The Locket: A Novel

I've had this book in my to read pile for ages. My mother bought it for me at a garage sale...and it just didn't look that appealing. But my mother is typically so good at picking out books that I enjoy that I left it. Thinking one day I would get to it. Well, that one day was today. And with the exception of the 30 pages I read last night before bed, I read the entire novel in one sitting. The story is right out of a hallmark movie, which it's been made into one, but it broke my heart. I cried. I laughed. It's oddly empowering and hopeful, even if the overall message is a mixed one. When Esther asks Michael if he thinks life gives second chances. He replies that we would probably just make the same mistakes over again. And in the end, show more that is probably exactly true. Because your reasons would still be your reasons. But Esther believes life gave her a second chance...to fix her wrongs. Sadly, not in her own life, but in Michael's life. It's sweet. It's sappy. It's a quick, easy read. And it made me smile. show less

This is one of my all time favorites by Mr. Evans. Some of the quotes from this book are just so poignant. The characters are well-developed and the storyline is fantastic!

This book is another good one from Richard Paul Evans. It spoke especially to me because my 95 year-old mother is suffering from dementia and is in a nursing facility. It takes a very special patient person to work caring for the elderly and infirm. Evans' character Michael is a good example of that type of person. It made me so mad when he was wrongly accused but so happy with the outcome.

The Locket by Richard Paul Evans
Have read other works by the author and have enjoyed them.
This one starts out with Ester and she's just come to the mining town, and chapters advance to 1989 where she lives in a nursing home.
Story also follows the boy, Michael who takes a job at a nursing home after losing his mother.
He has a girlfriend Faye who's attending college and she cooks for him often. Her father talks to him and he needs to break away from her or she'll never get any money or endorsements from him for her education.
Story also follows Ester and her life at the mining camp where she cooks and raising her mental child.
Interesting about the locket and the connections through the years...
Circumstances arise and he's up on charges of show more a man's death in the nursing home. He knows he's being framed...
Powerful touching stories.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). show less

Good story about an unlikely friendship and the strength, love and healing they gave each other.

Another great story filled with lots of lessons. I loved reading the love story of Michael and Faye as well as Esther and her missed love, Thomas.

A sweet love story that made me cry and smile. If you like sappy love stories--this is for you.