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Isn't It Romantic?

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by Kathleen Korbel

Published 1992192 pagesISBN 978-0-3730-5703-0

Saddened over the loss of her beloved elderly friend, Brooke Ferguson couldn't help but smile when she thought of the ceremony the woman had wanted. In her will, "Aunt" Mamie requested an Elvis impersonator, a jazz procession and the guests to dress as their favorite characters from Gone With the Wind. And when Mamie's handsome nephew arrived at the gathering, Brooke suddenly had an idea that would make Mamie proud .... Pete Cooper couldn't believe Brooke had grown into such a beautiful woman--or that she wanted them to go on a cross-country tour to carry out his late aunt's last wishes. But on the way to Memphis, New Orleans and Atlanta, Pete found himself learning a thing or two about wishes . . . and a lot about love!

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Who it may suit

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Isn't It Romantic?Kathleen Korbel
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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read192 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1992
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3730-5703-0
Language
English
Edition record
OL9672458M
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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.