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Shattered Dreams

by Sally Wentworth

Published 1983186 pagesISBN 978-0-3731-0629-5

His love was only an illusion On her wedding day, Kate felt how miraculous was to truly love and beloved. As Hugo's wife, she knew the rest of her life would be blessed Then Kate overheard her husband's grim plan for their future together--a plan of revenge against Kate! Desperately hurt and afraid of the stranger who was her husband, she ran away to Majorca, to heal her broken heart in safety and solitude But she underestimated the power of Hugo's will and the compulsion that drove him to reclaim her--for better, or for worse! Note to all mortals (a.k.a. limited time to read): This is just awful, dnr, just read GR reviews instead

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Nonfiction, 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

Nonfiction · 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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Shattered DreamsSally Wentworth
Powerful4.3/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read186 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1983
Primary categoryNonfictionAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3731-0629-5
Language
English
Edition record
OL9826346M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

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

Begin with its place in Nonfiction, 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. Whose perspective organizes the story, and whose perspective remains outside it?
  2. Which sources or lived experiences carry the author’s central argument?
  3. How does the book change the way you understand its larger subject?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.