she worries about her aging mother, who has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

As Ginnie thinks of making love with Will in the house on the banks of the river, she wonders how she came to this place - "everything fluid, nothing fixed, so different from how she imagined it to be." There's such readiness at some points in your life, to move onto the next stage the old world over, the new one not yet begun.

Ginnie's journey is one of self-knowledge; her rediscovery of passion is fortuitous, but it comes at a price, and she realizes that "now we all have something, some block or burden, there's always something that will inevitably defeat us." Mike Leonard August 05.

The Boathouse: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen

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best cole slaw ever
New Twists on Old Southern Recipes
One great cookbook
A Recipe for Food and History

The Boathouse: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen
Douglas Bostick , and Jason Davidson
Manufacturer: Joggling Board Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0975349899

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THE BOATHOUSE: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen is part history, part cookbook - a "cookstory" book. It is about the lure of food and the lore of food - from the South Carolina Lowcounty to the mountains. Every culture has its smells and tastes. The Carolinas are a melting pot for sure - simply put, it is history you can taste.

THE BOATHOUSE: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen offers an exquisite presentation of photographs, paintings, and anecdotes creating a sense of place that lies at the heart of every recipe. This "cookstory" book artfully describes the rich broth of the past to reveal how the flavors that endure came to be. From Lowcountry caviar to the perfect tomato sandwich, the charming food tales and recipes presented by season demonstrate how our palates and our lives are imprinted by the rich history of the cuisine. The choice of recipes included fulfills everyone's expectations with Carolina favorites and challenges us with new twists on old standards.

Customer Reviews:

best cole slaw ever.......2007-08-30

My family and I have eaten at this restaurant many many times and it is always fabulous. You have to buy this cookbook if only to get the recipe for their blue cheese cole slaw which is elegant and delicous. If you ever visit Isle of Palms, call ahead to make a reservation. If you can't get there then this is a superb substitute.

New Twists on Old Southern Recipes.......2007-03-08

On a recent trip to Charleston, my 16-year old daughter and I ate at The Boathouse on Isle of Palms. We tried the Smoked Gouda Macaroni and Cheese -- a fantastic twist on the tried and true recipe. Luckily, the recipe is in this elegant cookbook! Haven't tried them all, but the Pecan Crusted Chicken is also very good.

One great cookbook.......2006-10-27

Incredible photography, writing that reads like the finest in historical anecdotes and recipes that will keep the whole family smiling through dinner. Just a great addition to any cook's kitchen.

A Recipe for Food and History.......2006-08-27

I bought this book for myself and gifts to some favorite people. All of us thought both the historical and recipes were excellent and blended so well together. This book is a treasure.

At the Water's Edge: Muskoka's Boathouses (Art & Architecture) (Art & Architecture)

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Lapping water, polished antique wood boats, intimate and cozy.
My best christmasgift ever.

At the Water's Edge: Muskoka's Boathouses (Art & Architecture) (Art & Architecture)
Judy Ross
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Award-winning photographer John de Visser and lifestyles writer Judy Ross examine one of Muskoka's most striking features, its boathouses. Exteriors range from Victorian lavishness to Shaker simplicity. Some of these boathouses date back to the 1800s, some are Muskoka modern. Inside are inspired sitting rooms, bedrooms, baths, kitchens, and cherished collections of family memorabilia.

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Lapping water, polished antique wood boats, intimate and cozy........2007-05-06

You can not longer build and live so close to the water's edge but these beauties are grandfathered in on beautiful Muskoka and Rousseau, et. al. I thought of my boyhood days on a lake in Northern Minnesota. I remember smaller and less grand boathouses where the sundappled water reflected off the rafters inside. You were really one with the water. This book captures the essence of it all--I could almost smell the water, wood, paint, varnish, canvas, wet rattan and wicker--

My best christmasgift ever........2000-09-08

At the water's edge

Muskokaá Boathouses.

This book gives the reeder a chance of dreaming back to the early yaers of the 20th century and experiance how the riche and famuose people spent there weekends and holidays. If you are intrested in old houses, especially bothouses, and architect designs this book is a must.

This book is my best inspiration ever.

Peter Östlund Stockholm Sweden

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Both public libraries and collections strong in home architecture choices will find it a popular pick.

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John de Visser , and Judy Ross
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ASIN: 1550464841

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Stealing a look at charming classic and contemporary boathouses

Award-winning photographer John de Visser and lifelong cottager Judy Ross take readers inside 45 of the North Country's most enticing boathouses -- the rustic, the charming, the grand, the glamorous. Some date back to the 1800s and have changed little over the past century; others are recent eye-catching additions to the water's edge. Styles range from Victorian lavish to Shaker simplicity to Adirondack modern. Inside are inspired sitting rooms, bedrooms, baths, kitchens, and cherished collections of antiques and memorabilia.

