Thursday, January 16, 2003
AUTHOR Meier, Mary Jane.
TITLE Hometown girl / Mary Jane Meier.
IMPRINT New York : New American Library, c2002.
DESCRIPT 377 p. ; 18 cm.
NOTE "An Onyx book."
SUBJECT Utah -- Fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0451410203.
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Lauren Van Horn ventured far from her Utah canyon country roots by becoming an environmental
lawyer, but when her sister, Becca, asks her to return to San Rafael to help with a family emergency,
she complies. Becca's jealous ex-husband is threatening to take custody of their daughter by accusing
Becca of having an affair with Gabe, an old high-school flame who has returned to town to drill for oil.
The plan is to have Lauren and Gabe fake a romance. The environmentalist and the oilman should be
at odds, but as a teen Lauren had a huge crush on Gabe, and now she finds herself curiously attracted
to him. Even with a contemporary setting, Meier's romance has a warm, old-fashioned feel, in part
because the first sex scene doesn't appear until page 298 and because so many of the characters
come to the realization that relationships and the safety of a child are more important than politics.
Diana Tixier Herald
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
TITLE Hometown girl / Mary Jane Meier.
IMPRINT New York : New American Library, c2002.
DESCRIPT 377 p. ; 18 cm.
NOTE "An Onyx book."
SUBJECT Utah -- Fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 0451410203.
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Lauren Van Horn ventured far from her Utah canyon country roots by becoming an environmental
lawyer, but when her sister, Becca, asks her to return to San Rafael to help with a family emergency,
she complies. Becca's jealous ex-husband is threatening to take custody of their daughter by accusing
Becca of having an affair with Gabe, an old high-school flame who has returned to town to drill for oil.
The plan is to have Lauren and Gabe fake a romance. The environmentalist and the oilman should be
at odds, but as a teen Lauren had a huge crush on Gabe, and now she finds herself curiously attracted
to him. Even with a contemporary setting, Meier's romance has a warm, old-fashioned feel, in part
because the first sex scene doesn't appear until page 298 and because so many of the characters
come to the realization that relationships and the safety of a child are more important than politics.
Diana Tixier Herald
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
