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9 reviews
Christy Yorke

Berkley Trade, 2005

The Current of Change
I have read all of Christy Yorke's books, and each one has taken me to a unique place of both physical and spiritual wonder. In her latest novel, Christy takes us deep into the rugged terrain and raging waters of Idaho's Salmon River. This is her most driven story yet, faster-paced, white-knuckled reading at times, yet still maintains the qualities Yorke is known for, like her complex, often ...

The Wishing Garden

7 reviews
Christy Yorke

Bantam, 2000

Captivating tale of love, life and hope....
I stumbled upon Ms. Yorke's first book, "Magic Spells", in the library and picked it up merely because a blurb on the cover compared her writing to Alice Hoffman's. Well, Ms. Yorke has got Hoffman beat by a country mile! Her writing is fresh, passionate, sensitive and poignant. I enjoyed every page of this story, which is ultimately about mothers and daughters, and read it again when I got to ...

Song of the Seals

4 reviews
Christy Yorke

Berkley Trade, 2003

A book that will haunt you ~~
If you like stories that out of the unusual ~~ this book is definitely for you. Yorke writes a beautiful haunting story of love and life and death ~~ longings and dreams and heartaches. Kate packs up her father and foster son to an isolated fishing village up in northern California ~~ or as she likes to say, she followed the fog. Wayne read an article in a newspaper about the fisherman's life and ...

Summer of Glorious Madness

7 reviews
Christy Yorke

Berkley Trade, 2004

A Garden of Enchantment
In Summer of Glorious Madness, Christy Yorke takes on bipolar disorder and does so with great sensitivity and understanding. Anyone who suffers (or loves someone who suffers) from mental illness or even just hypersensitivity will appreciate the compassion, dignity, and humor bestowed upon the many delightful characters of this book. Elizabeth Shreve has led a careful, calculated life as a ...

Magic Spells

10 reviews
Christy Yorke

Bantam, 1999

A book for anyone who has ever yearned for love.
The thing I liked most about this novel was the way the main characters rang true. Hasn't everyone loved someone they couldn't have? If you've ever loved the wrong person, or someone who won't love you back, this is the book for you. Jane and Graham each have a love they can't shake, and I kept reading to know how they'd come through. The last half of the story has you cheering for them. ...