Lush color photographs reveal how owners, architects, and designers have made each working boathouse an exceptional place to live as well as a perfect home for prized canoes, sleek motorboats, vintage mahogany launches and, in one case, a day-sailer with a 35-foot mast.

Boathouses is brimming with design ideas for cottagers, decorators, builders, architects -- even landlocked homeowners.

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Both public libraries and collections strong in home architecture choices will find it a popular pick........2007-02-08

Building a house on the water is quite different than building one on land - and over forty of the north country's best boathouses are revealed here, from 19th century wonders to those which are modern creations. Various architects and designers have produced some outstanding boathouses which are created to blend with their environments: this offers inspiration and insight for any designer whether working at the cottage level all the way up to full-sized Victorian representations. Both public libraries and collections strong in home architecture choices will find it a popular pick.

Diane C. Donovan
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Muskoka Boathouses
Jacqueline Carroll
Manufacturer: The Boston Mills Press
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To The Boathouse: A Memoir
Mary Ann Caws
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Shelter at the Shore: Boathouses of Muskoka

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Shelter at the Shore: Boathouses of Muskoka
Judy Ross
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Shelter at the Shore: Boathouses of Muskoka, the sequel to our bestselling At the Water's Edge: Muskoka's Boathouses, takes us inside 25 more of this famous lake district's most enticing boathouses -- the rustic, the charming, the grand and the glamorous. Find out what the owners, architects and designers did to make each boathouse a truly exceptional place to live, as well as to store canoes, motorboats and vintage mahogany launches. Shelter at the Shore is great source of design ideas for cottagers, interior decorators, builders and even landlocked homeowners. It also contains the delightful stories of how these singular shoreline structures came to be and why they are so beloved -- and often coveted. Shelter at the Shore offers an exclusive look at lakeside life and style in incomparable Muskoka.

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Three Gorgeous Boys Next Door. Which One is for Molly?
deep character study

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Caroline Upcher
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Three Gorgeous Boys Next Door. Which One is for Molly?.......2004-04-20

Daughter of a Veterinarian, Molly Page is only eleven when she tells her father she'll look after him forever. Her mother died when she was only four years old and Molly believes this is her responsibility. Then everything changes when the Murphy family moves next door to their home in the London suburbs.

Nora Murphy is exactly what Molly thinks a mother should be. And then there are the boys. Molly is in love with the eldest, gorgeous actor Billy. However middle brother Billy excites her as well, but it's the youngest Murphy boy, Warren, who remains by her side as the years fade away.

Molly is happy with her lot, running a kennel service and taking care of her father. And it appears that Billy has finally noticed her, but then he takes off for New York to further his acting career and Molly follows. When she told her father she was going to marry the boy next door, he wondered which one, and in New York it's a question she's going to have to answer. She stays with her godmother, her mother's best friend, in the Hamptons at her invitation, where she searches for secrets about her mother, comes to grip with her mother's tragic death and after one disastrous night has her life changed forever.

This story drew me in with the first page. Molly is a gem of a character, as are all three of the Murphy boys. Caroline Upcher has written a tender, moving story with just enough suspense to keep you glued to the pages.

deep character study.......2003-08-04

Fourteen year old Molly tells her father that she will marry the boy next door upon learning that the new neighbors have three teenage sons. Her father asks her which one? Molly meets Warren when he brings his ailing canary to her dad a veterinarian for treatment, but the bird is dead. Warren is in her class, a fact she never noticed before. She meets "Sweet Pea" Pete when she comes over to Warren's house at the invitation of his mother, but finds he uses nasty barbs as weapons of mass destruction. Eventually she meets the oldest beautiful brilliant Billy surrounded by a bevy of beauties.

Several years later, Molly flees to Long Island to spend time with her godmother Mitzi and to clear her confused mind as something is lacking in her relationship. Mitzi would prefer her guest drop the rosy romantic glasses and toss the three Murphys into the ocean so they can swim back to England. What will Molly do and will she realize who really loves her as she is and not what she can do for them?

Fans of deep character studies will do themselves a favor by reading this tale of a delightful individual's struggle between the past (especially her mom dead when Molly was four), the present (circa 2000), and the future (which Murphy?). Though the story line slowly develops so that the audience has a taste of Molly at various ages, readers will appreciate her as the saving grace of this novel. She is an intriguing mix of emotions that come alive differently with her interactions with the Murphy males.

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History Mystery! Great fun and historically accurate!.......1999-11-15

Thefts from boathouses turn up some unexpected colorful characters from the Les Cheneaux Islands. The same teens who were so popular with the first Mackinac Passage book with their unbridled good humor and sense of adventure look into the theivery with unexpected results.

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